Amon Amarth - Versus the World
Original Version Picture LP Version Digipack Version 1. Death in fire 4:54 1. Death in fire 4:54 1. Death in fire 4:54 2. For the stabwounds in our backs 4:56 2. For the stabwounds in our backs 4:56 2. For the stabwounds in our backs 4:56 3. Where silent gods stand guard 5:46 3. Where silent gods stand guard 5:46 3. Where silent gods stand guard 5:46 4. Versus the World 5:22 4. Versus the World 5:22 4. Versus the World 5:22 5. Across the rainbow bridge 4:51 5. Across the rainbow bridge 4:51 5. Across the rainbow bridge 4:51 6. Down the slopes of death 4:08 6. Down the slopes of death 4:08 6. Down the slopes of death 4:08 7. Thousand years of oppression 5:42 7. Thousand years of oppression 5:42 7. Thousand years of oppression 5:42 8. Bloodshed 5:13 8. Bloodshed 5:13 8. Bloodshed 5:13 9. ...And soon the world will cease to be 6:57 9. ...And soon the world will cease to be 6:57 9. ...And soon the world will cease to be 6:57 --- Bonus Disk --- 1. Siegreicher marsch (Victorious March) 7:54 --- Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds (remastered) --- 1. Sorrow throughout the nine worlds 3:53 2. The arrival of the fimbul winter 4:26 3. Burning creation 4:59 4. The mighty doors of the speargod's hall 5:43 5. Under the greyclouded winter sky 5:36 --- The Arrival of the Fimbul Winter demo --- 1. Burning creation 4:49 2. Arrival of the fimbul winter 4:38 3. Without fear 4:42 --- Thor Arise demo --- 1. Risen from the sea 5:44 2. Atrocious humanity 5:54 3. Army of darkness 5:27 4. Thor arise 6:31 5. Sabbath bloody sabbath (Black Sabbath cover) 4:22 total time 47:49 total time 47:49 total time 2:02:27 Re-Issues Version 1. Death in fire 4:54 2. For the stabwounds in our backs 4:56 3. Where silent gods stand guard 5:46 4. Versus the World 5:22 5. Across the rainbow bridge 4:51 6. Down the slopes of death 4:08 7. Thousand years of oppression 5:42 8. Bloodshed 5:13 9. ...And soon the world will cease to be 6:57 --- Bonus Disk: Live at Zeche Bochum, Germany, Dec.31, 2008 --- 1. Death In Fire 5:08 2. For The Stabwounds In Our Backs 5:19 3. Where Silent Gods Stand Guard 5:49 4. Versus The World 5:57 5. Across The Rainbow Bridge 5:07 6. Down The Slopes Of Death 4:38 7. Thousand Years Of Oppression 6:07 8. Bloodshed 5:43 9. And Soon The World Will Cease To Be 7:07 total time 1:38:43
1. Death In Fire The wait is soon at end Always charge never bend Morning is here, make your stand Live for honor, glory, death in fire! Total war is here Face it without fear Age of sword, age of spear Fight for honor, glory, death in fire! See the fire rise Flames are raging high Soon all will burn and die Burn for honor, glory, death in fire! Storm of lethal flames Only death remains Ragnarok is closing in Die for honor, glory, death in fire! Forces of chaos is on the move Everyone, choose your side And know the end is coming soon The day for all to die The day is here when Bifrost breaks Nor sun or moon will rise When the dead rise from their graves and Surtur spreads his fire All you know will wither away And sink into the sea A new world will be born one day Where everyone is free [Lead Sæderberg] Total war is here, face it without fear Age of sword, age of spear Fight for honor, glory, death in fire! Storm of lethal flames Only death remains - Ragnarok is our fate Die for honor, die for glory Die, death in fire! 2. For The Stabwounds In Our Backs Silently we bide our time Soon we'll pay you back For all the wrongs you've done our kind For the stabwounds in our backs You think you're safe. Well, live your lie There's no way you'll escape The day that all things living die The day we rise again Then Fenris' father will summon us And we will rise from the death One million warriors with foaming mouths To challenge life itself A horrid ship of dead men's nails Will bring our ranks ashore The eastern wind will fill our sails And your son will hold the oar You think you're safe. Well, live your lie There's no way you'll escape The day that all things living die The day we rise again Our rusty swords will never rest So send the best you've got Into our grinning jaws of death We'll make their suffering short So sit there on your golden throne Soon we will arise Time for vengeance is coming soon The time for all to die! 3. Where Silent Gods Stand Guard The last head falls to the ground No one is left alive They thought that they could take me down But it's not my time to die I wipe the blood from my sword And slide it in my belt This is the sweetest of rewards The best rush I have felt Ten men are dead by my feet I smell their streaming blood And I smile, cause it makes me... ...makes me feel so good They were crawling on their knees