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MANOWAR LYRICS
"Kings of Metal" (1988)
1. Wheels of Fire
2. Kings of Metal
3. Heart of Steel
4. Sting of the Bumblebee
5. The Crown and the Ring (Lament of the Kings)
6. Kingdom Come
7. Hail and Kill
8. The Warrior's Prayer
9. Blood of the Kings
1. Wheels of Fire
Since the dawn of time
I've rolled across the earth
Spinning in the dust
Long before your birth
Eatin' tar and gasoline
Every light I see is green
Open pipes, my machine's triple plate chrome
Spirit of the wheel
Wheels of fire burn the night
Ride across the sky
Wheels of fire burning bright
We live to ride
Motors running
Now you're gonna learn
Waiting on the line
Make your tires burn
Fast, faster, faster, faster
Speeding always kills
Nothing else takes us to get these thrills
Spirit of the wheel
Wheels of fire burn the night
Ride across the sky
Wheels of fire burning bright
We live to ride
Blood and thunder on the road
My heart is pounding
My blood is nitroglycerine
I'm fire
Burning, burning, burning, burning
Ready to explode
Don't want nothing left of me to scrape off the road
Spirit of the wheel
Wheels of fire burn the night
Ride across the sky
Wheels of fire burning bright
We live to ride
Clouds of smike
Tires screaming
Fire in my hair
Blown into
A thousand pieces
Scattered everywhere
Fast, burn, burning, faster
Wanna take a ride
Spirit of the wheel
Wheels of fire ride
Spirit of the wheel
Wheels of fire burn the night
Ride across the sky
Wheels of fire burning bright
We live to ride
2. Kings of Metal
Manowar Manowar living on the road
When we're in town speakers explode
We don't attract wimps cause we're too loud
Just true metal people that's Manowars crowd
They wanna keep us down
But they can't last
When we get up
We're gonna kick your ass
Gonna keep on burning
We always will
Other bands play - Manowar kill
Other bands play - Manowar kill
We like it hard, we like it fast
We got the biggest amps, man they blast
True metal people wanna rock not pose
Wearin' jeans and leather, not crackerjack clothes
They wanna keep us down
But they can't last
When we get up
We're gonna kick your ass
Gonna keep on burning
We always will
Other bands play - Manowar kill
Other bands play - Manowar kill
We're the kings of metal comin' to town
When we light up have the roof nailed down
Don't try to tell us that we're too loud
Cause there ain't no way that we'll ever turn down
They wanna keep us down
But they can't last
When we get up
We're gonna kick your ass
Gonna keep on burning
We always will
Other bands play - Manowar kill
Other bands play - Manowar kill
3. Heart of Steel
Build a fire a thousand miles away
To light my long way home
I ride a comet, my trail is long to stay
Silence is a heavy stone
I fight the world and take all they can give
There are times my heart hangs low
Born to walk against the wind, born to hear my name
No matter where I stand I'm alone
Stand and fight
Live by your heart
Always one more try
I'm not afraid to die
Stand and fight
Say what you feel
Born with a heart of steel
Burn the bridge behind you, leave no retreat
There's only one way home
Those who laugh and crowd the path and cut eachothers throats
Will fall like melting snow
They'll watch us rise with fire in our eyes
They'll bow their heads, their hearts will hang low
Then we'll laugh and they will kneel and know this heart of steel was
Too hard to break
Too hard to hold
Stand and fight
Live by your heart
Always one more try
I'm not afraid to die
Stand and fight
Say what you feel
Born with a heart of steel
4. Sting of the Bumblebee
=instrumental=
electro guitar solos
5. The Crown and the Ring (Lament of the Kings)
From a battle I've come
To a battle I ride
Blazing up to the sky
Chains of fate
Hold a fiery stride
I'll see you again when I die
High and mighty alone we are kings
Whirlwinds of fire we ride
Providence brought us the crown and the ring
Covered with blood and our pride
Heroes await me
My enemies ride fast
Knowing not this ride's their last
Saddle my horse
As I drink my last ale
Bowstring and steel will prevail
High and mighty alone we are kings
Whirlwinds of fire we ride
Providence brought us the crown and the ring
Covered with blood and our pride
Odin I await thee
Your true son am I
I hail you now as I die
I pledge you my sword
And to no man I kneel
Ours is the kingdom of steel
High and mighty alone we are kings
Whirlwinds of fire we ride
Providence brought us the crown and the ring
Covered with blood and our pride
6. Kingdom Come
See the white light
The light within
Be your own disciple
Fan the sparks of will
For all of us waiting
Our kingdom has come
Rays of power shining
Rays of magic fall
On the golden voice
That speaks within us all
For all of us waiting
Your kingdom will come
Kingdom come
Feel the while light
The light within
Yeah it burns a fire
That drives a man to win
For all of us waiting
Your kingdom will come
Kingdom come
Words of power
Calling to us al
Holding us together
While other kingdoms fall
No longer waiting
Our kingdom has come
Kingdom come
Oh, kingdom coming
Another kingdom falls
The rightful awaiting
But all are not rightful
Wait and receive
The weight of the fall
Kingdom come
7. Hail and Kill
Brothers I am calling from the valley of the kings
With nothing to atone
A dark march lies ahead together we will ride
Like thunder from the sky
May your sword stay wet like a young girl in her prime
Hold your hammers high
Blood and death are waiting like a raven in the sky
I was born to die
Hear me while I live as I look into your eyes
None shall hear a lie
Power and dominion are taken by the will
By divine right hail and kill
Hail and Kill
Hail, hail, hail and kill
Hail and Kill
Hail, hail, hail and kill
My father was a wolf, I'm a kinsman of the slain
Sworn to rise again
I will bring salvation, punishment and pain
The hammer of hate is our faith
Power and dominion are taken by the will
By divine right hail and kill
Hail and Kill
Hail, hail, hail and kill
Hail and Kill
Hail, hail, hail and kill
Rip their flesh
Burn their hearts
Stab them in their eyes
Rape their women as they cry
Kill their servants
Burn their homes
Till there's no blood left to spill
Hail and Kill
Power and dominion are taken by the will
By divine right hail and kill
Hail and Kill
Hail, hail, hail and kill
Hail and Kill
Hail, hail, hail and kill
Hail and Kill
Hail, hail, hail and kill
Hail and Kill
Hail, hail, hail and kill
8. The Warrior's Prayer
"Grandfather, tell me a story."
