Mean Machine Discografie

Hammers of Steel

*Bonus tracks taken from the demo "Burning the Church" 1994

HAMMERS OF STEEL

a) INTRO
b) SEA OF BLOOD
We're in a meeting, at the city hall
The Hikhorsts are coming, they wanna kill us all
They grab our mayor and councillers,
they're stabbing them to death
They threw them out of the windows and leave them there to die.

They hunt us down the streets, with bloodlust in their eyes
They're coming into our houses, just a few could flee
We've got to leave the city, or we won't survive
Going to the Broekhorsts in Embden, running for our lifes

A sea of blood on the Great Market place
It's the proof of their half-harted chase

c) THE GATHERING
We call up Keno ten Broeke for revenge
The Broekhorsts troops are gathering
We're going to war against Groningae
Because we want to restore our power

d) THE A GATE
We sail the Eems, to meet our enemies
They're at the shores, waiting to die
The first battle has won, many of them are slaign
With the Drenth's on our side, we're going for the walls

With our hammers of steel, we storm the A gate

Now we're in the city, we're seeking for revenge
They must pay in blood, but the cowards fled

e) PAY BACK TIME
But still, war isn't won. From Frisia they're coming back
With support of the bishop. A great army, going to the city
Keno's ready to meet their troops. We're strong, they're so weak
Victory, they're defeated. Many of us died, they lost more

They could kill us, because we had no arms
Now we have the weapons, they must pay
At the end, no one has won. Treaties, soaked in blood.
Widows are crying, thousands are dead.
At the end, it's still the same

f) OUTRO

NO MORE YOU

You used to be my best friend
We shared our secrets and dreams
But you changed in a terrible way
So hear me say: No more you

All your stories seemed to be untrue
In fact, they we're a bloody lie
You betrayed all of your friends
So hear us say: No more you

Now you lost all of your friends
But you're still to blind to see
The problem is: fucking you
So hear us say: No more you

LEAVE THIS TOWN

Gonna leave this town, leave it all behind
Trouble is, the only thing I find
Messed up women, lunatics
Lots of booze, drugaddicts

Gonna hit the road, gonna change the scene
I'm going to places, I've never been
Gonna leave this town, leave it all behind
Before I'm eight stocks high and take a dive

ODINS OAK

They ride through the Frisian woods
Their bibles are inlaid with gold
Heathens are watching the procession
Waiting to rob them all

It's Bonifatius, a christian hero
Died, after he cutted down Odins Oak
That's what we learned at school
Another christian lie

He never reached Dokkum, nor Odins Oak
He was attacked, robbed and captured
And when the Frisians got very drunk
They had some fun and killed them all