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Artist: Manowar
Canonical path: /manowar/dark-avenger
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Dark Avenger
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Dark Avenger
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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 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'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 ye not pass Abaddon
Return to the world
From whence you came
And seek payment
Not only for thine own anguish
But to 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 fiersome in 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 smoke and flame
I take their wives and daughters
They stand there watching, watching
Hoping to gain their lives
But when I'm through
they know that they must pay
Burning, death, destruction
Raping the daughters and wives
In blood I take my payment
In full with their lives
With their lives
With their lives
With their lives
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