Overdrive (SWE) : Swords and Axes

Heavy Metal / Sweden
(1984 - Banzai Records / High Vaultage / Planet Records)
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1. DREAM AWAY

When I was young I used to dream away
I could sit all day long with nothing to say
In my dreams I would make it, break it
In the night I would be the ladies man
On the screen I would take 'em, make 'em
I really would make them dream away

I never cared for disco nights, I've always been the lonely one
When a girl passes by I nearly start to run
But in my dreams I would squeeze her, kiss her
In the night I would make her feel alright
She takes my hand and we're moving, grooving
I would really make her dream away

[Chorus]
Dream away ! Take me away from this place
Dream away ! Dreams making scars in my face

When I close my eyes I start to dream away
It all is a dream

Now my lifetime's ending, my hair's turning grey
But that won't stop my dreaming, that'll be the day
In my dreams I'm the Black Knight, all might
Fit for fight for the poor and innocent
Warpigs fall for my swordblade, stormraid
No more wars, but it's just a dream

[Chorus](x2)


2. BLACK REVENGE

My body's burning, my heart is black with hate
My shield protects me and my sword rules your fate
You burned my castle and ravaged my land
I will recapture and I will demand black revenge

You raped my daughter and murdered my wife
Now I'm out for you, I'm the plague in your life
Thy name is hallowed but thy soul is cursed
Expect no mercy, out it will burst

[Chorus]
Killing fire, in my heart
Burning desire for black revenge to start

My curse is black revenge and the victim is you
Don't you try to hide, there's nothing you can do
You burned my castle and ravaged my land
I will recapture and I will demand black revenge

[Chorus]


3. FIGHTING MAN

I'm feeling cheated, I'm taken for a ride
I don't believe you're on my side
You just try touse me, but I'm nobody's fool
You just can't better me, I won't play your rules
Now take it easy, I won't give it up
It might take a lifetime, but I ain't gonna stop
I won't stand beaten, not by your cheating

[Chorus]
I'm a fighting man, I take what I can
Rock and rolling man, I doing the best that I can
I'm a fighting man, I take what I can
Rock and rolling man, I doing the best that I can

Ever since my childhood I've been pushed around
I must've been stupid, never to say a sound
I just walked away with a heart in despair
Now I've had enough, it was too much to bare
I won't call it vengeance but my aim is true
You'd better beware cos I'm aiming at you
I ain't beaten, so stop your cheating

[Chorus]

An everlasting battle, a never ending fight
I'm waiting for the showdown, but there's no end in sight
You know I gotta make it, make it to the top
And when I get there, I ain't gonna stop
I won't take it easy, I'm gonna play it rough
You know I'll make 'em see that I know my stuff
I won't be beaten, not by your cheating

[Chorus]


4. BURN IN HELL

In the middle of the night when the fullmoon rises he wakes up
Takes his black hat and coat and walks out through the door
He is sneaking, he is seeking, the avenger of death and pain
He is playing, he's obeying the master of the under worlds

[Chorus]
Burn in hell ! Burn him to the last bone
Burn in hell ! Take him away
Burn in hell ! Take him to the firezone
Burn in hell ! Don't let him stay

Ironshadows are lowering over his eyes, he can't see
The devil's hand that is reaching to take him away
To the deathcell in his hot hell with burning bones of infidels
That have broken the holy token written with the devil's blood

[Chorus]

He starts feeling sick by the warmth of the fires burning on
He's starting to repent all th ethings that he's done
He feels guilty and so filthy, but the devil's got him in his spell
He feels cheated and defeated but there's no way to get out alive

[Chorus]


5. SWORDS AND AXES

In the year of the final retribution the good will fight the evil
Now time hath come for vengeance for all the wickedness thy hath borne
Therefore I pray to you, every man and every boy, to rise your swords and exes
Stike down all Satan's servants and let them burn in the depths of Hell
The battlefiels of armageddon will face much death and pain
But will it not be worth the death and worth the pain
To feel the soft breeze of freedom gently surrounding your lightened soul...


