Dark Avenger Lyrics - Battle Hymns - Manowar

He broke the laws of the elders 

So they plucked out his eye, 

Took his land and fortune, 

Left him to die 

Bound on the shoreline, 

Left for the tide, 

sees his lifeblood 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 whence you came 

And seek payment 

Not only for thine own 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 woeful 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 fearsome in might 

And black in colour 

That he could stand as one with the darkness... 

Save for his burning eyes 

of crimson 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 full 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 full with their lives 

I spare not land or servants 

My wake is sloathe and 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 full with they lives 

With they lives 

With they lives 

With they lives 

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