Lyrics Triumph of the Egg - Duke Special

Triumph of the Egg

Carbon, gold and silver plates
Arabic gum bichromates
Gelatin, potash, mercury
Insatiable, bold technology
The bete noire aristotype
Albumen paper, platinotype
Autochrome and chromium
Photogravure, palladium
Edison, Willis, Nicholl, Swan
Whose gnosis graced the grand salons
Talbot, Vogel, Lippmann, Kutz
De Manche, Lumiere in brave pursuit
Consumed, possessed of bright ambition
We bless you late with recognition
And mourn the passing of your art
And science, driven from the heart