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Achilles, Agony and Ecstasy
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Prelude
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i) Hector Storms The Wall
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See my chariot run to your ships I'll drive you back to the sea
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You came her for gold the wall will not hold
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This day was promised to me
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The gods are my shield lightning and javelins fly
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Soon many will fall we are storming the wall
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Stones fall snow from the sky
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We will pay with our glory in the fire of battle
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Zeus today is mine
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Killing all in my way like sheep and like cattle
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smashing skulls of all who defy
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I spare not the hammer I spare not the sword
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This day will ring with my name
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None have to chase me let he who will face me
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Kill me or die by the sword
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ii) The Death Of Patroclus
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Oh friend of mine, how to say goodbye
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This was your time, but the armor you wore was mine
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I will not rest until Hector's blood is spilled
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His bones will all be broken dragged across the field
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This dear friend is how we'll say goodbye
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until we meet in the sky
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iii) Funeral March
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iv) Armor Of The Gods
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v) Hector's Final Hour
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Here inside the walls of Troy, the gods weigh my fate
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From this bay do I abstain, to a memory of hate
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To pay for all the blood that spilled the many thousands i did kill
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No walls can contain the gods' almighty will
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I hear the silent voices I cannot hide
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The gods leave no choices so we all must die
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Oh Achilles let thy arrows fly, into the wind, where eagles cross the sky
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Today my mortal blood will mix with sand it was foretold
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I will die by thy hand into Hades my soul descend
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vi) Death Hector's Reward
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Cowards in the grip of fear, no valor to uphold
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Cut into the earth, with honor long been sold
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For all shall come to know me as they fall unto their knees
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Zeus the Thunderer, control my destiny
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When the cards of life were bealt my hand a ruthless fate
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To avenge, and bringeth fury, Hector feel my hate
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A bloodbath I was born to bring, by birth I'm an assassin
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To cut the cord of life and death ties to earth unfasten
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Blood and fire death and hate, your body I will desecrate
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Dogs and vultures eat your flesh the Hall of Hades waits
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Kill...
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Hector's blood lies on the battlefield his body's mangled wounds
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The gods who once protected him are now his gods of doom,
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Like a tower standing tall, steadfast in direction
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I fall upon you bringing death, the gods give no protection
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Coward in the grip of fear, no valor to uphold
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Cut into the earth, with honor long been sold
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For all shall come to know me, as they fall unto their knees
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Zeus the Thunderer, control my destiny
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Blood and fire death and hate, your body I will desecrate
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Dogs and vultures eat your flesh the Hall of Hades waits
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Die...
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vii) The Desecration Of Hector's Body
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viii) The Glory Of Achilles
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The oath of the gods, this day was fulfilled
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In the heat of the battle, Hector was killed
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See him Patroclus, down in the dust
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Rejoice in his death my symbol of trust
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A dozen highborn youths, have been killed
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Cutting their throats their blood was all spilled
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Their bodies set at the foot of your fire
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With oxen, sheep and two of your hounds
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Your funeral Pyre high off the ground
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Hector's body dragged three times around
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I will carry the torch to your funeral pyre
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I will ask of the wind to send high your fire
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Hector's blood will not be washed from my body
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Until your body is burned
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A prophecy spoken a promise fulfilled
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More blood will be spilled, more will be killed.
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Achilles, Agony and Ecstasy
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| Manowar |
