Achilles, Agony, And Ecstasy [In Eight Parts] lyrics

[I HECTOR STORMS THE WALL]

I see my chariot run to your ships

I'll drive you back to 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 snow from the sky

We will pay with our glory

In the fire of battle

Zeus today is mine

Killing all 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]

[IV ARMOR OF THE GODS]

[V HECTOR'S FINAL HOUR]

Here is inside the walls 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

The many thousands I did kill,

No walls can contain the gods' almighty will

I hear the silent voices I cannot hide

The gods leaves no choices so we all must die

Oh Achilles let thy 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 grip of fear, no valour 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 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...

Hector's blood lies on the battlefield

His body 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, steadfest in direction

I fall upon you bringing death, the gods give no protection

Coward in the grip of fear, no valour to uphold

Cut into the earth, with honor long been sold

For all shall come to know me, as they fall ino their knees

Zeus the Thunderer, control my destiny

Blood and fire death and hate, you body I will desecrate

Dogs and vultures eat your flesh the hall of Hades waits

Die, die, die...

[VII THE DESECRATION OF HECTOR'S BODY]

[PART 1]

[PART 2]

[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 fool 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 promice fulfilled

More blood will be spilled, more will be killed.

• Artist:Manowar
• Album:The Triumph Of Steel