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MANOWAR LYRICS
"Sign of the Hammer" (1984)
1. All Men Play on Ten
2. Animals
3. Thor (The Powerhead)
4. Mountains
5. Sign of the Hammer
6. The Oath
7. Thunderpick
8. Guyana (Cult of the Damned)
1. All Men Play on Ten
I made a rock n' roll sin when I tried givin' in
To make money, had to turn down low
They sound why be proud, don't play so loud
Belike us and get a sound that's real thin
Wear a polyester suit, act happy look cute
Get a haircut and buy small gear
That's when I turned to them and said
"Hold it - right there!"
Well it's more to me than just a job
And while I'm playing you won't get robbed
Nobody tells a man how to play
It just ain't that way
Hey, hey, hey
Can you hear me say
All men play on 10
Never gonna turn down again
All men play on 10
Never gonna turn down
I'm jet fuel honey plug me into 220 step back
And let my fingers fly
While I'm burning up my gear there's a fire in your ear
That won't stop until the day you die
I really put it to the floor when I hear the crowd roar
Oh it's music to my ears when they scream
Then I run back to the power rack
And deck all of my gear
Well it's more to me than just a job
And while I'm playing you won't get robbed
Nobody tells a man how to play
It just ain't that way
Hey, hey, hey
Can you hear me say
All men play on 10
Never gonna turn down again
All men play on 10
Never gonna turn down
Let me tell ya
It's more to me than just a job
And while I'm playing you won't get robbed
Nobody tells a man how to play
It just ain't that way
Hey, hey, hey
Can you hear me say
All men play on 10
Never gonna turn down again
All men play on 10
Never gonna turn down
2. Animals
Hear the call of the wild in us all
It waits for the night to fall
I'm getting hot, I'm ready for the night
No holdin' back let's ball
I'm gonna give all you can take all night
Leave you in the morning feeling right
I'm an animal
There's an animal in me
I'm gonna set it free
I'm an animal
There's an animal in me
I'm gonna set it free
I've been looking you've been watching from the side
There's some things you just can't hide
Oh you're getting hot, you're working up a sweat
Your hair's standing up on end
Your skin is screaming glad we met
Tonight's one night you won't forget
I'm an animal
There's an animal in me
I'm gonna set it free
I'm an animal
There's an animal in me
I'm gonna set it free
I'm an animal
I'm an animal
I'm an animal
I'm an animal, animal
I'm an animal
There's an animal in me
I'm gonna set it free
I'm an animal
There's an animal in me
I'm gonna set it free
3. Thor (The Powerhead)
Black clouds on the horizon
Great thunder and burning rain
His chariot pounding
I heard the heavens scream his name
I watched as he shouted
Go the giants who died that day
He held up his hammer high
And called to Odin for a sign
Thor the mighty, Thor the brave
Crush the infidels in your way
By your hammer let none be saved
Live to die on that final day
Gods, monsters and men
Will die together in the end
God of thunder, God of rain
Earth shaker who feels no pain
The powerhead of the universe
Now send your neverending curse
I watched as he shouted
Go the giants who died that day
He held up his hammer high
And called to Odin for a sign
Thor the mighty, Thor the brave
Crush the infidels in your way
By your hammer let none be saved
Live to die on that final day
Gods, monsters and men
Will die together in the end
Swing your hammer to crack the sky
Lift your cape so that you might fly
Back to Odin and the Gods on high
Now leave the mortal world
Thor the mighty, Thor the brave
Crush the infidels in your way
By your hammer let none be saved
Live to die on that final day
Gods, monsters and men
Will die together in the end
4. Mountains
So tall silent against the sky
Up through the clouds where eagles fly
Wind and rain beat down on one so strong
They cut but never changed what stood so long
Tall as a mountain
I'm gonna tear through the sky
Life's for the taking
Like a man is a mountainside
Greatness waits for those who try
None can teach you it's all inside
Just climb
I am in the ground I am in the air
I am all, I live in the hearts of men
I am the call to greatness not all can hear
I awaken the creator in those who dare
