Prelude/Hector storms the Wall - Manowar - [Achilles, Agony And Ecstasy In Eight Parts - part I]

Hector: “Alas! the Gods have lured me on to my destruction. (...) death is now indeed exceedingly near at hand and there is no way out of it- for so Zeus and His son Apollo the far-darter have willed it, though heretofore They have been ever ready to protect me. My doom has come upon me; let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle, but let me first do some great thing that shall be told among men hereafter“ [Homer, Iliad Book XXII] “I see my chariot run to your ships I’ll drive you back to the sea You came here for gold The wall will not hold This day was promised to me The Gods are my shield My Fate has been sealed Lightning and javelins fly Soon many will fall We are storming the wall Stones fall snow from the sky We will pay with our glory In the fire of battle Zeus today is mine Killing all my way Like sheep and like cattle Smashing skulls of all who defy I spare not the hammer I spare not the sword T
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