COUNTESS LYRICS

1. My Sword Never Sleeps

I am the priest of the ways of old
Through the ages my sword I wield
Broken in two or shining in glory
Whatever the odds never I yield

My sword never sleeps [2x]

I teach you secrets, cast the runes
The magic of yore is what I bring
I am howling, wolves are praying
Listen to the olden hymn we sing

My sword never sleeps [2x]

Many times you have seen my face
But do you dare look into my eyes?
Many times you have heard my song
But do you dare listen to my words?
My sword never sleeps

Unbowed after centuries oppression
My holy flame still burns with might
The slanderous one god never I fear
My divine blade will inspire your fight

My sword never sleeps [2x]

I am the one who carries the torch
I am the one who wields steel of yore
I am and always will be your guide
I am the priest of the ancient lore

2. Holocaust Of The God Believers

The slaves of god lined up for execution
The globe to be cleansed of this human pollution
They lived their lives in self-chosen slavery
In their death throes all they hear is our mockery

The houses of their god all fall to the flame
Now the sheep will die in disgrace and shame
They're hanged or gassed, stabbed or shot
Mercilessly butchered and not saved by their god

[Chorus:]
Holocaust - holocaust of the god believers [4x]

Massive piles of bodies slaughtered they lie
Amidst horrors of evil blasphemy they did die
Their fantasy of paradise will not be fulfilled
All that's left are streams of holy blood spilled

[Chorus]

The dawn of wrath is here
False faith has turned to fear
The glory of evil abounds
Hell's cry of victory sounds

God's slaves reduced to dust
The triumph of death and lust
The greatest massacre of all
Heeded is the Master's call

Into the ovens... [2x]
Where is your god now? [2x]

[Chorus]

3. Het Woud der Verdoemden

Diep verscholen (Hidden deeply)
Tussen deze en de andere wereld (Between this and the other world)
Ligt een rijk der schimmen (Lies a realm of shadows)
Het woud der verdoemden (The forest of the damned)
Zielen van krijgers (Souls of warriors)
Lang geleden eerloos gestorven (Long ago they died without honour)
Besmet door het gewijde water (Contaminated by the hallowed water)
Verlieten zij hun ware goden (They abandoned their true gods)

Herboren wordt een oude ziel (Reborn is an old soul)
Die destijds wel eervol viel (Who did fall with honour back then)
Christenbloed kleefde aan zijn staal (Blood of christians on his steel)
Eeuwenlang weerklonk zijn verhaal (For centuries his story rang)
In Wodan's hal kreeg hij zijn zetel (He got his seat in Wodan's hall)
Doch nu rijdt hij opnieuw vermetel (Yet again he courageously rides)
Om de verdoemden te verlossen (To redeem the damned)
Zal hij treden in de duistere bossen (He will enter the forest)

Het woud omgeven door een vuige mist (The forest surrounded by filthy mist)
Die walmt van geboden en witte list (That reeks of commandments and white falsehoods)
Maar heidens staal ontsteekt heilig vuur (But heathen steel ignites holy fire)
En spoedig verdampt de mistige muur (And soon the misty wall vaporizes)
Onversaagd betreedt hij de nevelen (Without fear he enters the mists)
Waar verlorenen zonder hoop prevelen (Where the lost pray without hope)
In naam des Zegevaders roept hij hen aan (In Victory-Father's name he calls them)
Aarzelend komen zij rond hem tezaam (Reluctantly they gather around him)

"Zijn jullie bereid ("Are you willing)
Je verloren eer te herwinnen? (To regain your lost honour?)
De schandvlek der bekering (The disgrace of conversion)
Voor altijd uit te wissen? (Forever to wipe away?)
Volg mij en rijdt! (Follow me and ride!)
Volg mij terug naar de wereld! (Follow me back to the world!)
Volg mij en rijdt! (Follow me and ride!)
Volg mij en wreek je zielen!" (Follow me and avenge your souls!")

