An eye for an eye,
A tooth for a tooth,
Take what's given freely
Or else all by force.
Keep ever promises
Though others renege.
Suffer not kindly
The fools as they beg.
Blut für das Blut,
Leben für das Leben,
Philosophies of hearts
Long lost to heaven.
Balance the faults,
Halt the coming tide,
Whether I am hero, or villain
You decide.
…
(In a low menacing voice)
Yet heed this warning dear
For if you dare not pay
May you soon rue the day.
Swiftly then shall stray
That which you most value
Far,
Far
Away…
I added the German lines on a whim, since the story origonated in Germany,they translates into Blood for the blood, Life for the life.