The Lake
The one eyed old man told me that the face that I would see..
Has paralyzed one thousand brave men, sure of victory.
I cannot fight blindfolded and I'd freeze if I would see,
So I need to sacrifice my eyes to see all from within.
The one eyed old man told me of a lake that no one knows,
Where the edge of the sky unites with the bottom, countless feet down deep.
And he told me when this world was young into it's depths his eye he had thrown,
So that though one eyed he could see all that can be seen.
I'll throw my eyes into the lake, so that I can see from within
I'll throw my eyes into the lake, and when blind I will still see.
At the bottom of the lake, my two eyes will shine like the stars.
At the bottom of the lake, I will see no matter how near are far!
At the bottom of the lake, my two eyes will shine like the stars.
At the bottom of the lake, I will see no matter how near are far!
Regardless at with which speed, my horse takes me through the night,
No matter how sharp the blade of my sword seems to be.
Even with the aid of two pair of eyes, way up high,
In the end before the beast, its face I would've had to see!
But with my two eyes in depths, my vision is supreme,
I see all things that cant be seen, but not my hand held out in front of me.
The face that makes men freeze, I now need not to see at all.
I feel the prescence of the beast but will not need to stare him down no more!
I've thrown my eyes into the lake, so that I can see from within
I've throw my eyes into the lake, and when blind I still see.
At the bottom of the lake, my two eyes are shining like the stars.
At the bottom of the lake, I still see no matter how near are far!
At the bottom of the lake, my two eyes are shining like the stars.
At the bottom of the lake, I still see no matter how near are far!
Der See (The Lake)
(This is my favourite Bathory song, so I added the lyrics in german as well, just for fun, enjoy.)
Der ein�ugige Alte sagte mir, das Antlite, das ich sehen werde,
hat eintausend mutigue M�nner, die mit dem Sieg gerechnet haben, paralysient.
Ich kann nicht mit einer Binde K�mpfen, und ich w�rde erstarren, sollte ich schen,
deshalb mu� ich mein Schverm�gen opfern, um alles von innen zu schen.
Der ein�gige Alte erz�hlte mir von einem See von dem niemand wei�.
Vo das Ende des Himmels eins wird mit dem endlos tiefen Boden.
Und er erz�hlte mir, wie er sein Auge in die Tiefe geworfen hat, als die welt noch jugwar.
Damiten, obwohl ein�gig, mehr gehen konnte, als gesehen werden kann.
Ich werde meine Augen in den see werfen, Damit ich von immen sehen kann
Ich werde meine Augen in den see werfen, Und obwohl blind, werde ich trotzdem sehen
Auf dem Boden des sees, Meine zwei Augen werden wie sterne gl�nzen.
Auf dem Boden des sees, Ich werde sehen, egal wie nah oder wie weit.
Egal mit welcher Geschwindigkeit mien Pferd mich durch die Nach nimmt
Egal wie sharf die Klinge Von menem Schwert en sein scheint
Auch mit der Hilfe der beiden Augen paare hoch am Himmel
Am Ende h�tte ich das Antlite der Bestie anschauen m�ssen.
Aber mit menen beden Augen in der Tiefe ist men Schverm�gen das beste
Ich sehe alles, was nich gesehen werden kann, aber nicht meine Hand vor mir
Das Antlitz, das M�nner zu Eis erstannen l��t, mu� ich nun nich mehr anshanen.
Ich werde seine Anwesenheit sp�ren aber ich Mu� es nicht mehr anschauen
Ich habe meine Augen in den See geworfen Damit ich von innen sehen kann.
Ich habe meine Augen in den See geworfen un obwohl blind, werde ich trozdem sehen
Auf dem Boden des Sees Mene zwei Augen werden wie Sterne gl�nzen
Auf dem Boden des Sees Ich sehe jetet, egal wie nah oder wie weit
A Fine Day To Die
Orgy of silence
Conspiracy of peace
Only the master
Of the cold northern breeze
Twinsun sink fading
Behind the black lake
Asleep is the mountains
Yet the night is awake
Strange is the night
Now black stars rise
And many moons circle
Through silent the night
Along the black mountain side scattered
By the campfires awaiting the dawn
Two times a hundred men in battles
Tried by the steel of the arrow, axe, and the sword
By battle worn hunger torn awaitening
For the sun to break through the cold haze
And for the banners of Ebal to appear
On the hill in the sun's first warm rays
The elder among the men looked deep into
The fire and spoke loud with pride
Tomorrow is a fine day to die!
Now the morning advance from far east
Now the sun break through dustclouds and haze
Now a forest of spears appears on the hill
And the steel shines bright in the sun's first rays
Die!
