Tear the Shrouds of the Vestal Virgins Lyrics


They breed not to build but to kill

To plunder and to take what they desire

Uncivilized barbarian horde

Not a shred of human decency

Gathered at the borders of the north

Impenetrable wall of awesome might

Constant agitation of the citizenry

We cannot merely sit by in complacency

Destroy the Temple of Jupiter!

Desecrate the Altar of Victory!

Tear the shrouds of the Vestal Virgins!

Only by the sword comes power

In time the weak shall fade away

Tear the shrouds of the Vestal Virgins!

Barbarian tribes gathered in the north

Fearsome mighty warriors all along the borders

Gallic legions gather all with conquering in mind

And an arrogance that drives them to the Rhine

Surrounded in the rain, betrayed and left to die

Barbarians awaiting them storm into the lines

Victorious Germanic soldiers stand among the ashes

And wash in the blood of twenty thousand dead

Destroy the Temple of Jupiter!

Desecrate the Altar of Victory!

Tear the shrouds of the Vestal Virgins!

Only by the sword comes power

In time the weak shall fade away

Tear the shrouds of the Vestal Virgins!

Rome shall never expand beyond the Rhine

Humbled by unconquered savagery

Throughout the rise and fall of countless empires

The barbarian remains

Destroy the Temple of Jupiter!

Tear the shrouds of the Vestal Virgins!