BATHORY - One Rode to Asa Bay

From the 1990 album Hammerheart

Lyrics:

One man rode the way through the woods
Down to Asa Bay
Where dragon ships had sailed to sea
More times than one could say
To see with own eyes the wonder
People told of from man to man
The God of all almightiness
Had arrived from a foreign land

The rumors told of a man
Who had come from other side the seas
Carrying gold cross around neck in chain
And spoke in strange tongue of peace
He had come with strange men in armour
Dressed in purple shirts and lace
Smelling not of beer, but flowers
And with no hair in face

And the bold man carrying cross had told one of all Asa Bay
The God of all man, woman and child had come
To them all save
And to thank Lord of Heaven
One should build to God a house
And to save one's soul from Hell
One should be baptised and say vows

A man of pride with the Hammer told new God
To build his house on own
And spoke loud of the Gods of their fathers
Not too long time gone
The rumours said the man with a beard like fire
And the Hammer in chain
By men in armour silenced was and by their swords was slain

Those who did not pay the one coin
Of four to man of new God
Whipped was times twenty and put in chains
And locked by their neck to the log (to the log...)
And so all of Asa Bay did build a house of the cross
Every hour of daylight they did sweat, limbs ached
Because faith does cost

And on the day two hundred, there it stood white to the sky
The house of the God of the cross
Big enough to take two dragon ships inside
And all of Asa Bay did watch the wonder raise to the sky
Now must the God of the cross be pleased and satisfied

Just outside the circle of the crowd
One old man did stand
He looked across the waters
And blocked the sun out of his eyes with one hand
And his old eyes could almost see the dragon ships set sail
And his old ears could almost hear men of great numbers
Call out Odin's hail

And though he did know already
Though he turned face towards sky
And whispered silent words forgotten
Spoken only way up high
Now this house of foreign God does stand
Now they must leave us alone
Still he heard from somewhere in the woods
Old crow of wisdom say
...people of Asa land, it's only just begun...

[Dedicated to Mr. Dean Anderson]
*All music written and arranged by Bathory*

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[aronthehun]

Quorthon has one of the greatest and most unique voices in the history of metal.

[xxSanadaxx]

@EatBoxSocks

Why would you tell him to shut up when he's only correcting someones misspelling? I think you should take your own advice, 'bitch'.

[TheCelticValhalla]

may Quorthon enjoy his lifetime of endless feast in Valhalla

[TrollOvGrimness]

@DarknessEternal14 MOUTH HARP . Jaw Harp / Jew's Harp... Shamans use it for journeying

[beavinator420]

@aronthehun I think he has the best voice, not at first but it grew on me and now music is ruined bcuz he is dead. This song is fucking the best omg!

[JUNKPARLOR]

@aronthehun He sure does, he sort of reminds me of King Diamond with lower vocals.

[CountDruckula]

@EatBoxSocks NO U

[DarknessEternal14]

Anyone else here the lil clip around 0:16 0:17?

[pametalk]

Obra maestra bathory por siempre

[EatBoxSocks]

@6Adri6han6 Shut up bitch.