Manowar - The Triumph Of Steel

MANOWAR

THE TRIUMPH OF STEEL (1992)

  1. Achilles, Agony And Ecstasy In Eight Parts
  2. Metal Warriors
  3. Ride The Dragon
  4. Spirit Horse Of The Cherokee
  5. Burning
  6. The Power Of Thy Sword
  7. The Demon's Whip
  8. Masters Of The Wind

MANOWAR

THE TRIUMPH OF STEEL

  1. ACHILLES, AGONY AND ECSTASY IN EIGHT PARTS

         PRELUDE
         Instrumental

         I. HECTOR STORMS THE WALL

See my chariot run to your ships
I'll drive you back in the sea
You came here for gold
The wall will not hold
This day was promised to me
The gods are my shield
My fate has been sealed
Lightning and javelins fly
Soon many will fall
We are storming the wall
Stones fall like snow from the sky

We will pay with our glory
In the fire of battle
Zeus today is mine
Killing all in my way
Like sheep and like cattle
Smashing skulls of all who defy
I spare not the hammer
I spare not the sword
This day will ring with my name
None have to chase me
Let he who will face me
Kill me or die by the sword.

        II. THE DEATH OF PATROCLUS

Oh, friend of mine, how to say goodbye
This was your time, but the armor you wore
Was mine, I will not rest until
Hector's blood is spilled
His bones will all be broken
Dragged across the field
This, dear friend, is how we'll say
Goodbye, until we meet in the sky

       III. FUNERAL MARCH
            Instrumental

       IV. ARMOR OF THE GODS
            Instrumental

        V. HECTOR'S FINAL HOUR

Here inside the walls of Troy
The gods weigh my fate
From this day do I abstain
To a memory of hate
To pay for all the blood that spilled
Many thousands I did kill
No walls can contain
The gods' almighty will

I hear the silent voices
I cannot hide
The gods leave no choices
So we all must die
Oh, Achilles, let my arrows fly
Into the wind where eagles cross the sky
Today my mortal blood will mix with sand
It was foretold I will die by thy hand
Into Hades my soul descend

       VI. DEATH HECTOR'S REWARD

Cowards in the grid of fear
No valor to uphold
Cut into the earth
With honor long been sold
For all shall come to know me
As they fall unto their knees
Zeus the thunderer
Control my destiny
When the cards of life were dealt
My hand a ruthless fate
To avenge and bringeth fury
Hector, feel my hate
A bloodbath I was born to bring
By birth I'm an assassin
To cut the cord of life and death
Ties to earth unfasten

Blood and fire, death and hate
Your body I will desecrate
Dogs and vultures eat your flesh
The hall of Hades waits
Kill, kill, kill, kill
Kill, kill, kill, kill

Hector's blood lies on the battlefield
His body's mangled wounds
The gods who once protected him
Are now his gods of doom
Like a tower standing tall
Steadfast in direction
I fall upon your bringing death
The gods give no protection
Coward in the grip of fear
No valor to uphold
Cut into the earth
With honor long been sold
For all shall come to know me
As they fall unto their knees
Zeus the thunderer
Control my destiny

Blood and fire, death and hate
Your body I will desecrate
Dogs and vultures eat your flesh
The hall of Hades waits
Die, die, die, die
Die, die, die, die

      VII. THE DECREATION OF HECTOR'S BODY

            PART 1
            Instrumental

            PART 2
            Instrumental

     VIII. THE GLORY OF ACHILLES

The oath of the gods
This day was fulfilled
In the heat of the battle
Hector was killed

See him Patroclus
Down in the dust
Rejoice in his death
My symbol of trust

A dozen highborn youths
Have been killed
Cutting their throats
Their blood was all spilled

Their bodies set
At the foot of your fire
With oxen sheep
And two of your hounds

Your funeral pyre
High off the ground
Hector's body
Dragged three times around

I will carry the torch
To your funeral pyre
I will ask of the wind
To send high your fire

Hector's blood will not be washed
From my body
Until your body
Is burned

A prophecy spoken
A promise fulfilled
More blood will be spilled
More will be killed.

2. METAL WARRIORS

BROTHERS OF METAL, PART ONE

Every one of us has heard the call
Brothers of true metal
Proud and standing tall
We know the power within us
Has brought us to this hall
There's magic in the metal
There's magic in us all

Heavy metal or no metal at all
Whimps and posers, leave the hall
Heavy metal or no metal at all
Whimps and posers, go on get out, leave the hall

Now the world must listen to our decree
We don't turn down for anyone
We do just what we please
Got to make it louder
All men play on ten
If you're not into metal
You are not my friend

Heavy metal or no metal at all
Whimps and posers, leave the hall
Heavy metal or no metal at all
Whimps and posers, I said, leave the hall

Now the world must listen to our decree
We don't turn down for anyone
We do just what we please
Got to make it louder
All men play on ten
If you're not into metal
You are not my friend
No

There's metal in the air tonight
Can you hear it call
If you ain't got the balls to take it
You can leave the hall

Heavy metal or no metal at all
Whimps and posers, leave the hall
Heavy metal or no metal at all
Whimps and posers, go on, leave the hall

Heavy metal or no metal at all
Whimps and posers, leave the hall
Heavy metal or no metal at all
Whimps and posers, just leave the hall

Heavy metal or no metal at all
Whimps and posers, leave the hall
Heavy metal or no metal at all
Whimps and posers, just leave the hall.

