Hail and Kill

Manowar

Brothers I am calling from the valley of the kings
With nothing to atone
A dark march lies ahead, together we will ride
Like thunder from the sky
May your sword stay wet like a young girl in her prime
Hold your hammers high

Blood and death are waiting like a raven in the sky
I was born to die
Hear me while I live
As I look into your eyes
None shall hear a lie
Power and dominion are taken by the will
By divine right hail and kill

(Hail, hail, hail and kill) hail and kill
(Hail, hail, hail and kill) hail and kill

My father was a wolf
I'm a kinsman of the slain
Sworn to rise again
I will bring salvation, punishment and pain
The hammer of hate is our faith
Power and dominion are taken by the will
By divine right hail and kill

(Hail, hail, hail and kill) kill and kill
(Hail, hail, hail and kill) hail and kill

Hail, hail, hail and kill
Hail, hail, hail and kill
Hail, hail, hail and kill
Hail, hail, hail and kill
Hail, hail, hail and kill
Hail, hail, hail and kill
Hail, hail, hail and kill
Hail, hail, hail and kill

Hail, hail, hail and kill
Rip their flesh burn their hearts
Stab them in the eyes
Rape their women as they cry
Kill their servants burn their homes
Till there's no blood left to spill
Hail and kill
Power and dominion are taken by the will
By divine right hail and kill

Hail, hail, hail and kill
Hail and kill
Hail, hail, hail and kill
Kill and kill
Hail, hail, hail and kill
Hail and kill, hail and kill
Hail, hail, hail and kill
Hail and kill, hail and kill
Hail, hail, hail and kill
Hail and kill
Hail, hail, hail and kill


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  • +3
    General Comment

    best pump up song in the history of mankind

    fear_itselfon October 28, 2004   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    First and foremost, it's one of the most brutal songs...ever.

    That being said, it's not about Nazis, Neo-Nazis, the racist skinhead movement (not all skins are racists, mind you). It's just a song about killing. I do love the lines "May your sword be wet like a young girl in her prime" and "Rape their women as they cry." Brutal. But it's not racists. If you can tell me that this band is racist, keeping in mind they recorded in their 1992 album "The Triumph of Steel" the song "Spirit Horse of the Cherokee" the lyric "Have to sing with pride, Let the white man die." in a song that praises the warrior spirit of the Cherokee (as well as other Native Americans such as the Sioux and Apache) and speaks quite negatively about white people/America imposing the Trail of Tears...if you can still tell me that the band is a racist band, I've got some ocean-front property in North Dakota that I'd like to sell you for real cheap.

    Aaryqon December 02, 2009   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    True metal, at it's finest.

    Live_FASTERon April 17, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Really, what utter bullshit.

    It's just about killing people.

    ThorGrimon January 30, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    you don't know then ManOwar you should respect the band and never say the are bullshit

    eXistenon February 27, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    dodaren has no clue, this is clearly a reference to Ragnorok

    Sigrdriftaon December 01, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Any Manowar fan knows that the band is really into their Norse mythos. They are not Nazi's or any kind of skinheads. That comment about WWII and Hitler was completely inane.

    I agree with the first poster, just an incredible song about death and combat, fierceness and ferocity. Nothing more, nothing less.

    Gonenovaon December 24, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Actually, this song is just fucking sweet.

    Nassleron February 20, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    i agree with nassler

    hyper_headbangeron July 13, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    May your sword stay wet like a young girl in her prime!

    This line says it all.

    Xarthokon April 30, 2009   Link

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