And the day will come when we all must die
And enter the mountainside
Tall as a mountain
I'm gonna tear through the sky
Life's for the taking
Like a man is a mountainside
Greatness waits for those who try
None can teach you it's all inside
Just climb
I have no fear
Death and glory
Both draw near
Like a man is a mountainside
Greatness waits for those who try
None can teach you it's all inside
Like a man is a mountainside
Greatness waits for those who try
None can teach you it's all inside
Like a man is a mountainside
Greatness waits for those who try
None can teach you it's all inside
Just climb
5. Sign of the Hammer
The spell has been broken, the curse has been lifted
Black is the wind on the heels of the gifted
Four sworn to vengeane, see the hate in our eyes
Called by the Gods and given a sign
Onward pounding into glory ride
Sign of the hammer be my guide
Final warning, all stand aside
Sign of the hammer it's my time
Pounding pounding, we're back from the dead
Those who denied us are delievered instead
Into the hands of four sworn to ride
Now the people will triumph and live by the sign
Onward pounding into glory ride
Sign of the hammer be my guide
Final warning, all stand aside
Sign of the hammer it's my time
The spell has been broken, the curse has been lifted
Black is the wind on the heels of the gifted
Four sworn to vengeane, see the hate in our eyes
Called by the Gods and given a sign
Onward pounding into glory ride
Sign of the hammer be my guide
Final warning, all stand aside
Old men and young boys, it's my time
Sign of the hammer it's my time
Sign of the hammer be my guide
Sign of the hammer be my guide
Sign of the hammer it's my time
6. The Oath
Burning embers of the second death will come in the night
Priests and kings, the alpha and omega poison bites
False prophets and deceivers swing from the trees
Now dawn the age of bird drunk with blood like lepers with disease
Lord of the sky mercury the guide
Lord of the underworld I swear the sacred rite
I will crucify, slay them with their tribe
Hear my war cry
They'll find no sanctuary hidden in their ancestral halls
Let loose the knot that binds the spirit and flesh, let it fall
For only courage and heroism linger after death
So hold fast thy sword rejecting pain, feel the dragons breath
Lord of the sky mercury the guide
Lord of the underworld I swear the sacred rite
I will crucify, slay them with their tribe
Hear my war cry
I've sworn the oath
Lord of the sky mercury the guide
Lord of the underworld I swear the sacred rite
I will crucify, slay them with their tribe
Hear my war cry
I've sworn the oath
Burning embers of the second death will come in the night
Priests and kings, the alpha and omega poison bites
False prophets and deceivers swing from the trees
Now dawn the age of bird drunk with blood like lepers with disease
Lord of the sky mercury the guide
Lord of the underworld I swear the sacred rite
I will crucify, slay them with their tribe
Hear my war cry
I've sworn the oath
7. Thunderpick
8. Guyana (Cult of the Damned)
Thank you for the kool aid reverend Jim
We're glad to leave behind their world of sin
Our lifeless bodies fall on holy ground
Rotting flesh, a sacrificial mound
Were you our God or a man in a play
Who took our applause and forced us to stay
Now all together we lived as we die
On your command, by your side
Die by your side
Guyana in the cult of the damned
Give us your word for the grand final stand
In the culd of the damned we all worked the land
Too afraid to look up we all feared his hand
Hurry my children there isn't much time
But we'll meet again on the other side
Be good to the children and old people first
Hand them a drink they're dying of thirst
Guyana in the cult of the damned
Give us your word for the grand final stand
Guyana in the cult of the damned
Give us your word for the grand final stand
Bigfoot Bigfoot thrown in a well
Pulled under water screaming like Hell
He told us life was just a hotel
Time to check out when he rang the bell
Guyana in the cult of the damned
Give us your word for the grand final stand
Guyana in the cult of the damned
Give us your word for the grand final stand
Mother, mother, mother
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