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Before God - Under The Blood Banner lyrics



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01. Order

Late in life's dawning morn
I've seen a figure in the rain
Standing idle beneath the storm
At the end of memories lane
Straight and tall his stance
Like a calm island amongst the lost
The thunder talked

In my mind this figure spoke
And said like this
"My children stand, never give into the alien yoke
Take back your ancestors' lands
And give back life to your folk
Even when chaos is at hand"
And with a flash of this cloak
Thunder crashed and he was gone

And my heart filled with life
As distant memories flooded into me
Giving rise to visions and pride
Of warriors sailing from northern seas
And battles fought both far and wide
So that our children could be free
Of alien ideals and the lies
That have suppressed natural liberty

Late in life's dawning mom
I've seen a figure in the rain
Standing idle beneath the storm
At the end of memories lane
Straight and tall his stance
Like a calm island amongst the lost
The thunder talked

In my mind this figure spoke
And said like this
"My children stand, never give into the alien yoke
Take back your ancestors' lands
And give back life to your folk
Even when chaos is at hand"
And with a flash of this cloak
Thunder crashed and he was gone!

02. Wretched

Wretched filth you plague these streets
You'll never compare to natures elite
A disease that has spread far to long
Soon you'll be gone

There are no boundaries to your insanity
You assault our people with so much treachery
I will defend my kin at all cost...
An urban holocaust

There is no future for your kind
On the road of evolution you were left behind
You self inflict all your misery...
Shrouded in debauchery

You rape and kill even your own
Inherently savage from flesh to bone
Crime and drugs plague your habitat...
A creed of putrid rats

Wretched queer you think your disease is natural
I'll never except you as a homosexual
Propagation uninherit with homosexuality
Fact not philosophy

You are a mistake and there's only one solution
Help nature eradicate you through assisted evolution
A deviation not meant for human creation
A genetic aberration

Children are not safe in their on homes
As long as pedophiles are free to roam
You prey on little boys with homo lust
Fucking disgust

You have no shame for you wicked acts
No validity I'm just going by the facts
Your life is a cesspool filled with only waste
AID'S will erase

This earth is full of shit
I pray for death

The ground will open up
And swallow all the filth
My hatred is the fire
That burns them in my hell

Wretched scum you ingest your meth
Every line leads you closer to death
Addicted to hell and misery it seems
It murdered you dreams
Though you were a star juiced on heroin
Now the walls are heavy as it's closing in
Choke on your vomit, writhe in your pain
Die in vain

Suck your glass dildo like a crack whore
You trade your life for the want of more
You'd sell your mom to pay for your curse
It just get worse
Lying on the floor crawling to your grave
To this life of shit you're a fuckin slave
Was this how you thought it would be?!
You stupid fuck!

03. Iceland

Land of fire, land of snow
The paling moon, so brightly glows
The howling wolves, sing their songs
Of timeless hunger, through nights long

Through bitter nights, of winters cold
The strong survived, and they were bold
Men of iron, with will of gods
Would flourish still, against the odds

Land of fire, land of snow
To golden seas, clean rivers flow
From the valleys low, to mountains high
All is pure, from land to sky

Awe is splendor, but it's known
That life and death, share this home
All that strived, to tame this land
Did do so , by their own hands

Realms of life, realms of death
Can give you all, or steal your breath
Chaos, and harmony
Coexists, endlessly
Land of fire, land of ice
Strong of ill, breaks winters vice
Through stings the air, and solid earth
Its a struggle, til springs rebirth

This land of chaos in harmony
Full of great sagas to be told
Of warriors who braved the seas
Never fearing the oceans bold
Our fathers from these lands came
With courage in their hearts
And this land of snow they tamed
While each man did his part

So fear not but praise the coming cold
For this is when the night is clear
And old instincts soon take hold
At yule each earths new year

Remember from whence you came
And that when the Nordic wind blow
The lands of ice from where we came
Are much more than lands of snow

When the midnight raven calls
In the north's silvery moonlight
And the snow begins to fall
Upon midgard tonight
Take time now to remember
When the Nordic wind blow
In the chill of December
A land rich with fire and snow

04. Under The Blood Banner

Legions attack, shoulder to shoulder
Striking the alien hordes
In battle formation, defending thy nation
With fury we wage, lighting wars!

