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Styx – The Serpent Is Rising (1973) | Track profile | Dork

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The Serpent Is Rising

Release date: 1st October 1973

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About This Track

"The Serpent Is Rising" is a track by Styx, from the album The Serpent Is Rising, released 1st October 1973. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Styx

Styx

Lyrics

The Serpent Is Rising

In the abyss of space

From the center of time

A superman race

Moves the Serpent to climb

The journey has lasted

Seven ages or more

Life after life

Must pass through the door

The secret revealed

When you leave your cave

Is a glory of thunder

And life from the grave

The Serpent is rising

Uncoiling in your spine

Bringing you light

From the depths of your mind

The people have massed

In the center of town

We drink from a glass

And the world turns around

The Serpent is rising

Uncoiling in your spine

Bringing you light

From the depths of your mind

The Serpent is rising

Uncoiling in your spine

Bringing you light

From the depths of your mind

The Serpent is rising

Uncoiling in your spine

Bringing you light

From the depths of your mind

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Track details

From The Serpent Is Rising

1973

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Album

The Serpent Is Rising

Release year

1973

—Hallelujah Chorus
—Winner Take All
—22 Years
—Plexiglas Toilet
—The Grove of Eglantine
—As Bad as This
—Jonas Psalter
—The Serpent Is Rising
—Witch Wolf
—Young Man
—Krakatoa

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Charles Lofrano, John Curulewski
Producer: Barry Mraz, Chuck Panozzo, Dennis DeYoung, James Young, John Curulewski, John Panozzo
Lead Guitar: John Curulewski
Lead Vocals: John Curulewski