6. LIVING IN SIN

I was born on the bad side and I lived under the gun
My mother was a witch and my father was on the run
I never saw him, I didn't even care when they said he'd passed away
He was a felon but I was aware my mother loved him anyway

When I was almost five they told my mother; you're gonna burn
My mother cried and begged for mercy, but they all turned
You gotta learn how to survive and live your life while you can
At the stake they burned her alive but I had to take it like a man

[Chorus]
On the sun, living in sin, with nowhere to run
Under the gun, living in sin, all my ships are burned

Now I'm twentyfive and my life still hasn't changed
I think it's time for me to start to rearrange
My anger's faded, my hate is all gone, I've left it all behind the bend
Still, one thing will always remain, my life in sin will never end

[Chorus]


7. MISSION OF DESTRUCTION

In the land of dreams joy was turned to sorrow
The children in the wombs wouldn't see tomorrow
The silvery death came through the sky
And those who died must've wondered why
At the place where the innocent wasn't worth a single cent

Now the bomb has fallen and the plane lifts higher
The innocent bystanders were burned by the fire
Their lifeless bodies were set ablaze
Extermination without a trace
The sole survivors they wondered why
They were the ones who didn't die

[Chorus]
Mission of destruction ! The world should feel the shame
Mission of destruction ! We're the ones to blame

Now the land of dreams again has been reborn
It has all been rebuilt, the things that were torn
But something that never healed was a feeling that had to yield
Atomic radiation fear destroyed their lives for many a year

[Chorus]


8. ODE TO JULIET

(Instrumental)


9. BROKEN HEARTED

You wanted to steal a heart from another
But you didn't try, and now it's too late
You said you wanted to be a lover
But that doesn't seem to be your untold fate

The wicked world that stands before you
Don't give you enough to keep you satisfied
Oh, how I wish that I could help you
To find the one to be by your side

[Chorus]
Broken hearted lover, trying hard not to bother
Broken hearted lover, looking so har for another
Can you help me to guide my path away to the promised land
Fill my days with joy and love, won't you take my hand

You'll have to face the situation
You have to give a little of yourself
It won't help with selfaccusation
That won't get you away frmo the suicide shelf

I understand you're outta hand
Under pressure so I guess you're... alone

[Chorus]


10. LADY LUCK

I've always lived in darkness
And I've never seen the light
I've always felt unhappy
Since the day I came to this life
They're calling me bad, but I'm only sad
And that's just because of bad luck

I said
Bad luck ! Is that I was born
Bad luck ! All I can do is mourn
Bad luck - please go away forever
Bad luck ! Is that I was born
Bad luck ! All I can do is mourn
Bad luck - please go away forever

Then once I met this lady
And she showed me her love and might
I'd never felt so happy in my entire life
She took me away, yes she showed me the way
She showed me the way to happiness

Lady Luck ! She showed me how to live
Lady Luck ! She taught me how to love
Lady Luck ! pPease stay with me forever
Lady Luck ! She showed me how to live
Lady Luck ! She taught me how to love
Lady Luck ! Please stay with me forever

But once I found this letter in which it said like this
Now I've fulfilled my task, I've taught you to live
But please don't cry, coz one day you will see me again

I've always lived in darkness
And I've never seen the light
I've always felt unhappy
Since the day I came to this life
They're calling me bad, but I'm only sad
And that's just because of bad luck

I said
Bad luck ! Is that I was born
Bad luck ! All I can do is mourn
Bad luck - please go away forever
Lady Luck ! She showed me how to live
Lady Luck ! She taught me how to love
Lady Luck ! Please stay with me forever


11. GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS

You see them hanging around in the streets
You wanna feel them beside you bewteen the sheets
First glance, you feel like you're in the skies
She winks her eye and you feel like you start to fly

[Chorus]
But you better watch your step, I know from experience
They play a game with you, you see
Now listen to my words

They tease you so you think that you will go down
They squeeze yuo so you're in a state to moan
Midnight seducer, you ain't got a chance
Watch out when you see her frisky glance

[Chorus]

Girls will be girls
There's nothing you can do about it
Hear what I say
This is true and it's up to you now

You take her home, give her a glass of wine
Your desire takes over your hazy mind
She says; Honey, I'm just gonna wash my hands
You get ready but she don't show up again

[Chorus]

Girls will be girls
There's nothing you can do about it
Hear what I say
This is true and it's up to you now


12. HIGH INFIDELITY

I had been away for quite a long time in a business matter
I arrived in the middle of the night to my beloved wife
When I opened the door I knew something was wrong
A pair of shoes I didn't recognize, what the hell is going on

You, you are a cheater
You, I disbelieve you
I , I'm in a case of high infidelity

I sneaked in through the bedroom door and what did I find
I found her in the arms of another man, they were both fast asleep
I took my gun from the wardrobe shelpf and woke them up with a shot
I felt the wrath rage inside of me ! Your time is through


13. YOU (GIVE ME HELL !)

I'll be running till the day is through
Just gotta get away from you
You just treat me like I was a fool
And you think you're so bloody cool
You are outrageous, you put a spell
You are econtagious, you give me hell

You are getting stone on my champagne
While you tell me to drink your stinking wine
I don't know hot to get rid of you
To kill you, baby, just won't do

All you've done's become pure misery
I'm sure you'll go to history
I'll be damned that if you got the chance
You'd call our connection a romance


14. REFLEXIONS

(Instrumental)

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