Bathory-The Lake

great song from the Viking Metal days of Bathory

"The one eyed old man told me that the face that I will see
Has paralysed a thousand brave men sure of victory.
I cannot fight blindfolded and I'd freeze if I should see.
So I need to sacrifice my eyes to see all from within.
The one eyed old man had told me of a lake that no one knows of.
Where the end of the sky unites with the bottom
countless feet down deep.
And he told me when this world was young
into its depths his eye he had thrown
So that, though one eyed, he could see more than can be seen.

I'll throw my eyes into the lake
So that I will see from within.
I'll throw my eyes into the lake.
And when blind I will still see.

At the bottom of the lake
My two eyes will shine like the stars.
At the bottom of the lake
I will see no matter how near or far.

Regardless at which speed my horse
takes me through the night.
No matter how sharp the blade
of my sword seems to be.
Even with the aid of two pair
of eyes way up high.
In the end before the Beast its face
I would have had to see.

But with my two eyes in the depths,
my vision is supreme.
I see all things that can't be seen
but not my hand held out in front of me.
The face that makes men freeze
I now need not see at all.
I'll feel the presence of the Beast
but will not need to stare him down no more.

I've thrown down my eyes into the lake
So that I will see from within.
I've thrown my eyes into the lake
And now when blind I still see.

At the bottom of the lake
My two eyes are shining like the stars.
At the bottom of the lake
I now see no matter how near or far."

Category:

Music

Tags:

• the
• lake
• bathory
• black
• viking
• metal
• quorthon
• venom
• mercyful
• fate
• in
• memory
• of

[speaker84]

5:33 - 6:04 epic chouros i cant stop listen to that part

[FuckYourChrist]

One of the best songs I have ever heard

[doolb666]

@Fufux0rs bathory has a lot of different styles, many albums are raw, early 80s sounding metal, others are intense thrash albums, others are like this, slow, lumbering, melodic masterpieces. bathory is just such a perfect band!

[Fufux0rs]

I just found beauty of bathory. pls show me where i should begun!?

[Willzu666]

So epic and powerful song ,one of the best songs of viking era bathory!

[xSurfinB1rdx]

The intro is so amazing. Along with everything else

[beavinator420]

there's a part of this song that sounds like aerosmith's dream on...did anyone else catch it?

[metalfan999]

Bathory is so epic! Takes me wherever I want to be! Thank you Quorthon, may you be happy wherever you are now!

[ekfosho]

@speaker84 so epic

[ekfosho]

@RiffsterMoharram rhapsody is the shit but you cant compare them to "THESE GUYS" first off this band consists of ONE guy and each CD is different. This CD he chose a more EPIC approach so please don't lash out with stupid remarks without first knowing what you're talking about.

[TheNolan13]

disregaurd that last comment by me, im baked.

[TheNolan13]

when youre baked as fuck this song speaks wonders and the truth...