"Oh, all right, Go and get your storybook."
"No, no, not one of those. A real story!"
"A real story?"
"Yes! Tell me about when you were a boy!"
"Well, then, I shall have to take you back with me, a long way in time..."
It was my thirteenth year on a cold winter's day. As I walked through the enchanted forest, I could hear the sound of horses and men at arms.
I felt compelled to walk on and find the place of these sounds.
And when the forest did clear I was standing on a hill. Before me the armies of the world, standing, waiting. I thought to myself, 'For whom or what are they waiting?'
Suddenly a gust of wind came up from the north. There appeared a lone rider, holding a sword of steel.
Then from the south came another, bearing a battle ax.
From the east came a third, holding a spiked club, and finally, from the west, a rider who wielded a great hammer of war.
With them came their soldiers of death, followed by an army of immortals.
They were few in number, but the look in their eyes told all who beheld them that they would leave this place only in victory or death.
And there was a great silence...
My heart began to pound, storm clouds filled the sky with darkness, and the four winds blew with such anger that I held fast to a tree.
I watched the four riders raise their weapons into the air. WIthout warning, screaming their war cry they led the attack. Down to the battle they rode.
They met the armies of the world with a mighty clash! I could feel the ground shake. The earth drank much blood that day.
Each of the four, was unto himself, a whirlwind of doom!
When the smoke did clear, many thousands were dead. There was much blood and gore.
Their bodies lay broken and scattered across the battlefield like brown leaves blown by the wind.
And I saw the four ride together to the top of the hill, while below them the soldiers of death assembled.
All those who would now swear allegiance to them.
And the four spoke the words of the warriors prayer:
"Gods of war I call you, my sword is by my side.
I seek a life of honor, free from all false pride.
I will crack the whip with a bold mighty hail.
Cover me with death if I should ever fail.
Glory, majesty, unity.
Hail, hail, hail."
And as I stood and looked on, I heard the armies of the world hail them without end, and their voices of victory carried long and far throughout the land!
"Well, that's it. Did you like the story?"
"Yeah, it was great!"
"Oh good, I'm glad. Now off to bed with you."
"Grandfather?"
"Yes?"
"Who were those four men?"
"Who were they? They were the Metal Kings!"
9. Blood of the Kings
Brothers, the battle is raging
Choose your side
Sing with us the Battle Hymns
Into Glory Ride
Hail To England
The Sign Of The Hammer's our guide
Forever we're Fighting The World
Side by side
On a crusade
The world we bring
Four kings of metal
Four metal kings
Death to the false ones
Dance on a string
Till the blood on your sword is the blood of a king
Till the blood on your hand is the blood of a king
Our armies in England, Scotland and Wales
Our brothers in Belgium, Holland and France will not fail
Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Italy
Switzerland, Austria
Back to the glory of Germany
On a crusade
The world we bring
Four kings of metal
Four metal kings
Death to the false ones
Dance on a string
Till the blood on your sword is the blood of a king
Till the blood on your hand is the blood of a king
Sound the Death Tone on our March For Revenge
Spill the Blood Of My Enemies, The Oath of a friend
Fight the Holy War for The Crown And The Ring
Six magic circles were made by the Blood Of The Kings
Wherever we ride
It's metal we bring
Four kings of metal
Four metal kings
Death to the false ones
Dance on a string
Till the blood on your sword is the blood of a king
Till the blood on your hand is the blood of a king
Sound the Death Tone on our March For Revenge
Spill the Blood Of My Enemies, The Oath of a friend
Fight the Holy War for The Crown And The Ring
Six magic circles were made by the Blood Of The Kings
Wherever we ride
It's metal we bring
Four kings of metal
Four metal kings
Death to the false ones
Dance on a string
Till the blood on your sword is the blood of a king
Till the blood on your hand is the blood of a king
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