To our banner, we have sworn
Duty until our death
To vanquish or die, we fight fight on
Till our very last breath
Strength, honor, loyalty

Under the blood banner
Courage, faith, destiny
Under the blood banner
Pride, pain, sacrifice
Under the blood banner
Freedom the ultimate price
Under the blood banner

Years of betrayal, lies and deceit
Of a nation dragged through mud
After so much struggle, to gain freedom
It's out history written in blood
Cowardice and treason, run rampant
But we choose to defy
No guilt here, no shame either
A heritage can not be denied

Strength, honor, loyalty
Under the blood banner
Courage, faith, destiny
Under the blood banner
Pride, pain, sacrifice
Under the blood banner
Freedom the ultimate price
Under the blood banner

Legions attack, for the sacred cause
Out to enforce, our eternal laws
Ready for battle, and willing to die
To smash tyranny, we will defy
So into war, with sword and shield
Onward we ride into battlefields
For those who've died trying to defend

Ride, ride, ride Teutonic knights
Ride, ride, into the endless night
Ride, ride, ride Teutonic knights
Ride, ride, under the banner we fight

05. First Light, First Blood

Dawn she sleeps, and so do they, unsafe in their slumber
As morning creeps, so do we, to tear their lives asunder
Courage evoked, on this final hour, light sleeps beneath light's sheet
Under sunless cloak, we shall know, victory not defeat

As morning pours onto earth
Scores of men, lie wait in girth
The first light will shine to assist
Shadows retreat, and fade with the mist
Iron and flesh shall be wed in death
None to hear, their stolen breath
First blood will flow ever swift
Mortal end, deaths only gift

As morning pours onto earth
Scores of men, lie wait in girth
The first light will shine to assist
Shadows retreat, and fade with the mist
Iron and flesh shall be wed in death
None to hear, their stolen breath
First blood will flow ever swift
Mortal end, deaths only gift

Twilight banters night's withdrawal, ever west affray
Steeds gander to trample on, all revealed to day
Men and iron strike with fury, thus they will not fail
Blood of tyrants flow profuse, resist to no avail
Take, up, thy, swords?to bury into blackened hearts.

Berserkers are a thousand fold, hate generations old
The final page writ in blood, by swords of the bold
The devastating brunt befalls, beneath the burning sky
Rebels affront and curse the king
"The king will surely die!"

06. Hammer Of The North

Men of iron, forged in struggle
Wrought from time, hardships and battles
Driven by hunger and the will within
And the love for their race and kin

Adventure calls, its almost time
Spirits kept, with dance and wine
But for now, raise your chalice
For its time to feast

Thou art kings by your own will
Enthroned by your own hands
Not by right but birth by might
To rule these norsescaped lands

Sails high, to catch wind
Onward now, these mighty men
Beyond horizons, in search of glory
This is their destiny

The sky is black, the sea is cold
Far from home but their still bold
From distant lands, to lands of love
They're sailing off to war

Thou art kings by your own will
Enthroned by your own hands
Not by right but birth by might
To rule these norescaped lands

Through night and day, cross oceans vast
Through icy waters, they carve their path
Glorious battles, but lie ahead
Be victor or join the dead

By Odin's will and with sword in hand
They have the strength to purge this land
Banners high at the gates of war
Hammer of the north

Lightning strike, the sound of war
Bodies fall in killing score
Blood is spilled, steel reigns
Ancestor strength courses through your veins

Sons of Odin, sons of the north
They fear the fury that you've brought forth
They are weak, with dying breath
Your enemies shall meet their death

07. Tides Of War

A storm is gathering
Against "the race of fallacies"
And the dogs of war
Begin the hunt for our enemies

These malicious serpents slither
Amongst the cradles of our young
To poison their minds
Or devour the seer's of the truth

Their empire is built
On the bones of the dead
The halls of their temples are painted
Gold and crimson red

With these fists, and my mind
I hold the key to uneven the score
With the truth, we shall rise
With the tides of war

With this heart, and this soul
A new era i will forge
Salvation will come to rise
With the tides of war

Money feed the hunger
Of the murder machines
And the blood of the destitute
Keep its gears moving on

You'll keep building their empires
One world is their goal
To govern our lives
With absolute control

Gather, the masses, to rise up, with the tides of war
The anger, the hatred, unleashed, with the tides of war
Vengeance, retribution, achieved, with the tides of war
The pillars, of our enemies, will crumble, with the tides of war

Tides of war are rising, tides of war are rising, ... war!
Tides of war are rising, tides of war are rising, ... war!
Tides of war are rising, tides of war are rising, ... war!
Tides of war are rising, tides of war are rising, ... war!
Tides of war are rising, tides of war are rising, ... war!
Tides of war are rising, tides of war are rising, ... war!

