[Intro]
Seven, Eleven
(You can go to heaven)
Snake eyes…
(Everybody dies)
[Verse 1]
Cheating death
(May have consequences)
Your health and wealth
(May lose your senses)
[Chorus]
Seven, Eleven
(You can go to heaven)
Snake eyes…
(Everybody dies)
[Bridge]
Heads (I win)
Tails (You lose)
Will you choose
(To play again?)
[Verse 2]
Cheating death
(Is your dream come true?)
Remember Macbeth
(It could happen to you)
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[Outro]
Go back to “begin”
Heads (I win)
Tails (You lose)
Will you choose
(To play again?)
Now you discover
(Should’ve been a lover)
Eternal hangover
(Game over)
ABOUT THE SONG
Sisyphus cheated death twice in Greek myth: first by tricking Thanatos (Death) into chaining himself, stopping all deaths on Earth, and second by persuading Persephone to let him return from the underworld to scold his wife for improper burial rites, only to refuse to go back. His eternal punishment for these acts of hubris, ordered by Zeus, was to eternally roll a boulder up a hill, only for it to roll back down each time he neared the top.
Macbeth portrays death as the ultimate, inevitable consequence of unchecked ambition and moral corruption, illustrating that violating natural and divine laws leads to madness, guilt, and destruction. Macbeth’s journey from a noble warrior to a tyrannical, isolated murderer culminates in his, and Lady Macbeth’s, deserved downfall, serving as a cautionary tale against greed.
From the album “Sisyphus“