Dark Avenger (Manowar cover) Lyrics

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
See's his life blood leaving
Circling lower, the vultures fly

These 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's bell ring

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 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 fiercely might and black in colour
That he could stand as one with the... darkness
Save from his burning eyes of crimson fire
And on that night they rode up from Hell
The pounding of his hooves did clap like thunder

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

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 slow dead there
I take their wives and daughters
They stand there watching, watching
Hoping to get my lifeb but when I'm through they know they must pay

Burning, death, destruction raping the daughters and wives
In blood I take my payment in full with their lives