Amanda Lear The Sphinx

The original version of Amanda Lear s 1978 song The Sphinx, from a television performance in 1979. Her later recording of it, from 1998, is on YouTube here: The song, written by Lear herself, is notable for its esoteric lyrics; they may sound almost meaningless to most people but anyone who has studied esotericism, mysticism, mythology, or Theosophy, will recognise a depth and significance to the wording: I wish I could be like the king who said to his people: My friends, this is now the end, if we lose this battle we shall live forever. The people of the sun will remember this day and give us immortality long after I m gone, long after the I want to be like this king but I can t stand the pain, my friend, and I keep looking for all the faces I had before the world began. I ve only known desire and my poor soul will burn into eternal fire and I can t even cry; a sphin