Begging for their pathetic lives Now their souls belong to me As well as their eyes Each man has something that I crave I eat their steaming eyes And drink their blood to make them my slaves At Oden's feat in afterlife I bring the skulls to my shrine Where silent Gods stand guard Soak them in blood and in wine - A sacrificial ritual One thousand heads are on display Collected through years of thirst Macabre trophies from my prey Picked clean of flesh by Oden's birds I am - I am - A wolf in human shape I am - I am - A predator with flaming rage [Lead Mikkonen] I'm a wolf in human shape - Every man is prey A predator with flaming rage - Blood is in my trace I will die with sword in hand And then my seat's secured When Oden calls from golden hall He will greet me at the door 4. Vs The World One we were scum of the Earth Now we've cleared our names In Nifelheim came rebirth Baptized in Mount Doom's flames A decade now we've fought this war Never yielding from our path Our journeys take us to foreign shores Where we let our metal blast We've been battered and left for dead We've been beaten and we have bled But we always made it through - Vs the world This may be our last quest Before we're put to rest The end is coming soon - Vs the world Warriors of the grave took us south Hell bent on genocide They made us face the brutal truth This would be no easy ride Grotesque creatures of the sky Met with us on winter fields Christian god cast aside - Massacre of hallowed eve We've been battered and left for dead We've been beaten and we have bled But we always made it through - Vs the world This may be our last quest Before we're put to rest The end is coming soon - Vs the world Persian demons brought us south On merciless campaign We've raided the western shores Always going against the grain All these years we've fought to win And sometimes almost died I tell you now we won't give in Without a vicious fight We've been battered and left for dead We've been beaten and we have bled Versus the world 5. Across The Rainbow Bridge My days are numbered: soon I have to leave The Norns have stretched my living thread The notion of my demise won't leave me be Why cannot death just set me free! I've lived a life or prosperity But I'm not as young as I used to be Down the road waits misery Why cannot death just set me free! Countless armies have I attacked Not once have I backed down And though I've spilled a lot of blood I never once received a mortal wound I've raided shores in many lands I cannot count the men I've killed So many friends died with sword in hand But the warrior's death was never granted me I dress myself in battle clothes Alone I make the final ride My sight is blurred, by whipping snow I seek to end my life I want to walk across the Rainbow Bridge And see my fathers in the golden hall They beckon me to join their feast In my dreams I hear their call 6. Down The Slopes Of Death Down the slopes of death he rides The eight hooves pound like drums Darkness reigns the crumbling sky Invasion has begun Fields of flames greets his eye He smells the fear and pain Of dying men in agony It can drive a man insane All enemies flee his spear No bow nor axe do harm Allfather rides out on fields of fear When Heimdal sounds the alarm But on the field waits his fate Foretold in ancient times A beast with sharp yellow teeth And hateful burning yes Today he'll draw his final breath The wisest God of all His son will avenge his death Iormundr's brother will fall He knows now what is to come No use to try and run What is to be, let it be done! What is to be, let it be done! Today he'll draw his final breath The wisest God of all His son will avenge his death Iormundr's brother will fall Down the slopes of death he rides The eight hooves pound like drums Darkness reigns the crumbling sky Invasion has begun Down the slopes of death he rides The eight hooves pound like drums Darkness reigns the crumbling sky No more is the sun 7. Thousand Years Of Oppression He hung on the windswept world tree Whose roots no one knows For nine whole days he hung there pierced By Gugnir, his spear Swimming in pain he peered into the depths And cried out in agony Reaching out he grasped the runes Before falling back from the abyss He gave himself unto himself In a world of sheering pain So that we all may live our lives By the wisdom that he gained You doubted him, and spread their lies Across the world, with sword in hand You raped our souls, and stole our right All for the words of mild-mannered man You listened to mild-mannered god And put your faith in deceitful words Your powertrip was paid by blood In kindness' name you spilled our blood I refuse to submit To the god you say