Lyrics Beyond the Gates of Nineveh - Sacred Steel

Beyond the Gates of Nineveh

Asleep for countless centuries
Beneath the endless sands of time
'Til excavations did unearth my bones and ruins
I now reclaim what once was mine
Ishtar rise
Lost are the temple of Sin
Shamash and Nergal
No one will ever kneel before Ashur’s altar
No longer sacrifices t Nabiu — Ninurta
Forever bow before the great goddess Ishtar
I bring the truth — Sweep lies away
This time forever I will stay — Within — Beyond her gates
Regain what once was mine — Beyond the sands of time
Regain what once was mine Ishtar rise
Regain what once was mine — Beyond the sands of time
Regain what once was mine — Behold
Ishtar rise
Besieged and saced in 612 BC
Razed to the ground — My sacred and divine city
Defeated by their rites
But now with wrath I rise from pits and from earth piles
I bring the truth — Sweep lies away
This time forever I will stay — Within — Beyond her gates
Regain what once was mine — Beyond the sands of time
Regain what once was mine Ishtar rise
Regain what once was mine — Beyond the sands of time
Regain what once was mine — Behold
Ishtar rise
You must return to me
The breechcloth for my body
The clasps for my hands and feet
The birthstone girdle for my hips
The ornaments for my breasts
The chains for my neck
The pendance for my ears
The great crown for my head
Sebet Bàbù Kurnugi — Lippetù Ina Pànikà