3. RIDE THE DRAGON

Demon's blood and dragon fire
Falling on my wings
Racing to the battle in the sky
Ancient gods are calling me
I hear them when they sing
Of all the heroes who wait for me to die

Beneath a cloak of magic
I'll meet them in the air
I am invisible
I move without a sound
They look but cannot find me
They think that I'm not there
With a spell I send them crashing to the ground

Wait for me, dragon
We'll meet in the sky
By fire and magic, I am sworn
Hell is calling
We cannot be denied
Fly to the blackness of the storm
We must die to reborn

I wear a sacred talisman
I make a secret sign
Now welcome me into this wicked wind
On the journey of a shaman
A dragon I must ride
The gates of hell are open
Let me in

Rule of hell or serve in heaven
Choose an altar or a throne
All commandments and laws of man disown
Now eat the fruit of knowledge
Unto no one ye atone
Into the fire with your soul

Wait for me, dragon
We'll meet in the sky
By fire and magic I am sworn
Hell is calling
We cannot be denied
Fly to the blackness of the storm
We must die to reborn

Demon's blood and dragon fire
Falling on my wings
Racing to the battle in the sky
Ancient gods are calling me
I hear them when they sing
Of all the heroes who wait for me to die

Beneath a cloak of magic
I'll meet them in the air
I am invisible
I move without a sound
They look but cannot find me
They think that I'm not there
With a spell I send them crashing to the ground

Wait for me, dragon
We'll meet in the sky
By fire and magic I am sworn
Hell is calling
We cannot be denied
Fly to the blackness of the storm

Wait for me, dragon
We'll meet in the sky
By fire and magic I am sworn
Hell is calling
We cannot be denied
Fly to the blackness of the storm

Wait for me, dragon
We'll meet in the sky
By fire and magic I am sworn
Hell is calling
We cannot be denied
Fly to the blackness of the storm
We must die to be
Die to be
Die to be reborn.

4. SPIRIT HORSE OF THE CHEROKEE

The trail of tears began for the Cherokee
The white men came to trade and borrow
But then they would not leave
Some of us were taken by boat and died at sea
Those of us who lived were sold to slavery

We welcomed them as brothers
Knowing nothing of their greed
Born hunters, not the hunted
As the white man hunts for me

We are descendants of the animals
We live among them free
Our trail of tears would end
One day at Wounded Knee

Great Spirit
Thunder birds fly
We are wild and free
To fight and die
By the open sky
Spirit Horse, ride for me

When we do the Ghost Dance
The buffalo will return
Paint ourselves for war
Now blood and fire burn
Great Spirit, make us strong
Take us to the sky
The Cherokee are brave
We are not afraid to die

Great Spirit
Thunder birds fly
We are wild and free
To fight and die
By the open sky
Spirit Horse, ride for me

Red Cloud, Black Hawk, Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse, Geronimo
Strong and brave warriors to the grave

There has been much killing
There will be much more
The medicine man is dancing
He's calling us to war
Hatchets sing with pride
Let the white man die

Great spirit
Thunder birds fly
We are wild and free
To fight and die
By the open sky
Spirit Horse, ride for me

Great spirit
Thunder birds fly
We are wild and free
To fight and die
By the open sky
Spirit Horse, ride for me

Great spirit
Thunder birds fly
We are wild and free
To fight and die
By the open sky
Spirit Horse, ride for me.

5. BURNING

We have come from the ashes
Of the burning away
Pouring blood in the fire
On the altar of pain
Led into temptation
Now the black gods align
Here, there is no salvation
And your blood is my wine

Here's a world that is waiting
Between the living and the dead
Here the flesh and it's pleasures
Are eternally wed
All is all for the taking
For a life or a lie
At the end of the breaking
I'll be watching you die

Crawl to the silence
Renounce and deny
The stars and the numbers
Foretold of this time
To the words and the wisdom
To the promise of lies
By their anger and fury
The strong will survive.