Die!
Die!
Die!
Blood, Fire, Death
Death's stars on horizon
Lightning and rain
Black winds and thunder
The skylines in flames
Written in the red mist
The sign of the one
Who rides deaths cold wind
And walks disguised among
All you vagrant souls
Of profane disbeliefs
All prophets and decievers
Shall swing from the trees
Soon the dawn shall arise
For all the oppressed to arm
A chariot of thunder shall be seen
And bronze horns shall sound the alarm
Fists rise like hammers
To cloudy black sky
Bonds and chains fall to the ground
Children of all slaves
United and proud
All people of bondage shall triumph
And live by the sign of...
Blood, Fire, Death!
The moment is chosen
The battlefields bare
Take now thy stand people
The true ones don't fear
Now choose your weapons
And fall in the line
Choose well your colors
And follow the sign
Blood for all tears shed
And fire for hate
Death for what shall become
All false ones fate
The standard bearer is chosen
And the day has just begun
Shadows growing longer by the rising
Of the awakening sun
Fists rise like hammers
To a clear sunny sky
Bonds and chains fallen to the ground
Children of all slaves
Now united and proud
All people of bondage shall triumph
Under the sign of...
Blood, Fire, Death!
Children of all slaves
Unite be proud
Rise out of darkness and pain
A chariot of thunder and gold
Will come loud
And a warrior of thunder and rain
With hair as white as snow
Hammer of steel
To set you free of your chains
And to lead you all
Where horses run free
And the souls of the ancient ones reign
Song To Hall Up High
I know you watch over me
Father of all the past
And all that will ever be
You are the first and the last
The watcher of all that lives
The guardian of all that dies
The one eyed God, way up high
Who rules my world and the stars
Northern wind, take my song up high
To the hall of glory in the sky
So its gates shall greet me open wide
When my time has come to die
Shores In Flames
Mother winter leaves our land
And opens wide the seas
Her luke warm breeze does beckon me
As it whispers through the trees
It says set your sails
And let me take your ships to foriegn shores
Take farewell of those near you
And your land of the north
The wild cold deep black oceans waves
Invites my hungry heart
Cry not my love I'll return
Only death can keep us apart
Odin in the sky up high
Let the ravens of yours fly
To guide us on our sail to foriegn shores
Let your ravens fly
The wind blows through my hair
And fills our sails with hope and pride
Carress these lines of oak wind
Do not throw us all aside
The wild cold deep black oceans waves
As wide as sky above
Carry us oh Gods of seas
Don't take us down below
Now approach the shore at dawn
All is still the light of daybreak is yet to be born
Clad in morning dew asleep
The cities walls rise before us men from the seas
Carrying cold steel at our sides
No time to waste at sunbirth we attack
The city by surprise
Down the coastlines with the wind we reign
Men of the north we leave the shores in flames
Shores in flames, Ohh ahh shores in flames.
Shores in flames, Ohh ahh shores in flames.
FIRE!
Tor of thunder way up high
Swing your hammer that cracks the sky
Send the wind to fill our sails and take us home
Guide your sons us home
When the wind cries out my name
And time has come for me to die
Then wrap me in my cape
And lay my sword down at my side
And place me on a ship of oak
And let it drift with tide
Let these flames purify my soul
On its way to hall up high
Up high! Up high!
Up high! Up high!
FIRE!
Gods of Thunder, Wind, and of Rain.
Creator of life Guardian of the dead
Goddess of battle and war
All of ye watch me my sword by my side
Proudly I sit on my horse
And I wait for the sign in the sky to appear
Telling me that the moment has come
For me to ride beyond the edge of this world
Into these realms where shadows are strong
Gods of Thunder, of Wind, and of Rain
Valkyries my soul is yours should I fail
Let my beheaded and battered corpse lay
And take me where you bring all Nordsmen slain
Gods of Thunder, of Wind, and of Rain
Huginn and Muninn my eyes in the sky
Heart of mine thrown in the pit of the snake
I will not need no heart where I go should I die
Realms of the shadows brings me no fear
I may stand or be beaten and torn
The mountains may stand but the life of a man
Is decided long before he is born
Leaving the plains where my ancenstors hunted
For meat and for hides against cold
Here the fire was tamed, here our swords were made
And here the elders amazing tales told
I ride to the land few have seen or returned from
To tell of its bleakness and dark
I see nothing but mist and the mountains so tall
I cant tell them and the sky apart
Gods of Thunder, of Wind, and of Rain
Valkyries my soul is yours should I fail
Let my beheaded and battered corpse lay
And take me where you bring all Nordsmen slain
Gods of Thunder, of Wind, and of Rain
Huginn and Muninn my eyes in the sky
Heart of mine thrown in the pit of the snake
I will not need no heart where I go should I die
Realms of the shadows brings me no fear
I may stand or be beaten and torn
The mountains may stand but the life of a man
Is decided long before he is born
Gods of Thunder, of Wind, and of Rain
Valkyries my soul is yours should I fail
Let my beheaded and battered corpse lay
And take me where you bring all Nordsmen slain
Gods of Thunder, of Wind, and of Rain
Huginn and Muninn my eyes in the sky
Heart of mine thrown in the pit of the snake
I will not need no heart where I go should I die
Nocturnal Obeisance -(music by Quorthon)
{Instrumental}
Massacre -(words and music by Quorthon)
Down the vast hills in morning mist cold,
Into the peaceful deep valley below.