is kind I know what's right, and it is time It's time to fight, and free our minds Let me die without fear! As I have lived without it So shut your mouth and spare my ears I'm fed up with all your bullshit After a thousand years of oppression Let the berserks rise again Let the world hear these words once more: "Save us, oh lord, from the wrath of the Norseman" Our spritis were forged in snow and ice To bend like steel forged over fire We were not made to bend like reed Or turn the other cheek He grasped the runes, they're ours to use 8. Bloodshed Midgard's cold and hatred reigns Hunger and disease Fenris is set free again Chaos is unleashed The storm of death sweeps the shores Famine sweep the land Ties of kinship is no more Sons die by their father's hand Two men meet on battleground Their eyes are full of hate By sacred oaths both are bound Death will be their fate They share the blood of once proud men Yet foes they have become One fights for truth, the other for faith Perish has begun Here comes the - Bloodshed It's the age of - Bloodshed Here comes the - Bloodshed It's the age of - Bloodshed Two brothers meet in battle heat Both will die to day No victory and no defeat Death is their only way In their eyes is no remorse They make their final charge Thrusting their swords with mortal force Piercing each other's hearts [Lead Mikkonnen] Here comes the - Bloodshed It's the age of - Bloodshed Here comes the - Bloodshed Prepare for - Bloodshed 9. ...And Soon The World Will Cease To Be The Northern wind brings snow and ice Humans starve and freeze The Fimbul winter has arrived And soon the world will cease to be Brother will be brother's bane No one shall be spared All will die. None remain That is mankind's share The southern sphere is set ablaze Muspel's fire is set free The sun is on its final chase And soon the world will cease to be Across the western sky he runs A wolf so grim and mean Devours the eternal sun And soon the world will cease to be The North Star falls from the sky Into the deep cold sea The first of all to fall and die And soon the world will cease to be Muspel's flames lick the sky Hidhægg eats the dead The Aesir meet in hall up high And Oden 'quests Mimer's head Land is swallowed by the waves Rocks and mountains break Dead men on the path to Hell And Yggdrasil quakes [Lead Mikkonnen] From the East comes a ship Loke holds the oar A demon army with swords that rip Will join the final war The army of the dead arrives Heimdal blows his horn Calling Gods out to die Before the world can be reborn 10. Siegreicher Marsch (Victorious March) [Bonus track] Zehn schwere Stiefel ?ber Grund blutgetränkt Im Gleichschritt marschieren Diese fìnf Krieger Es ist Ihnen gleich Wie sehr Ihre Wunden Von feindlichen Schwertern geschlagen Bis auf die Knochen schmerzen Die herbeigesehnte Rache Begangen in Blut Keine Gnade gezeigt Keine Gnade gezeigt Den Schmerz verleugnend Der wie ein Hammer pocht Erlitten durch Stìrze Von erschlagenen Pferden Kein Anschein von Schwäche Noch Behutsamkeit Nicht einmal ein Funke Von Reue in Ihren Augen Sie erschlugen die Männer Nährten Wölfe mit Fleisch Und jetzt verlassen Sie Dieses Land Seite an Seite Jetzt auf dem Heimweg Fìnf Krieger die ohne Reue kämpften Diese Geschichte von fìnf tapferen Männern Wird ewiglich erzählt werden Nur das Leid bleibt Nur den Frauen allein Die Kinder wehklagen Von nun an lebend in Furcht Kein Mann bleibt verschont Kein Haus kein Hof verblieb Keine Christin ungeschändet Ihre Kirche von Flammen verzehrt Rot scheint Ihr Stahl Von Feindesblut Erzählend vom Sieg Der von den Göttern geschenkt Als Sie wiederkehren Blutend doch stolz Brennt der Horizont Und das Lied erklingt laut [English translation:] Ten heavy feet Walks the bloodsoiled ground With rhythm these Five warriors march No matter how much The bleeding wounds From enemy swordcuts Hurts to the bone The revenge they sought Was taken in blood No mercy was showed No mercy was showed They ignore the pain That hammerlike pounds From falls, off slain Horses, to the ground No signs of weakness No signs of weariness Not even a glimce Of remorse in their eyes They slew men ruthless Fed the wolves with flesh And now they leave This land side by side Now they're headed home Five swordsmen who fought repentlessly Their story will be told Of five brave men endlessly All sorrow is left For the woman to bare The children cries They live in fear No man was spread No houses or farm remains No christian woman unraped Their church consumed by flames Their steel shines red With enemy blood It sings of victory Granted by the Gods And as they return Bleeding but proud The horizon burns And the song is ringing loud Lyrics in plain text format