“Mummy Dust” focuses on people’s greed and obsessing over material things. The song is addressing money, and how humans worship it like a god—and for what? When we die, we are dead, and we take nothing with us, including money.
[Intro: Papa Emeritus III]
Dust...
[Verse 1: Papa Emeritus III]
I was carried on a wolf's back
Here to corrupt humanity
I will pummel it with opulence
With corpulence and greed
[Chorus: Papa Emeritus III]
In God, you trust
My mummy dust
Dust...
My mummy dust
[Verse 2: Papa Emeritus III]
Your cavalier of crapulence
To this feast of rapacity
I'll bury you in treasures
Just to feed your incapacity
[Chorus: Papa Emeritus III]
In God, you trust
My mummy dust
Dust...
My mummy dust
In God, you trust
My mummy dust
Dust...
My mummy dust
[Keybord Solo: Nameless Ghoul (Air)]
[Verse 3: Papa Emeritus III]
Dust...
You're the possessée of avarice
I'm the ruler of the earth
I will smother you in riches
Till you choke on sordid mirth
You are summoned in cupidity
Purulence and lust
I'm the magnet for stupidity
Divine, you feel my thrust
[Chorus: Papa Emeritus III]
In God, you trust
My mummy dust
Dust...
My mummy dust
In God, you trust
My mummy dust
Dust...
[Outro: Papa Emeritus III]
In God, we trust (Ah)
My mummy dust (Uh)
In God, we trust (Ah)
My mummy dust (Uh)
In God, we trust (Ah)
My mummy dust (Uh)
In God, we trust (Ah)
My mummy dust (Uh)
Mummy Dust was written by Tobias Forge & Klas Åhlund & Martin Persner & Gustaf Lindström.
Mummy Dust was produced by Klas Åhlund.
Ghost released Mummy Dust on Fri Aug 21 2015.
Papa Emeritus III told Diablo Rock:
The idea for this song was already in the mix when we recorded Opus Eponymous, but it did not convince us, and we left it for a better day. When the theme for this new album came a couple of years ago, also adding elements of “urban night sky”, everything took on...