Grimmig gejuich klinkt uit ondode kelen (Grim laughter sounds from undead throats)
Rijden zullen de verdoemden met velen (With many the damned will ride)
Vlees eens meer razen zij door de wolken (Flesh once more they ride through the clouds)
Hun staal weer de schrik der christenvolken (Their steel again the scourge of christian folk)
Kerken vergaan tot as en priesters sterven (Churches turn to ashes and priests die)
Terwijl zij Hangbaard roemen en runen kerven (While they hail Greybeard and carve runes)
Het volk van de Hoge herwint het eigen hart (The High One's people regain their heart)
Na meer dan duizend jaren bittere smart (After more than a thousand years of bitter grief)

Hoog in de wolken (High in the clouds)
Kijkt een oog naar beneden (An eye looks down)
Tussen twee raven (Between two ravens)
Verschijnt een wrange lach (A wry smile appears)
Hoog in de wolken (High in the clouds)
Ziet Hij neer op zijn kind'ren (He looks down upon his children)
Tussen twee wolven (Between two wolves)
Verschijnt een bittere grijns (A bitter grin appears)

4. Clarion Call Of Destiny

Hear the call of destiny it's ringing everywhere
The clarion call of metal, wimps and posers beware
Calling us to fight and bleed for metal pure and real
Turn up the amps and let the world know the sound of steel

Hear the call of destiny it's calling us to war
The clarion call of metal cries for magic of before
Darkened clouds are rising to fill the metal sky
Bolts of lightning strike where gods of metal fly

[Chorus:]
Metal is our destiny [4x]

Hear the call of destiny it's singing in our blood
The clarion call of metal, hammer of the thunder god
Metal warriors ride the night with leather, fire and steel
Proud and strong we carry on forever the call we heel

Hear the call of destiny it's ringing everywhere
The clarion call of metal, wimps and posers beware
Darkened clouds are rising to fill the metal sky
Bolts of lightning strike where gods of metal fly

[Chorus]

5. Sogdian Rock

Impregnable fortress, prepared for siege
Above a steep rock face rising high
Its summit deeply covered with snow
To capture it men would be able to fly

Many had taken refuge in this fortress
Including the lord's daughters and wife
Oxyartes would not submit to Alexander
But the fortress was his last hope in life

[Chorus:]
Sogdian rock [4x]

With iron pegs and strong flaxen lines
Macedonians set out covered by night
Climbing the steepest part of the cliff
The summit was seized at first light

Enemy troops now on top of the rock
The defenders shocked by this sight
Without any more resistance they yielded
Further glory for Alexander in this fight

[Chorus]

6. Rebel Stand

"The grave old bard, who never dies,
Receive him in our English tongue;
I send thee, but with weeping eyes,
The story that he sung."

1861, April 12, 4:30 (in the morning)
An epic struggles first shots fired
Fort Sumter shelled for 34 hours
An assault relentless and inspired

The Union flag was at last torn down
Independence seemed for the taking
Glorious victories abounded at first
And left the Yankee soldiers shaking

[Bridge:]
Olden muskets versus modern rifles
A rural nation against industrial force
Glorious exploits for honour and pride
In one of the most renowned of wars

[Chorus:]
An admirable fight against all odds
A defiant struggle to save their land
A brave stance against a superior foe
Forever inspirational the rebel stand

The brilliance of Lee seen at Bull Run
Then Stonewall's iron Valley campaign
Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville
The men in grey left their foe in pain

A decisive victory was not achieved
The war dragged on four long years
Superior numbers started to count
Confidence began to turn to fears

[Bridge]

[Chorus]

Finally at Appomatox it came to end
After so many a cruel and bloody battle
Ultimately the Union was preserved
In spite of the rebels' noble mettle

The dust now settled a nation in ruins
And after effects do persist 'til this day
But never will by history be forgotten
The heroic feats of the men in grey

[Bridge]

[Chorus]

"The widow's moan, the orphan's wail,
Come round thee, yet in truth be strong:
Eternal right, though all else fail,
Can never be made wrong."

[Music and lyrics are by Orlok except quotations by Philip Stanhope Worsley. Philip Stanhope Worsley was a nineteenth-century English poet. The quotations here are taken from a poem that he wrote for Robert E. Lee upon presenting Lee with a copy of his English translation of the Iliad.]

