Manowar Dark Avenger R Friedman J Demaio Lyrics

Dark Avenger   R Friedman J Demaio Lyrics

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He broke the laws of the elders

So they blocked out his eye,

Took his land and fortune,

Left him to die



Bound on the shoreline,

Left for the tide,

Seizes life, blood leaving...

Circling lower, the vultures fly



His bones may be broken

But the spirit can't die

And the Gods see his anguish

And give him a sign



From the floor of the ocean

The ship of the lost souls rise

And they take him where no one sleeps while the undead cry,

Where no one sleeps while the undead cry...



And in the world above

The elders sing,

On his land they live...

Let death bell ring



Narration:

  He was met at the gate of Hades

  By the Guardian of the Lost Souls,

  The Keeper of the Unavenged

  And He did say to him:

  "Let you not pass

  Abandon

  Return to the world

  From once you came

  And seek payment

  Not only for thy known anguish

  But vindicate the souls

  Of the Unavenged"



  And they placed in his hands

  A sword

  Made for him

  Called: Vengeance

  Forged in brimstone

  And tempered

  By the Wolf in tears of the Unavenged



  And to carry him up on his journey

  Back to the upper world

  They brought forth

  Their Demon horse

  Called: Black Death

  A grim steed

  So fiercely might

  And black in colour

  That he could stand as one: Darkness...

  Save from his burning eyes

  of grims and fire



  And on that night

  They rode up from Hell

  The pounding of his hooves

  Did clap like thunder !



Chorus:

  Burning, death, destruction

  Raping the daughters and wives

  In blood I take my payment

  In foul with their lives



No one can escape me

On Black Death I ride

When kissed by the sword of Vengeance

Your head lays there by your side

I take the lives of all that I once knew

The torn flesh of a slow death waits for you



Chorus:

  Burning, death, destruction

  Raping the daughters and wives

  In blood I take my payment

  In foul with their lives



I spare that land of servants

My wake is slow dead there

I take their wives and daughters

They stand there watching, watching

Hoping to get my life

But when I'm through they know they must pay



Chorus:

  Burning, death, destruction

  Raping the daughters and wives

  In blood I take my payment

  In foul with they lives

  With they lives

  With they lives

  With they lives