6. THE POWER OF THY SWORD

Lord of Battle, I pray on bended knee
Conquest by the rising sun
I'll wait for thy command
With flame and blood at hand
Glory and a broken sword

I'm the master of the world
I have no fear of man or beast
Born inside the soul of the world
Riding hard, breaking bone
With steel and stone
Eternal might
I was born to wield

Let us drink to the battles
We've lived and we've fought
Celebrate the pain
And havoc we have wrought
Great heroes charge into the fight
From the north to the south
In the black of night

The clash of honor
Calls to stand when others fall
Gods of war, feel the power of my sword

Let us drink to the battles
We've lived and we've fought
Celebrate the pain
And havoc we have wrought
Great heroes charge into the fight
From the north to the south
In the black of night

Fierce is my blade
Fierce is my hate
Born to die in battle
I laugh at my fate
Now pay in blood
When your blood has been spilled
You're never forgiven
Death is fulfilled

The clash of honor
Calls to stand when others fall
Gods of war, feel the power of my sword

The clash of honor calls
I will stand when others fall
Open magic doors
They will know the power of my sword

There is blood on my hands
There is blood in my eyes
With blood in my voice
I scream as you die
Thirsting for vengeance
And mounds of the slain
Shaking the forest
Onto the plain

Fierce is my blade
Fierce is my hate
Born to die in battle
I laugh at my fate
Now pay in blood
When your blood has been spilled
You're never forgiven
Death is fulfilled

The clash of honor
Calls to stand when others fall
Gods of war, feel the power of my sword

The clash of honor
Calls to stand when others fall
Gods of war, feel the power of my sword
They will know the power of my sword
They will know the power of my sword
Feel the power of my sword.

7. THE DEMON'S WHIP

Black candles slowly burning
White fangs and flashing eyes
Hell's wind and incantations
Summon living fire
Darkest forces and your demon's
Black order, black king
The cult that serves the living
Accept this offering

Black candles slowly burning
White fangs and flashing eyes
Hell's wind and incantations
Summon living fire
As the seven steps await
Hear the great bell toll
With a dead man's bones conjure
The enemy of the soul

From the misery and sadness
Of the molten seas of hell
Mystic love and mystic symbols
In evil dreams there dwell
Darkest forces and your demon's
Black order, black king
The cult that serves the living
Accept this offering

A deadly drink
A meal of hearts
Now sacrifice and die
In darkness and destruction
Behold the evil eye
And the demon's whip

Armies of the gods of hell
Ride across the astral plane
Bearing curses of destruction
Sworn beyond the grave
Children of the darkness
All born but to deceive
By the ancient code of evil
Grant not one reprieve

In the place where evil dwells
Death can live when all life dies
Wage eternal war on heaven
Immortal hate below the sky
Your scripture and your sermons
Are leaves borne on the wind
To heal the unrepentant
One needs a greater sin

Night winds
Oblivion
See my dark desire
Come forth
Appear
He is living fire
Feel the demon's whip

Armies of the gods of hell
Ride across the astral plane
Bearing curses of destruction
Sworn beyond the grave
Children of the darkness
All born but to deceive
By the ancient code of evil
Grant not one reprieve

In the place where evil dwells
Death can live when all life dies
Wage eternal war on heaven
Immortal hate below the sky
Your scripture and your sermons
Are leaves borne on the wind
To heal the unrepentant
One needs a greater sin

Feel the demon's whip
Feel the demon's whip
Feel the demon's whip
Feel the demon's whip

Feel the demon's whip
Feel the demon's whip.

8. MASTERS OF THE WIND

In the silence of the darkness
When all are fast asleep
I live inside a dream
Calling to your spirit
As a sail calls the wind
Hear the angel sing
Far beyond the sun
Across the western sky
Reach into the blackness
Find a silver line
In a voice I whisper
A candle in the night
We'll carry all our dreams
On a single beam of light
Close your eyes
Look into the dream
Winds of change
Will winds of fortune bring
Fly away to a rainbow in the sky
Gold is at the end
For each of us to find
There the road begins
Where another one will end
Here the four winds know
Who will break and who will bend
All to be the master of the wind

Falling stars
Now light my way
My life was written
On the wind
Clouds above
Clouds below
High ascend the dreams within
When the wind fills the sky
The clouds will move aside
And there will be the road
To all our dreams
And for any day that stings
Two better days it brings
Nothing is as bad
As it seems

Close your eyes
Look into the dream
Winds of change
Will winds of fortune bring
Fly away to a rainbow in the sky
Gold is at the end
For each of us to find
There the road begins
Where another one will end
Here the four winds know
Who will break and who will bend
All to be the master of the wind

Fly away to a rainbow in the sky
Gold is at the end
For each of us to find
There the road begins
Where another one will end
Here the four winds know
Who will break and who will bend
All to be the master of the wind

Fly away to a rainbow in the sky
Gold is at the end
For each of us to find
There the road begins
Where another one will end
Here the four winds know
Who will break and who will bend
All to be the master of the wind

Fly away to a rainbow in the sky.

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