Whisper In The Ear Of The Dead Lyrics - Nile

Whisper in the Ear of the UnBlessed Dead 

And My Words of Power are Heard in 

the Underworld 

The Dead 

They are Compelled to Obey Me 

Even Unto the Worlds Below 

Yea I Whisper in the Ear of the UnBlessed Dead 

An they Heed my Necromantic Demands 

For I have Bound Them 

Inexorably 

Cursed in this Life and the Next 

I Whisper in the Ear of the UnBlessed Dead 

And They Tell me Things No Living Man Knoweth 

For I Have Taken Possession of their Shadows 

And They re Mine To Command in 

the Netherworld 

I Dream of the Dead 

And Their Shades Showeth Me Visions 

Which No Living Man Can Know 

I Whisper in the Ear of the Dead 

And Mine is the UnWritten Knowledge 

That Lieth Under The Black Earth 

To Speak The Name of The Dead 

Is To Cause Them to Live Again 

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[The inspiration for this song comes from the exploits of Nectanabus, the last native Pharaoh of Egypt. His reign was during the 4th century B.C. and he was historically rumored to be a great sorcerer and necromancer. It is believed that Nectanabus ruled Egypt, overcame his enemies and even kept his political rivals in check by means of the exercise of magickal and necromantic arts. He is credited with possessing the power to restore amputated limbs and the capacity to replace the heads of the slain and decapitated without injury. Nectanabus was said to have been deeply learned in the wisdom of the oldest of the ancient Egyptians. He "knew what was in the stars of the Heavens." He was skilled in reading the stars, foretelling the future of the unborn, and a master of communion with the dead. He is also called "The Lord of the Earth" and is said to have "secretly ruled all earthly kings by magickal means." It is said that he whispered whis commands in the ears of the dead, so that they should carry out his designs in the spirit world. According to early historians, Nectanabus exercised control of many of his enemies by enslaving the souls of the newly dead, commanding them to learn the secrets of the enemies via the spirits of the underworld, and using this knowledge against his enemies. Nectanabus continued is necromanticambitions, even using means of sorcery to achieve military ends until the day the gods decreed his rule should end and Nectanabus was forced to flee to Macedonia.] 

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