7. Black Crusade

Raise the banners of evil
Oil the swords of hate
Today we ride for Satan
Today we ride with fate

Join the legions of malice
Polish the blades of doom
Today we bring destruction
Darkness, death and gloom

Hear the devil preacher
His sermon calls for war
The black legions must ride
For magic and might of yore

Thousands of warriors follow
The pennant of hate into battle
Against the god of deception
With fire and steel show our mettle

Join up with the black crusade
Enrol in the legions of hate
March against the laws of the light
With fire and steel and metal might

Join up with the black crusade
Enrol in the legions of hate
March against all obsequiousness
Our shining swords the Master will bless

Join up with the black crusade
Enrol in the legions of hate
March against the throne of divinity
Our blades to forge total blasphemy

All hail the black crusade
We proudly wave the flag of hate
All hail the black crusade
We march towards our holy fate

All hail the black crusade
We ride for darkness and death
All hail the black crusade
We march 'til our very last breath

All hail, all hail the black crusade [4x]

8. Lof der Gemaskerde

God met oneindig veel namen (God with infinitely many names)
Gemaskerde, Grauwbaard, Zegevader (Masked One, Greybeard, All-Father)
Veelweter, Vorser en Helmdrager (Much-knower, Searcher and Helm-bearer)
Verschrikkelijke, Hoge en Alvader (Horrible One, High One and Victory-Father)

God met oneindig veel namen (God with infinitely many names)
Vermomd doolt hij door de nacht (Disguised he wanders through the night)
Reiziger tussen de werelden (Traveller between the worlds)
Rijdt aan het hoofd van de Wilde Jacht (Rides at the head of the Wild Hunt)

God met oneindig veel namen (God with infinitely many names)
Wijze oude man en machtig strijder (Wise old man and mighty warrior)
Hij verschijnt in talloze gedaanten (He appears in innumerable guises)
Leraar voor mensen, voor goden leider (Teacher to men, leader to gods)

God met oneindig veel namen (God with infinitely many names)
Door een speer aan zichzelf gegeven (By a spear given to himself)
Negen nachten hing hij aan de boom (Nine nights he hung on the tree)
Zo heeft hij de machtige runen verkregen (Thus he gained the mighty runes)

God met oneindig veel namen (God with infinitely many names)
Immense wijsheid heeft hij vergaard (Immense wisdom he has acquired)
Hij ziet verleden, heden en toekomst (He sees past, present and future)
Het lot ontmoet hij onvervaard (Fate he meets unafraid)

God met oneindig veel namen (God with infinitely many names)
Vader der goden, vader der mensen (Father of the gods, father of men)
De dichters schenkt hij inspiratie (Poets he gifts inspiration)
Geen beter heer kunnen zij zich wensen (No better lord could they wish for)

God met oneindig veel namen (God with infinitely many names)
Wispelturig, grillig en onvoorspelbaar (Fickle, whimsical and unpredictable)
Toch vertrouwen grote krijgers op hem (Yet great warriors trust in him)
Wanneer zij zich begeven in gevaar (When they enter into danger)

God met oneindig veel namen (God with infinitely many names)
Hij bepaalt het verloop van de strijd (He decides the outcome of the battle)
Gevallenen door hem uitverkoren (Fallen ones chosen by him)
Verblijven in zijn hal tot het einde der tijd (Remain in his hall until the end of time)

God met oneindig veel namen (God with infinitely many names)
Tot u zingen, drinken en offeren wij (To you we sing, drink and sacrifice)
In vertrouwen dat wij na dit leven (In trust that after this life)
In uw hal plaatsnemen aan uw zij (In your hall we take our place at your side)

9. Columbine High Blues

I got the blues - the Columbine High blues
Popular kids scorn me - guess I wear the wrong shoes

Now I wear a black coat - I'm different it shows
I'm lost in my own world - my hate it sure grows

I'm thinking of a plan - my revenge on mankind
To go out with a bang - leave a lot of corpses behind