Two thousand stallion's foaming with hate.
Carrying their masters towards their fate.
Into the battle they ride,
Two thousand men too young to die,
Massacre...
Coming from each side prepared for attack,
Covered in dustclouds now there is no turning back.
Once so peaceful valley echoes with cries,
Cascades of blood and brains as the midday sun rise.
Under a blood red sky,
None will live to face the night,
Massacre...
Admist the scattered limbs dead bodies finally come to peace,
Circling the sky the vultures waits to play their part,
To sescend on wings of death and feast from human hearts.
The battle is lost still someone always wins.
And now they descend on deaths black wings,
Massacre...
Woman of Dark Desires -(words and music by Quorthon)
All dressed in red and purple the beauty awaits the night.
Knowing what will satisfy, Aware of Her delight.
The thought of young fresh blood makes the hours go so slow.
But the yearn for eternal life and beauty makes her hazelbrown eyes glow.
Woman of dark desires. Woman of eternal beauty.
Woman of dark desires. Elisabeth Bathory.
Now the hour is come, the time is right for the feast to take its toll.
And by the sunrise sixty bodies will be found raped from their blood and souls.
The beauty patiently selects the victims for the night.
Innocent blood will give eternal beauty eternal life.
Woman of dark desires. Woman of eternal beauty.
Woman of dark desires. Elisabeth Bathory.
Now the life you have lived have come to light and unfold is your perversity.
Now the end is near still death is real. No more beauty or life for eternity.
Cold walls entombs your secrets but there's nothing you regret.
Embrace death with a smile as the highlands face sunset.
Woman of dark desires. Woman of eternal beauty.
Woman of dark desires. Elisabeth Bathory.
Call From the Grave -(words and music by Quorthon)
God of Heaven, hear my cries of anguish, I'm in pain.
I've suffered a thousand deaths but I live on in vain.
Death would greet with eternal sleep, my soul would come to peace.
My life had ceased, The time was come, Can no one hear my pleas?
Lowered down in the moisty ground, Into the dark and cold.
My hearts beat the only sound, Pain tears my limbs and soul.
I scream for mercy, Hear my cries, Oh, Lord, dont abandon me.
I'm so tired, grant me the eternal sleep. Buried and forgotten,
In a cold and nameless grave, If Hell is what awaits me, I feel no fright,
Buried and forgotten, In a cold and nameless grave.
If there's a God in Heaven, Hear my cries from the grave.......
Eternal Hell I've suffered, In a cold and nameless grave,
If Hell is what awaits me, I feel no fright,
Buried and forgotten, In a cold and nameless grave.
If there's a God in Heaven, Hear my cries from the grave.......
Equimanthorn -(words and music by Quorthon)
Grant me the powers of thunder and give me a sword forged in the raging hells fire.
Lend me the eight legged black stallion of Odin and I'll have my vengence, oh, I'll kill with desire.
Vengence flows like boiling poison through my twisted veins.
Tonight I'll blood shed with wrath and set the night on flames.
Invincible in battle, wargods hear my deathwish cry.
I'll laugh in the face of death, I into glory ride.
Snarling breath upon your backs, I'm vengence incarnate.
Now its time, The moment has come, stand up now, face my hate.
See the fire in my eyes, the final light you'll see.
I send you into darkness with my sword of thunder and steel.
Tonight I'll blood shed with wrath and set the night on flames.
Invincible in battle, wargods hear my deathwish cry.
I'll laugh in the face of death, I into glory ride.
I let the bodies lie in shame ,
I let mighty Earth drink their blood,
I turn my face to eternal sky,
And praise my elders,
God Equimanthorn hear my Hail,
Your the mighty four winds night and day,
Steel in every warriors heart and sword,
The brave and wise in flesh and soul.
