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ENSLAVED LYRICS
"Mardraum: Beyond the Within" (2000)
1. Større enn Tid - Tyngre enn Natt
2. Daudningekvida
3. Entrance - Escape
4. Ormgard
5. Æges Draum
6. Mardraum
7. Det Endelege Riket
8. Ormagard II: Kvalt i Kysk Høgsong
9. Krigaren eg Ikkje Kjende
10. Stjerneheimen
11. Frøyas Smykke
1. Større enn Tid - Tyngre enn Natt
The rooster fell dead in the dust
Before the break of dawn
But I knew time
The horse hung from worn out straps
With ungreatfulness
Wipped into his eyes
But I pulled the plow myself
The peasant laid himself down on the fields
Neither plenty nor free - but I cleared new land
Growths withered, eternal oaths shattered
Colours faded, hearts froze cold
The noise silenced, but mine was victory and might
Larger than time - heavier than night
Mountains fell, forestgreen to black
Time turned to silence, water to sand
The sun went cold, gone all but one light
Larger than time - heavier than night
Days ended, and the stars died
Before the wanderers reached home
But I knew the way
Ships sunk with all warriors and heralds
Laid to rest in bottomless pits
But I spotted new and unknown shores
The gods suddenly aged
When the golden walls fell
But I gave them new powers
2. Daudningekvida
Like an open wound
Who could endure
If i follow you, will i be like them
Standing tall, with the flag of the hanged ones
They were like the trees
Lifeless - did not speak
Did not move
Cold hand, empty eye (Mimir, do you hear this?)
It is a long journey, but are you growing tired?
Time stands still, everything else is dead
Blood and hymn
The god of corpses' sun
Shines in one and everyone's face
Urd answers in echoes, what will you do?
Where is your hammer
Thurisaz calls: smashed hold of illusion's roots
They were like trees
Lifeless
Did not feel, did not hear
Cold hand, empty eye
Ymir, do you hear this?
They were life trees
Lifeless
Ymir, why are you silent?
3. Entrance - Escape
I am not in there
I am not taking any part in this
There's no comfort where you are
And I won't give you anything
I am close to them mentally
But I am inbetween realities
There is no directions for where I am
They can't find me cause I am not in there
4. Ormgard
A troll screams with longing
Gods drown in fatal wounds
Tunnels of rot grows inside
Strong arms
The mountains will no longer be moved
Only the slave owns his own freedom
When kings follow the laws of christened men
Who will carry forth the silver
Who will guard the bow
Who will judge fairly
With hearts of coal
Worm with no skin
Who would want to
Enter such a world
The great men kill their children with blunt swords
Let them regret
Let them suffer
But give them no comfort
Never give them your hand
Never let them see the eye
Toothless bastards
Who wants to hear such words
The white christ kills his mother
Let them freeze, let them starve
But give them no comfort
If the few endures the journey
Then, we will build the wall
If the few endures the journey
Then we will build the wall
If the few endures the journey
Then we will build the wall
5. Æges Draum
Seventy and thousand feet below
A pulse is beating more evenly
And higher
Waves expand like heartbeats
Through silent mosaic
A wise man
Three heights he was
Once came down here and said:
"What was, was never"
Then they saw the river
Burn, and the sun bled
Then they saw the river
Burn, and the sun bled
A norn
She came too
Down from the roots
And the tree of life
"everything will die and decay
Silence will once again prevail"
Then they heard the song choking
And the children dying
Seventy and thousand feet below
A pulse is beating more
Evenly and higher
Empty universes in every world
Up there, where dreams die
6. Mardraum
7. Det Endelege Riket
The ending blue
Obscure and promising
In ancient red it orbits
That which once
white was black
Empires circles time
From other to one we go
Deceived to see eternity
If blinded
Silent nothingness
The mountains are moved
From the stars
And the fool
Sees nothing but stones
Empires circles time
From other to one we go
Moaning no one could
Stand listening to
Fills the inner worlds
Clutching the chains
That does not exist
Why not live
Without them?
Empires circles time
From other to one we go
The ending blue
Around a merciless mother
Who will caress us
With the burning skies
Of the last days
8. Ormagard II: Kvalt i Kysk Høgsong
The herd ate it's shepherd
And starved to death, smiling
They didn't reach the meadows
You loved your neighbour
And ate your own mother
Losing your own war
Slave in your own chains
You look to the sun
And freeze to death
Torn apart in golden cages
Strangled by purity
Kissing the hand that killed your own brother
Be sure of this
I'll never turn my back to you
Be sure of this
I'll always mock you
Consider what you've created
When you're waiting for death
Listen, out there
Where our laugher is resounding
Think of what's waiting for you
You miserable fool!
We laughed as the hive burned
9. Krigaren eg Ikkje Kjende
I went into battle
When the strangers came
I fought for my home and my herd
I struck them down
With my spear and bow
So that those at home could sleep and eat
I drank and yelled
I laughed and bragged
Of my victories, my courage and my strength
I told of the gold I found
At those I had slain before me
Suddenly I awoke
A cold and dark morning
With a dead herd and slaves escaped
All mead and all my friends were gone
That was when I went away to promising land
For once again to return with honour
Everyone that crossed my path
Was to feel my strength and wrath
By a flood stood an old and tired man
He guarded a boat which I needed
I charged to cut him down
But the sword broke
And the old one stood there grinning
"Poor fool, who never had seen
That a warrior shall fight against warrior
You'll never win if you're only looking ahead
And never inwards"
Suddenly the old one was gone
And the wind carried away the boat
By the shore I stood looking
But could not reach the other side
That's when the battle begun
Against the warrior I always thought I knew
10. Stjerneheimen
I hail the living room with pride
Greeting me with flames and sea
...only he who dares is safe
Home - to a starworld of silver
Home - wolf, man and house
Kenaz - behind the eyes burn the
Light which we own
Raidho - on thoughts above
The sun and rain
Anzus - at the throne of our father
I laugh towards the holy wheel
She will provide us with answers
And the light
Then again we are swept in
Another darkness
...only he who asks becomes wise
Home - with stars of silver
Home - wolf, man and house
("I am, I am")
Warrior, never ask for peace
Husband, always long for home
Here we will be gathered
...if the run is spinning
11. Frøyas Smykke
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