I fetch me some guns - some bombs I assemble
All the kids who hate me - soon they'll all tremble

Once more I'm off to school - but I won't learn a thing
I'm shooting at will - my bullets they do sing

Jocks and christians fall - wounded victims I chase
Until I take my own life - I have made my case

It must have been my music - or those computer games
But what about my rearing - yet my parents no one blames

10. Horror Of Harlot Hill

On the hill an ancient brothel stood
Where vice did reign for many years
Evil copulation and unholy fornication
Sins of the flesh that every christian fears

[Chorus:]
Lustful desires and wicked sins
Degenerates do the Master's will
Hear of the horror of harlot hill

Servants of god tore the brothel down
Erecting a filthy church in its place
Thinking harlot hill was now purified
And blessed anew by the one god's grace

[Chorus]

But the priest of the church on the hill
Was an evil sinner if ever there was one
By day he pretended to be a man of god
But by night all his goodness was gone

[Chorus]

In the dark in the church on harlot hill
The priest practised the most unholy rites
Raping many children for the Master's glory
Lustful dark sins reigned through the nights

[Chorus]

11. Black Metal Storm

Darkness is falling, the Master is calling
Shining swords of hate will swing
Tonight the black metal storm will rage
The songs of evil we will sing

Blowing speakers, Hell's rock & roll
With fire and steel we heed the call
Thunder strikes and metal sounds
The glorious roar of Hell's mighty hounds

[Chorus:]
Black metal storm
Heads banging everywhere
Black metal storm
Sign of horns in the air
Black metal storm
Steel and fire in the night
Black metal storm
War upon the light

Blazing black leather, spikes and chains
For those who stand against the light
We were chosen to spread His word
For the glory of Hell we ride the night

[Chorus]

We bring tears to the eyes of Christ
In utter defiance we invert the cross
Ride the winds of darkness and evil
The Master's glory is Yahweh's loss

[Chorus]

12. Lage Landen

Lage landen, bevochten op de zee, land mijner vad'ren, nimmer gedwee
(Low lands, taken from the sea, land of my fathers, never meek)
Lage landen, bron van mijn zijn, vochtig en kil, land van de Rijn
(Low lands, source of my being, damp and cold, land of the Rhine)
Lage landen, grond van de goden, hamer en runen, geëerde doden
(Low lands, soil of the gods, hammer and runes, honoured dead)
Lage landen, stormen woeden, sterker door strijd, krijgers bloeden
(Low lands, storms rage, stronger through strife, warriors bleed)

[Chorus:]
Tussen donkere wolken zie ik zwarte raven (Between dark clouds I see black ravens)
De regen klettert in de donkere nacht (The rain clatters in the dark night)
In schaduwen verborgen zie ik Zijn Oog (In shadows hidden I see His Eye)
Spoedig zal Hij rijden in de wilde jacht (Soon He will ride in the Wild Hunt)

Lage landen, grauwe wolken, brood en bier, Bataafse volken
(Low lands, grey clouds, bread and beer, Batavian folk)
Lage landen, ijzeren zwaarden, heilige wouden, honden en paarden
(Low lands, iron swords, holy woods, dogs and horses)
Lage landen, mist en regen, drassige bossen, schilden en speren
(Low lands, mist and rain, marshy forests, shields and spears)
Lage landen, sacrale vrouwen, heilig vuur, Dietse gouwen
(Low lands, sacred women, holy fire, Dutch districts)

[Chorus]

Lage landen, vrijheid boven al, oude liederen, heer en vazal
(Low lands, freedom above all, olden songs, lord and liege)
Lage landen, treurnis en smart, gure winden, voor altijd gehard
(Low lands, sadness and woe, bleak winds, forever hardened)
Lage landen, vermaarde historie, oorlog op zee, maritieme glorie
(Low lands, renowned history, war at sea, maritime glory)
Lage landen, bodem en bloed, heilige wortels, avondgloed
(Low lands, soil and blood, holy roots, evening glow)

[Chorus]

13. Messenger Of The Underworld

[originally by Alastis]








COUNTESS LYRICS