"...And they placed in his hands A sword Made for him Called Vengeance Forged in brimstone And tempered By the woeful tears of the unavenged And to carry him up on his journey Back to the upper world They brought forth Their Demon horse Called: Black Death A grim steed So fiersome in might And black in colour That he could stand as one with the darkness..."

"Oh, Manowar Born to live forever more The right to conquer every shore Hold your ground and give no more"

"I hear the sound In a metal way I feel the power Rolling off the stage Cause only one thing Really sets me free Heavy Metal Loud as it can be"

"He who refuses to take part in modern mediocrity will forever stand alone, an outcast. He is the bringer of change, changes that instill fear in all who go with fashion's flow. Their power comes from others, not from within. They are false! Woe unto them for the bringers of change have banded together. The time is now! We cannot be stopped! We are riding up"

"It's a shame that future musicians growing up now are being influenced by trash; it's really upsetting. You are basically formed by what your influences are and if you've got losers for influences, you're going to have a hard time overcoming that."

"This is not Iron Maiden. This is not Judas Priest. This is not fucking Metallica. This is Manowar!"

"We care about our bands, the quality of music and the metal fans more than anyone else!"

"Heavy Metal will never die!"

"I believe in the fans, I believe in metal more than anybody you've ever met. And you've known me a long time. I've never pissed on you even though you constantly do it to me. And I don't stab the fan in the back. And another thing, I'm prepared to die for metal. Are you?"

"Ladies and gentlemen, from the United States of America, all hail Manowar"

"The north star always guides me When winter skies are gray And I wait for the sun when all are one I shall not betray Calling at me I'm waiting when all are led astray"

"Now people keep asking if we're going to change I look'em in the eye Tell'em no way Stripes on a tiger don't wash away Manowar's made of steel not clay"

"Thank you for the kool aid reverend Jim We're glad to leave behind their world of sin Our lifeless bodies fall on holy ground Rotting flesh a sacrificial mound"

"Let loose the knot that binds The spirit and flesh, let it fall For only courage and heroism linger after death So, hold fast thy sword, rejecting pain, feel the dragons breath"

"Four sworn to vengeance, see the hate in our eyes Called by the gods and given a sign"

"I'm in the ground, I'm in the air, I'm all I live in the hearts of all men I'm the call to greatness Not all can hear I awaken the creator, in those who dare And the day will come, when we all must die And enter the mountainside"

"I made a rock-n-roll sin When I tried giving in, to make money had to turn down loud They said, "Why be proud, don't play so loud Be like us and get a sound that's real thin Wear a polyester suit, act happy, look cute, get a haircut And buy small gear" That's when I turned to them and said, hold it, right there"

"No one in the world ever gets what they want, and that is beautiful. Everybody dies frustrated and sad, and that is beautiful."

"We can't be silent / 'Cause they might be giants / And what are we gonna do unless they are?"

"There's only one thing that I know how to do well / and I've often been told that you only can do what you know how to do well / and that's be you / be what you're like / be like yourself."

"A woman came up to me and said / I'd like to poison your mind / With wrong ideas that appeal to you / Though I am not unkind"

"I don't want the world, I just want your half"

"I've built a little Empire / Off some crazy garbage / Called the blood of the exploited working class / But they've overcome their shyness / Now they're calling me 'Your Highness'/ And the world screams 'Kiss me, son of God'"

"Where your eyes don't go / A filthy scarecrow waves its broomstick arms / And does a parody of each unconscious thing you do / When you turn around to look it's gone beyond you / On its face it's wearing your confused expression / Where your eyes don't go"

"Laugh hard, it's a long way to the bank."

"Life's just a mood ring we're not allowed to see."

"Time is flying like an arrow / And the clock hands move so fast they make the wind blow / And it makes the pages of the calendar go / Flying out the window, one by one"

"They revamped the airport completely / Now it looks just like a night club / Everyone's excited and confused"

"/ applied by Magic Marker to drywall / I should be allowed to shoot my mouth off / I should have a call-in show."

"Standing in my yard / Where they tore down the garage / To make room for the torn-down garage"

"He's got a watch with a minute hand / millennium hand, and an eon hand"

"Is he a dot, or he is a speck / when he's underwater, does he get wet / or does the water get him instead?"

"Triangle Man, Triangle Man / Triangle Man hates Particle Man"

"Can't shake the devil's hand / And say you're only kidding."

"You said you were the king of liars / And I believed you and called you 'sire' / But I realize now that I have been deceived."

"We were once so close to heaven / Peter came out and gave us medals / Declaring us the nicest of the damned"

"Everybody wants prosthetic foreheads / on their real heads."

"You say they taught you how to read and write, They taught you how to count, I say they taught you how to buy and sell, Your own body by the pound, I think you like to be their simple toy, I think you love to play the clown, I think you blind to the fact, That the hand you hold is the hand that holds you down.""

"I don't want to hear you say you're sorry I don't want to hear you say we can start all over again I think you must think that I am stupid Well I might be stupid for the rest of my life But I'll never be stupid to you again I just want it all to go away."

"This is your American dream Everything is simple in the White and the black You will never need to see the grey anymore You will never have to be afraid When you are happy with the blackjack."

"Out of my depth Right from the start I feel like I was born With an invisible heart Out of my depth Seems like everyday I can't find the words To make the good things Come my way."

"Something bad is Going to happen I can feel it deep inside There are shadows All around me Like a bad moon on the rise."

"The prozac doesn't do it for me anymore"

"You do what you do, you say what you say, You try to be everything to everyone, You know all the right people, you play all the right games, You always try to be everything to everyone."

"It's hard on a girl when the blood won't come when it ought to come, Hey, hey, daddy's going away."

"Don't fall down now you will never get up.- Metaphor for quitting drugs, Strawberry"

"I am sick again- just plain sick to death, Of the sound of my own voice."

"I call you once a year just around the holiday, I still see your in the night lying above me in the grass I can't smile."

"Love Spirals Downward[s] shares a psychedelic code with the Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and a musical code with groups like the Cocteau Twins and Dead Can Dance."

"Make no mistake, Love Spirals Downwards stand alone as a landmark to ethereal and madrigal greatness."