Manowar - Dark Avenger Lyrics
He broke the laws of the eldersSo they plucked out his eye,Took his land and fortune,Left him to dieBound on the shoreline,Left for the tide,Sees his life blood leaving...Circling lower the vultures flyThese bones may be brokenBut the spirit cant dieAnd the gods see his anguishAnd give him a signFrom the floor of the oceanThe ship of the lost souls riseAnd they take him where no one sleepsWhile the undead cryWhere no one sleeps while the undead cryAnd in the world aboveThe elders sing,On his land they liveLet deaths bell ringHe was met at the gate of hadesBy the guardian of the lost souls,The keeper of the unavengedAnd he did say to him:Let you not pass abandon return to the world from once you cameAnd seek payment not only for thy known anguishBut vindicate the souls of the unavengedAnd they placed in his hands a sword made for him called vengeanceForged in brimstone and tempered by the woeful tears of the unavengedAnd to carry him up on his journey back to the upper worldThey brought forth their demon horse called black deathA grim steed so fiercely might and black in colourThat he could stand as one with the darknessSave from his burning eyes of crimson fireAnd on that night they rode up from hellThe pounding of his hooves did clap like thunderBurning, death, destruction raping the daughters and wivesIn blood I take my payment in full with their livesNo one can escape me on black death I rideWhen kissed by the sword of vengeanceYour head lays there by your sideI take the lives of all that I once knewThe torn flesh of a slow death waits for youBurning, death, destruction raping the daughters and wivesIn blood I take my payment in full with their livesI spare not land or servants my wake is slow dead thereI take their wives and daughtersThey stand there watching, watchingHoping to get my life but when Im through they know they must pay
