In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Enuma ilu awiluma
Ardu Shamash apkallu baru
Nergal ina ramanisu
Annu ki-utu-kam ilu
Parak simati
Muballit mitte
Nergal allatu mellamu mesaru
La tapallah Annuaki
Kettu Puluthu qillatu
Erset la tari eimmu
Ina ramanisu melammu
Baru dinau
Allatu Nergal
Sar kissati
Nergal allatua
Allatu Adapa
Ina ramaniusue
Translate from Akkadian:
When God's human being
Shamash's slave, wise men, saw
Nergal in himself
This Earth-stomped land became God's.
At a decent throne
Of life and death
Nergal comes glowing,
Not stopping at Senior Gods
As he was fear's bride.
In the land with no return
In it's glory
The look upon judgement
Gave birth to Nergal
The king of underground.
Nergal was born,
Adapa suffered,
of what was in himself
[This song was never published and the lyrics (and especially the translation) is not supposed to be public. Those should be avaiable only in the Therion Fan Club.]
Ardu Shamash apkallu baru
Nergal ina ramanisu
Annu ki-utu-kam ilu
Parak simati
Muballit mitte
Nergal allatu mellamu mesaru
La tapallah Annuaki
Kettu Puluthu qillatu
Erset la tari eimmu
Ina ramanisu melammu
Baru dinau
Allatu Nergal
Sar kissati
Nergal allatua
Allatu Adapa
Ina ramaniusue
Translate from Akkadian:
When God's human being
Shamash's slave, wise men, saw
Nergal in himself
This Earth-stomped land became God's.
At a decent throne
Of life and death
Nergal comes glowing,
Not stopping at Senior Gods
As he was fear's bride.
In the land with no return
In it's glory
The look upon judgement
Gave birth to Nergal
The king of underground.
Nergal was born,
Adapa suffered,
of what was in himself
[This song was never published and the lyrics (and especially the translation) is not supposed to be public. Those should be avaiable only in the Therion Fan Club.]
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The Internets also give the translation:
When God's human being Shamash's slave, wise men, saw Nergal in himself This Earth-stomped land became God's.
At a decent throne Of life and death Nergal comes glowing, Not stopping at Senior Gods As he was fear's bride.
In the land with no return In it's glory The look upon judgement Gave birth to Nergal The king of underground.
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@die kleine Hexe Thank you :)