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From the liner notes by Karl Sanders:
User-Maat-Re Setep-en-Re was the throne name of Ramesses II, and means “The Justice of Re is Powerful, Chosen of Re”. He is often referred to as “Ramesses the great”, because so many of his cultural contributions were measured on the grandest of scales.
Ramess...
O Seti, Great One, my father
I hath finished for Thee Thy temple at Abydos
And made known the lineage of the blessed
Those who came before
I hath exalted mine ancestors
I hath honoured with the blood and sweat of many
The legacy of Thy conquests
I hath glorified Thy temple of Set in Avaris
In Karnak hath I raised the Great Hall
In Thebes, sublime monuments, grand pylons, obelisks
And colossal statues are inscribed with my name
By divine right I hath usurped the monuments of my predecessors
I hath created imposing rock-hewn temples
Monumental colossi in mine own image
Like as unto the images of Amun, Re, Ptah
I hath caused to rise a formidable legacy carved in stone
In the mountain of Meha
Intended to endure a million years
In the violence of Sekhem
I am become Montu
God of War in the Two Lands
I hath suppressed the rebellious
I hath driven back chaos and disorder
The conquered chiefs of all foreign lands are beneath my sandals
I hath emblazoned my countless victories in Immortality
Carved in rocks as living images of the ritual massacre of mine enemies
I am User-Maat-Re Setepene-re
Sovereign of sovereigns
Beloved of Amun
Chosen of Re
I hath made manifest the grandeur of my empire
To be worthy of Thy legacy
O Seti, Great One
User-Maat-Re, Thou hast done nothing
User-Maat-Re, Thou hast done nothing
[Guitar Solo]
User-Maat-Re, Thou hast done nothing
User-Maat-Re, Thou hast done nothing
Nothing
Nothing
User-Maat-Re was written by Karl Sanders.
User-Maat-Re was produced by Neil Kernon.
Nile released User-Maat-Re on Tue May 24 2005.