Poureth Down Water From the Heavens
Tremble the Stars
Quake the Bones of Aker
Those Beneath Take Flight When They See
Unas Rising

The Akh of Unas Is Behind Him
The Conquerer Are Beneath His Feet
His Gods Are In Him
His Uraei Are on His Brow
The Words of Unas Protect Him
Unas This Bull of The Heavens
ThatTrusteth With His Will

Living On Utterances of Fire From
The Lake Of Flame
Unas That Devoureth Men and Liveth on The Gods

Behold Amkebu Hath Snared Them for Unas
Behold Tecber Tep F Hath Known Them and
Driven Them Unto Unas
Behold Her Tbertu Hath Bound Them
Behold Khensu The Slaughterer of Lords
Hath Cut Their Throats for Unas
Behold Shesemu Hath Cut Them Up For Unas

Unas Hath Ingested Their Spirits
Hath Feasted On Their Immortality
He Hath Consumed their Shadows
Unas The Slayer of the Gods

Unas The Sekhem Great
The Sekhem of the Sekhemn
Unas The Ashem Great
The Ashem of the Ashemn
Behold Orion
Unas Riseth

Unas Hath Taken Possession
of the Hearts of the Gods
Unas Feedeth on their Entrails
He Hath gorged on their Unuttered Sacred Words
He Hath Assimilated the Wisdom of the Gods
His Existence is Everlasting

Behold The Souls of the Gods are in Unas
Their Spirits are In Unas
The Flame of Unas in Their Bones
Their Shadows are With their Forms
Unas is Rising
Hidden Hidden


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    I realize that for most people this song is a meaningless spout of neo-egyptian and sadly they'll never really appreciate the depth that this song goes to. Be it because of lack of education, lack of reading comprehension or something else entirely. The epic and dark overtones undershot with choice oriental instruments make this an excellent song. It's just about 12 minutes in length but I never feel it gets stuck in pointless repetition. The vocals are powerful and convey the brutality of the subject excellently. The droning growls are my favorite.

    Nafzger: The song is not about hell on earth, so your claim of them "ripping anyone (Candlemass) off" is baseless and childish. This sing is about how Unas, a 5th dynasty pharaoh, devoured the flesh of men to absorb their strength and their spirit. Unas went so far that he eventually started to devour the gods, abosrbing their essence and power thus becoming a god himself.

    I'd suggest reading the booklet that came with the CD (If anyone buys CD's anymore =P) since Karl gives a quite good account of how the song came about, its contents and the sources he references in it.

    Dreihaddaron September 18, 2007   Link

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