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In ancient Egypt in a distant past

A king ascended his glorious throne

Like his father named Amenophis

A name in which Amon’s glory shone

But soon madness came over the king

Selecting one god to be the only one

Echnaton

Trying to destroy his people’s faith

Destroying shrines of many gods

Forbidding their worship and rituals

Succeeding by force against the odds

The king invented the monotheistic lie

Changing his name to fit his crime

Echnaton

The world’s first religious persecutor

Obsessed by his theological aberration

He neglected his duties as a king

And thus suffered his whole nation

(chorus)

Mad pharaoh, mad pharaoh

Defy his legacy, curse his name

Mad pharaoh, mad pharaoh

His just fate eternal shame

After the mad pharaoh’s death

Which came to him at early age

The dead king called a blasphemer

His people returning to their ways

But the seeds of monotheism were sown

And thus the damage had been done

Echnaton

We still taste the fruits of his madness

After many, many centuries have gone

Souls of wrath shall ride with holy fire

The war against his heritage will be won

(chorus)