Nile - The Oxford Handbook of Savage Genocidal Warfare lyrics
[Nile - The Oxford Handbook of Savage Genocidal Warfare lyrics]
They have refused to submit
Treacherous and rebellious
Defiant in the face of certain destruction
Conquered cities razed to the ground
Captured towns pillaged
Populations massacred
Savage genocidal warfare
Exacted upon the bitter enemies of Asshur
The cities of men have
Become targets for annihilation
Acts of blatant destruction
A deterrent to stamp out
The flames of sedition
Men decapitated, women of all ages raped
Children blinded, rendered helpless
Infants clubbed to death
The unborn ripped from their mothers' wombs
Nobles cruelly thrown from city walls
Only to be fed upon by wild beasts
Soldiers flay wives and whores
Roast their little ones screaming in the fire
Piles of severed heads built into pyramids
Even cats and dogs are slain in the streets
Not even the unborn shall escape
The wrath of Asshur
Ruins scavenged for any poor wretches
Cowering in holes or skulking in cellars
Ruthlessly dragged out and slain
Every last one of them must be exterminated
Leave not a single one alive
The whole of them must be
Wiped out of existence
We shall make of their
Nation a barren wasteland with flame
Entire landscapes will become
Naught but ruins
Asshur hath commanded let none
Escape the sword
Treacherous and rebellious
Defiant in the face of certain destruction
Conquered cities razed to the ground
Captured towns pillaged
Populations massacred
Savage genocidal warfare
Exacted upon the bitter enemies of Asshur
The cities of men have
Become targets for annihilation
Acts of blatant destruction
A deterrent to stamp out
The flames of sedition
Men decapitated, women of all ages raped
Children blinded, rendered helpless
Infants clubbed to death
The unborn ripped from their mothers' wombs
Nobles cruelly thrown from city walls
Only to be fed upon by wild beasts
Soldiers flay wives and whores
Roast their little ones screaming in the fire
Piles of severed heads built into pyramids
Even cats and dogs are slain in the streets
Not even the unborn shall escape
The wrath of Asshur
Ruins scavenged for any poor wretches
Cowering in holes or skulking in cellars
Ruthlessly dragged out and slain
Every last one of them must be exterminated
Leave not a single one alive
The whole of them must be
Wiped out of existence
We shall make of their
Nation a barren wasteland with flame
Entire landscapes will become
Naught but ruins
Asshur hath commanded let none
Escape the sword