Achilles, agony and Ecstacy Songtext

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1 Achilles, Agony and Ecstasy in eight parts (28:37)

I. Hector storms the Wall
See my chariot run to your ships
I'll drive you back to the sea
You came here for gold
The wall will not hold
This day was promised to me
The gods are my shield
My fate has been sealed
Lightning and javelins fly
Soon many will fall
We are storming the wall
Stones fall snow from the sky

We will pay with our glory
In the fire of battle
Zeus today is mine
Killing all in my way
Like sheep and like cattle
Smashing skulls of all who defy
I spare not the hammer
I spare not the sword
This day will ring my name
None have to chase me
Let he who will face me
Kill me or die by the sword

II. The death of Patrocius
Oh friend of mine, how to say goodbye
This was your time, but the armor you
Wore was mine. I will not rest until
Hector's blood is spilled
His bones will all be broken
Dragged across the field
This dear friend is how we'll say
Goodbye, until we meet in the sky

III. Funeral March

IV. Armor of the Gods

V. Hector's Final Hour
Here inside the walls of Troy, the Gods weigh my
Fate from this day do I obstain, to a memory of
Hate to pay for all the blood that spilled
The many thousands I did kill, no walls can
Contain the Gods' almighty will

I hear the silent voices I cannot hide
The Gods leave no choices so we all must die
Oh Achilles let thy arrows fly
Into the wind, where eagles cross the sky
Foretold I will die by thy hand
Into Hades my soul descend

VI. Death Hector's Reward
Cowards in the grip of fear, no valor to uphold
For all shall come to know me
As they fall unto their knees
Zeus the Thunderer, control my destiny

When the cards of life were dealt,
My hand a ruthless fate
To avenge, and bringeth fury, Hector fell my hate
A bloodbath I was born to bring, by birth I'm
an assassin
To cut the cord of life and death,
Ties to earth unfasten

Blood and fire beath and hate, your body I
will desecrate
Dogs and vultures eat your flesh the hall of
Hades awaits
Kill...

Hector's blood lies on the battlefield
His body mangled wounds
The Gods who once protected him are now his
Gods of Doom,
Like a tower standing tall, steadfast in direction
I fall upon you bringing death, the Gods give
no protection
Coward in the grip of fear, no valor to uphold
Cut into the earth, with honor long been sold
For all shall come to know me, as they fall
unto their
Knees Zeus the Thunderer, control my destiny

Blood and fire beath and hate, your body I
will desecrate
Dogs and vultures eat your flesh the hall of
Hades awaits
Die die die die...

VII. The Desecration of Hector's body

VIII. The Glory of Achilles
The oath of the Gods, this dat was fulfilled
In the heat of the battle, Hector was killed
See him Patrocius, down in the dust
Rejoice in his death my symbol of trust
A dozen highborn youths, have been killes
Cutting their throats their blood was all spilled
Wheir bodies set at the foot of your fire
With oxen, sheep and two of your hounds

Your funeral Pyre high off the ground
Hector's body dragged three times around
I will carry the torch to your funeral Pyre
I will ask of the wind to send high your fire
Hector's blood will not be washed from my body
Until your body is burned
A prophecy spoken a promise fulfilled
More blood will be spilled, more will be killed.