Echo of The Sun

Echo of the Sun

lyrics by Aziza Poggi of Dendura

A ruler in ancient times who believed in one deity

servant to the sun in the sky the creator

on a religious movement against conformity

devoted to the eldest god he prays at his altar

a heretic

A sovereign forcing the new cult of worship

destroying priesthoods with his troubled revolution

known as a heretic anger arose through out Egypt

old order was no more he abandoned tradition

King of Amarna

A false prophet

Wa-En-Ra X6

Echo of the sun, echo

A new capital was built to satisfy his ambition

El-Amarna the Kingdom of the damned pharaoh

he soon was overthrown thus started reformation

he was punished for bringing mayhem and sorrow

A heretic

a false prophet

King of Amarna

Wa-En-Ra

Wa-En-Ra X

Echo of the sun

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This song is about Akhenaten, a pharaoh from the 18th dynasty of Egypt. To break down the song:

A ruler in ancient times who believed in one deity

servant to the sun in the sky the creator

on a religious movement against conformity

devoted to the eldest god he prays at his altar

When Akhenaten became the Pharaoh, Egypt was polytheistic. In the fifth year of his reign, he changed his name from Imhotep to Akhenaten and took steps to make Aten, the sun god, into the ONLY god of Egypt.

A sovereign forcing the new cult of worship

destroying priesthoods with his troubled revolution

known as a heretic anger arose through out Egypt

old order was no more he abandoned tradition

He claimed he was the only person who could communicate with Aten and the god's only son thus making priests obsolete. Those who remained were banned. He did not give the people of Egypt a choice to follow this new monotheistic god thus causing tremendous unrest.

A new capital was built to satisfy his ambition

El-Amarna the Kingdom of the damned pharaoh

he soon was overthrown thus started reformation

he was punished for bringing mayhem and sorrow

He built a new capitol, El Amarna, to honor Aten. In the fifteenth year of his reign, most of his family was dead. Since he claimed to be the god Aten's only son, he was promised that his family would have a long lives and be healthy. The people of Egypt banned the name Aten and began destroying all signs of it. He died sometime in the 17th year of his reign.