Equimanthorn Equimanthorn
Equimanthorn Equimanthorn
Equimanthorn Equimanthorn
Equimanthorn Equimanthorn.
Enter the Eternal Fire -(words and music by Quorthon)
Leaves the world of mortals to walk into the mist to stalk unto the other side.
Plains of otherness, The utter emptiness, Where time has ceased and dark and light collide.
Crossing the river of death and water cold, Slowly walking up the bridge.
The jewelled bridge I walk, For what seems a lifetime, In the night it's jewells glow.
There on the other side, On the shore of no return, The one for me awaits.
Cannot avoid the eyes, In which the fire burn, Come this far it's to late.
And he calls my name,
First a whispering then louder,
And he wants me to follow,
And to enter the eternal fire....
I walk this endless night, His eyes the only light, Repeatedly he whispers my name.
Fingers move and twist, Through crimson thick dark mist, And voices cry of agony and pain
. Close now to his kingdom, The bleak world dark and still, I follow the voice whispering my name.
Approach the gate of sin, Opened up to let me in, And there he stand in flames.
The price now I must pay, For eternity my soul his claim, For years of pleasures, victory, and gold.
The one who stand in flames, Now rise and walk my way and reached out for my soul.
And he calls my name,
First a whispering then louder,
And he wants me to fall down,
And to enter the eternal fire....
I stand at the jaws of the pit, The heat scorch my flesh, The fall seem never to end,
My hair burns, My eyes can't see, The flames slowly eat my soul.
The pain tears my mind, Hear my cries oh Lord, Have mercy oh Lord,
This cant be, Raging flames all over me, Inferno of heat,
Oh no, oh no, oh nooooooooo, nooooooooooo, noooooooo.........
Chariots of Fire -(words and music by Quorthon)
The damned earth commot under starspangled sky, as sound of destruction increase.
Toungues of red fire snatch black clouds above and unite with cold northern breeze.
A massive viel of flames raise high over the mountains, and burning clouds fill up the sky.
A long vast dark hills liquid fire brim over, tonight Hell's jaws open wide.
Over the skyline, approaching at high speed, objects of flames reaching higher.
Crossing the sky at Hell's pace comes a thousand chariots of fire...
Chariots of fire emerge, spreading pure Hell on earth as they pass over water and land.
All living to ashes turn, all creatures alive they burn, they die as they lay and stand.
Vast hills on fire, thick smoke dark sight, ashes and death everywhere.
Covered with ashes the bleak world lies dead as the chariots emerge the poisoned air.
Over the skyline, approaching at high speed, objects of flames reaching higher.
Crossing the sky at Hell's pace comes a thousand chariots of fire...
13 Candles -(words and music by Quorthon)
Now the night lays dark and cold, Upon the world at sleep.
Across the world sweeps a crimson haze, Now the virgins seal is broken.
The fertility rite is complete, And the seed is sewn in a holy place.
(Born a child of the underworld) The fire and flame
(Born a child of the underworld) Desire and pain
(Born a child of the underworld) Evil prevail
(Born a child of the underworld) ...
Now the daylight's slowly fading, The twelfth night is come.
Prepare soon the virgin shall give birth, To the son of Satan, Child of Hell.
Spread the news across the universe!
Satans child born tonight by womb untouched and pure.
All hell rejoice the birth of the Son, Laced in sin, Child of Hell
The spirit of lust and pain, Baptised in sacred angel blood, Now Evil can prevail.
(Born a child of the underworld) The fire and flame
(Born a child of the underworld) Desire and pain
(Born a child of the underworld) Evil prevail
(Born a child of the underworld) So light the thirteen candles
(Born a child of the underworld) The fire and flame
(Born a child of the underworld) Desire and pain
(Born a child of the underworld) Evil prevail
(Born a child of the underworld) So light the thirteen candles
Of Doom -(words and music by Quorthon)
Hold high our banner black, the three flames in red.
Brothers and sisters, Hail, proudly raise your heads.
Through you we've reached out to just every nation.
You kept us alive with your love and dedication.
Bathory Hordes is the united force, all we are born of one womb.
The mightiest of hordes born through faith and belief.
Hail now the sign of the black mark and of doom...
You kept your faith, you mailed us your Hails.
You spread our name and commotion.
You are the ones who believes and supports,
And thats called sheer bloody f*cking devotion.
The creature with red eyes, the symbol we've choosed.
To guide us or fool us, but together we cant lose.
Brothers and sisters under black moon.
Hail high the sign of the black mark and of doom...
Wearing our name B.A.T.H.O.R.Y., on t-shirts and badges we salute thy.
You thrashing f*cking lunatics forever you'll live in our hearts.
Hail high the sign our faith the black mark...
