The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Searching the battlefield for signs of life
Delivering pure hatred with my knife
Kill and slaughter ''til there''s nothing left
With Satan''s blackest fire I am blessed
Azu and Azaroth are summoned to the altar of death
Angels of the blackest plague
My horns are stained with the blood of Christians
My dead eyes burned with Satanic vision
When I lay you to waste
With the freezing winds of Hell you suffer in this vengeful spell
Under a cold moon of death
The wolf''s blood is now inside, no fucking place you''ll find to hide
There will be nothing left but your skulls
To be trampled into the Earth
Underneath the hooves of doom
Hatred...War...Chaos...And fucking Death
The darkest sons of Satan will never rest
Until the winds of Hell have slaughtered all
And helpless Christians take their final fall
Barbarous Northern War Tyrant!
Bringer of damnation and hell bent violence
Kill and slaughter ''til there''s nothing left
And rape the lust-filled whores until their death
The dawn of hatred has risen to unleash my evil vision
Blackened by the fires of Hell
Satanic horde ride forth, lead my demons from the North
To praise the glory of Hell
Powers of midnight that writhe in the dead light
Feast on the forces of death
The wolf''s blood is now inside, no fucking place you''ll find to hide
There will be nothing left but their skulls
To be trampled into the Earth
Underneath the hooves of doom.
Delivering pure hatred with my knife
Kill and slaughter ''til there''s nothing left
With Satan''s blackest fire I am blessed
Azu and Azaroth are summoned to the altar of death
Angels of the blackest plague
My horns are stained with the blood of Christians
My dead eyes burned with Satanic vision
When I lay you to waste
With the freezing winds of Hell you suffer in this vengeful spell
Under a cold moon of death
The wolf''s blood is now inside, no fucking place you''ll find to hide
There will be nothing left but your skulls
To be trampled into the Earth
Underneath the hooves of doom
Hatred...War...Chaos...And fucking Death
The darkest sons of Satan will never rest
Until the winds of Hell have slaughtered all
And helpless Christians take their final fall
Barbarous Northern War Tyrant!
Bringer of damnation and hell bent violence
Kill and slaughter ''til there''s nothing left
And rape the lust-filled whores until their death
The dawn of hatred has risen to unleash my evil vision
Blackened by the fires of Hell
Satanic horde ride forth, lead my demons from the North
To praise the glory of Hell
Powers of midnight that writhe in the dead light
Feast on the forces of death
The wolf''s blood is now inside, no fucking place you''ll find to hide
There will be nothing left but their skulls
To be trampled into the Earth
Underneath the hooves of doom.
Lyrics submitted by sepultura1987
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