The Sword

Song The Sword
Artist Bathory
Album Blood On Ice

Lyrics

[00:56] This sword of steel that I hold in my hand
[01:02] Ore of this mountain. A sword of this land.
[01:07] Made for a king when the elders were young.
[01:13] To guard us and to guide us in an age since long gone.
[01:24] A sword to protect the peace in troubled times.
[01:26] A sword made to battle and to take a life.
[01:29] This sword is the backbone of the life that I know.
[01:32] Here among the mountains and snow.
[01:35] This sword will be one with me. Body and soul.
[01:40] All of me will be delivering each blow.
[01:46] Slung on my back. Oh its powers I feel.
[01:51] I can hardly wait to try its steel.
[02:02] A sword to protect the peace in troubled times.
[02:05] A sword made to battle and to take a life.
[02:08] This sword is the backbone of the life that I know.
[02:11] Here among the mountains and snow.
[02:13] Behold its sharp beauty. Just look at its shine.
[02:16] This sword was forged in fire and ice.
[02:19] This sword is the backbone of the life that I know.
[02:21] Here among the mountains and snow.
[02:25] Now I am ready
[02:31] To let this old sword sing again.
[02:46] Atop a snowcovered hill...
[02:50] Just before sunset...
[02:55] "Waiting atop a snowcovered hill, the two standing silent, facing the
[03:00] sunset in the west. The one eyed old man mumbling strange words into the
[03:05] cold air. The haze spreading fast across the purple and blue vault. The
[03:10] winds taking up speed, bending the trees down the valley, throwing the snow
[03:15] crystals up and against the mountainside into gigantic sparkling clouds
[03:20] high in the sky. The voice of the one eyed old man becoming stronger. The
[03:25] words now spoken with increased intensity as if he was calling someone or
[03:30] something. And so a hazy white figure appears on the horizon, blazing
[03:35] across the sky with the speed of the winds... a part of the wind. A horse
[03:40] as white as snow, galopping across the mist, its eight hooves blistering
[03:45] like bolts of lightning. The one eyed old man crying out loud in the blaze
[03:50] to him, to take its reins and not to let go.
[03:55] And thus he had been given The Stallion..."