08. The Last Line Of Defense

Grandfather, grandfather tell me stories
Of your great grandfathers heroics and glory
Tell me the tales and I'll never forget
Their hardships, their struggles, I'll follow in their steps

The story begins many years ago
Across the oceans in a place we call home
Our peaceful land was invaded from the south
Hordes of Muslims tried to drive us out

In this war many brave men died
Villages burned as the children cried
The defenders of Vienna were put to the test
They were the last line of defense

Grandfather, grandfather tell me a story
Of your father on the fields of glory
Tell me of a boy that became a man
When he answered the call of his Fatherland

Trenches and barbed wire was all to be seen
It was baptism of fire in 1916
Explosions ripped craters in the ground
His unit was pounded round after round

With his bayonet fixed to his gun
He couldn't remember the last time he'd seen the sun
On the Somme, Verdun, he'd seen so much death
Now he was the last line of defense

Grandfather tell me a story
Of 1933-the power-the glory
Tell me what it was like being the best
Defending the pearl of the West

The beauty, the grandeur, was a sight to behold
A nation reborn, rebuilt from the old
The heart of the nation was beating so strong
Yet we knew of the dangers, and it wouldn't be long

We fought in the south, the west, east and the north
Against the whole world we would set forth
To protect an ideal and a culture so true
We were the last line of defense

We fought in the south, the west, east and the north
Against the whole world we would set forth
To protect an ideal and a culture so true
We were the last line of defense

09. Nothing More Than Lies

You try to make me feel remorse
For crimes that were not done
You've cried wolf too many times
And put me under your gun

You take the facts and twist them
Till they're hopelessly out of shape
I won't take it anymore
It's time to retaliate

Millions of lies is nothing
Compared to what you took from me
Misery, pain, and decadence
Is all that i see

My creed is slowly dying
With your home grown recipe
So much greed and so much shame
Mixed in with democrazy

You hunt our heroes down
Yet they have no life to give
You deranged my people
And destroyed the ways we live

My love is gone and well, my tears are dry
My future's all but lost
The only thing left to do
Destroy you at any cost

You try to feed us guilt
To kill my people's pride
You condemn our ways of life
Publicly we're crucified

If i was the last man on the earth
And could torch the world in flames
I'd go back and brun you thrice
If I'd knew you'd feel the pain
If I'd knew you'd feel the pain
If I'd knew you'd feel the pain
If I'd knew you'd feel the pain

I feel my anger rising, as my heartbeat quickens
I think of all the lies, and deep inside it sickens
I've reached the boiling point, now my hatred overflows
Anger fuels this fire, the fire of our throes
I know what you're about, so it's to no surprise
That every word you speak, are nothing more than lies

Nothing more than lies, nothing more than lies
Nothing more than lies, nothing more than lies
Nothing more than lies, nothing more than lies
Nothing more than lies...

10. Condemned To Walk Alone

Callously whispered the worlds of contempt
Into your minds, with malicious intent
Dream while you slumber of a world they created
Then sleep walk through life, in a oblivious state

When will you finally see
Their world not truly free
I am flesh and bone
Condemned to walk alone

Obey the captors that strangle your mind
How will you see, when their veil keeps you blind
Euphoric lies are taken to breath
Yet, what is life, when your dying a slow death

When will you finally see
Their world not truly free
I am flesh and bone

Condemned to walk alone

Beneath the blue skies, you'll bask so naive
Not wary of the paling tranquility
The calm is now, but near is the storm
Soon the war will come to form

When you hear the wind whisper all around
Beware the voice that beckons you bound
Though unseen it is as it passes by
You'll sway like the trees' 'neath the dead skies

For the glimmer gold don't sell your soul
Or abandon your mind to their control
Assimilation their fallacy
Take hold of the chance to truly live free

This land of prosperity wears a facade
Meant to pacify you with greed as your god
You'll work for their enemies like total slaves
Bred from the candles to toil to your graves

Condemned ... to walk alone
Condemned ... to walk alone
Condemned ... to walk alone
Condemned ... to walk alone
Condemned ... to walk alone
Condemned ... to walk alone
Condemned ... to walk alone

When will you finally see
Their world's not truly free
I am flesh and bone
Condemned to walk alone