Blood And Iron Lyrics - Twilight Of The Gods - Bathory

O, so it is written son 

When all waters and land you see 

All around came to birth 

Man and beast was one 

And the gods of the sky 

Walked the face of the earth 

Few free and innocent 

Man strolled paths next to those 

Of beasts seeing no signs 

But stars in the sky 

Knowing of day and night 

Of rain and winds, hunger and fright 

But not of death nor of life 

While all was at ease with all 

Living creatures and beast and the gods 

of the sky enjoyed the lavish riches of this world, 

giants rose out of their caves and took to the skies 

challenging the gods for the power of the universe. 

Only when the great halls of Valhalla stood aflame 

lighting up the worlds all around did the gods 

wake up from their drunken sleep, to speed through the heavens 

and clash with the giants in the greatest battle ever seen. 

Heads arms and legs of both giant and god fell down 

upon the earth and... The weapons... The swords of shining metal... 

And those who found them and took these shining blades 

in hand were only men, now man was the master of this world. 

The story tells of raging skies 

Black clouds gathered up high 

And of lightning striking from a 

Burning blood red sky 

The mountains crumbled to the seas 

Earth shook the worlds collide 

Ending the age of gods 

Giving birth to our time 

And man lived and learned 

The secret of steel 

Ore of earth - fire of sky 

Forged is blade of gods 

Blood and iron 

So the age to learn and teach 

For man begins, the power to know 

The blood and iron discipline 

And tell the story of how man was granted 

These shining blades of steel 

Knowing of the past she will know 

Of the tomorrow and man shall reign, yes, 

Even conquer other worlds and she will set 

Sails on her starships sailing across the 

Black space and become the new gods of the skies 

The skies...