The Battle of Memphis - Epic Nubian War Music | King Piye’s Conquest

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"Lash the masts together! Build a bridge across the sky!"

Experience the vertical assault of the Kushite Pharaohs in "The Battle of Memphis." This track follows King Piye’s ingenious naval siege of the White Walls, where ships became ladders to reclaim the throne of the Two Lands.

Historical Context: In the 8th Century BC, the Nubian King Piye launched a holy war to unify Egypt, famously capturing the city of Memphis by using his fleet to scale the city's river-facing walls.

LYRICS:
[Intro]
PIYE! PIYE!
Drums like thunder, brass like light,
Voices rising for the fight!

[Verse 1]
The golden sun hangs heavily across the ancient Nile,
Tefnakht’s Libyans hold the walls, mile by limestone mile.
Memphis stands impenetrable, white and blinding bright,
Ready to repel the southern army in the light.
But from the depths of Nubia, the Kushite warriors come,
Marching to the rhythm of the heart and of the drum.
With gleaming bronze and leopard skin, the chosen ones arrive,
King Piye’s holy vanguard brings the riverfront alive!

[Pre-Chorus]
The harbor is defended, the gates are locked in stone,
But the masters of the southern Nile will take the Pharaoh's throne!
They capture every vessel, they seize the wooden fleet,
And turn the ships of Egypt to an iron-clashing beat!

[Chorus]
Lash the masts together! Build a bridge across the sky!
From the harbor to the battlements, hear the Nubian cry!
Leaping from the yardarms, shadows in the blinding light,
Scaling up the living bridge to take the city's height!
The Victory Stela cuts the stone to praise the sacred strike,
Where ship and city wall become a battlefield alike!

[Verse 2]
Panic on the ramparts as the fleet becomes a stair,
Dark-skinned kings of heaven’s bow are flying through the air!
Balancing on rigging, charging up the wooden beams,
Shattering the Libyan defenders' hopeful dreams.
Acrobats of warfare in a vertical assault,
Crashing down upon the guards and bursting through the vault.

[Bridge]
From the water to the wood!
From the wood unto the stone!
Amun-Re has blessed the strike,
The kingdom is his own!
Climb! Climb! Climb unto the sun!
The battle for the Two Lands is already won!

[Chorus]
Lash the masts together! Build a bridge across the sky!
From the harbor to the battlements, hear the Nubian cry!
Leaping from the yardarms, shadows in the blinding light,
Scaling up the living bridge to take the city's height!

[Outro]
Over the walls they pour...
Memphis belongs to Piye!
The Two Lands are united!