Music: Zone 1 to 6000

British musician Nabihah Iqbal's 2017 album "Weighing of the Heart" references ancient Egyptian beliefs about the afterlife, where the deceased's heart was weighed against against the feather of the goddess Maat to see if it was in balance. If the heart outweighed the feather, it was eaten by Ammit, a lion-hippo-crocodile demon.

My favorite track from the album is "Zone 1 to 6000," which references the dreary tedium of London life:



The same old tale repeats itself
9-5 year on year
Thoughts and hopes left on the shelf
Escape on Friday
Get caught on Monday
Escape on Friday
Get caught on Monday

The sun will rise, the sun will set
Seven days, five and two
From this life in to the next
We're all just tryna make it through
We're all just tryna make it through