The whole song is about the egyptian belief of the enduring of the soul and afterlife, and the rituals - performed by priests dressed as the egyptian gods who taught the rituals initially to the people - meant to help the souls along their way.
What's particularly interesting is the Chorus, which is rather ironic, reffering to the practices of those (egyptian or not) who put all their faith in deliverance in the afterlife, while doing nothing to evolve spiritually in the present and earn it...
The whole song is about the egyptian belief of the enduring of the soul and afterlife, and the rituals - performed by priests dressed as the egyptian gods who taught the rituals initially to the people - meant to help the souls along their way.
What's particularly interesting is the Chorus, which is rather ironic, reffering to the practices of those (egyptian or not) who put all their faith in deliverance in the afterlife, while doing nothing to evolve spiritually in the present and earn it...