Crawl in dust, tremble before me
For I am the god-king, son of Sety
Marching on in the land of Hatti
Onward on the way to Kadesh
Muwatalli, ruler of the Hittites
Tried to trick me, but failed
His chariots, unnumbered as the sand
Laid in ambush, shred through my divisions
None of my princes, of my chief men and great,
Is with me, not a captain, not a knight
But I am like Baal, I’m like Sutekh
In this hour I hurled them headlong
One upon another, into the water
Of the Orontes they flew
And their limbs were loosed
For fear and terror
And they had not any heart
All courage was vanished
And I hew
them into pieces,
And I dashed
them into dust
And I slaughtered
At my pleasure
And I killed them,
None escaped me
So, Here I stand, All alone;
There was no one at my side,
My warriors and chariots afeared,
Have deserted me, none heard my voice,
When to the cravens I, their king, cried.
But I find that Ammon's grace is better far to me
Than a million fighting men and chariots be.
credits
from What Once Was,
released August 2, 2021
written by André Teich and Moloch
Mind-flaying brutal technical death metal that will pulverize you to smithereens while its complex structures stun your cerebral cortex. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 19, 2022