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FOLKEARTH LYRICS
"By The Sword Of My Father" (2006)
1. Introduction
2. The Lady's Gift
3. By The Sword Of My Father
4. Naglfar Sets Sail
5. The Death Of Beowulf
6. Instrumental
7. Skaldic Art
8. Domain Of Darksome Ravens
9. Returne To Waelhalle
10. Heathenpride (Falkenbach Cover)
11. Elves
12. Invictus
13. Wisdom Of Wolves
14. Sailing A'Viking
15. Tribute To Viking Gods
16. Journey Ends (Outro)
1. Introduction
2. The Lady's Gift
As if in a dream she approached me
Her beauty beyond all compare
Three melodies were her gift to me
My harp strung by her golden hair
The joys of life and wonders to come
The piercing pain of lost love
The lady gave her gift to me
Those otherwordly melodies
That brought my maiden back to me
The river-elf's lost love
On the water-throne she was sitting
My maiden was under his spell
By the river's side I was kneeling
The three melodies I did play
And my love come back to my arms
But I'll never be rid of his pain
The lady gave her gift to me
Those otherwordly melodies
That brought my maiden back to me
The river-elf's lost love
Out of the mist he appeared
So fair but so cold
Drowning in turbulent dreams
Her grief knowing no bounds
The lady gave her gift to me
Those otherwordly melodies
That brought my maiden back to me
The river-elf's lost love
3. By The Sword Of My Father
By my father's deathbed I sit
With a grim countenance to fit
He's headed now for the land beyond
A vengeance and his sword he left unto me
Father � tell me what you dream
Up there in the sky
Are there mountains like the ones you loved?
Are the valleys of the heavens evergreen?
Do crystalline rivers flow in their midst?
By the sword of my father
This day avow!
By the sword of my father
Revenge shall bejewel my crown!
My son take heed
Remember my creed
Hyperborean steel
From the stone cromlech drawn
Etched with glyphs of power
Draconian, strong!
Let them behold thy scepter of war
A royal flag from enemies torn!
By the sword of my father
This day avow!
By the sword of my father
Revenge shall bejewel my crown!
Leave behind this deathbed of mine
Usurpers have seized thy coronet
Silver stained with red
Carve on their hides a warning for all!
4. Naglfar Sets Sail
Breaking waves announce the end
A tempest born of Charybdis' maws
Giants of frost, serpents and trolls
Allied to bring death to us all!
Naglfar sets sail
From the infernal quay!
Flames take Valhalla's hall
As Ragnarok foretold
The Aesir take up their swords
The Vanir sound their glorious horns
To face the underworld's horde
Naglfar laughs at the aligned enemy host
Maggots and worms
Pestilence and war
The plagues of hell upon ye all!
Naglfar sets sail
From the infernal quay!
Flames take Valhalla's hall
As Ragnarok foretold
Cast out in fire
Axes honed by ire
Black is the flag he raisedm
To the wind of the dead
Naglfar opens his sails
Naglfar sets sail
From the infernal quay!
Flames take Valhalla's hall
As Ragnarok foretold
5. The Death Of Beowulf
Where now is the hero
Where is thy singing sword
That spelled the bane of dragons
And sent the ogress to hell?
Beowulf � these lands will miss you!
Never again to Denmark shall youreturn
Beowulf � the valkyries doth kiss you!
The fire has left his eyes
Then rain afterwards came
To gently wash the blood away
His noble features so pale to lay
Beowulf � these lands will miss you!
Never again to Denmark shall youreturn
Beowulf � the valkyries doth kiss you!
In the end he overcame
Victory for the brave
Glory, majesty � eternal hail!
6. Instrumental
7. Skaldic Art
By the fire's gleam
The skald lies asleep
But still his tales
Dance within the flames
He told me all of time long gone
of four warriors proud in legendary shroud
By the fire's gleam
The skald lies asleep
But still his tales
Dance within the flames
He told me Of the gods and fairy folk
Long forgotten now from all
Tell me skald
Praise with thy fiddle
All the things you saw
When in viking times
Dragons rules the north!
In the viking times
Thor's silver chariot
Rode on clouds sky-borne!
By the fire's gleam
The skald lies asleep
But still his tales
Dance within the flames
In the viking times
A tale now unfolds
So keep it in your heart
Least it may go!
In the viking times
Upon the rainbow's end
Heimdall I met
The guardian of Bifrost!
In the viking times
A tale now unfolds
So keep it in your heart
Least it may go!
In the viking times
And far, far away
In the north of yesterday
Singing with the boreal gale!
Tales Of gods and fairy folk
Long Forgotten now from all
Tell me skald
Praise with thy fiddle
All the things you saw
When in viking times
Dragons rules the north!
In the viking times
Thor's silver chariot
Rode on clouds sky-borne!
By the fire's gleam
The skald lies asleep
But still his tales
Dance within the flames
In the viking times
A tale now unfolds
So keep it in your heart
Least it may go!
In the viking times
Upon the rainbow's end
Heimdall I met
The guardian of Bifrost!
In the viking times
A tale now unfolds
So keep it in your heart
Least it may go!
In the viking times
And far, far away
In the north of yesterday
Singing with the boreal gale!
In the viking times
A tale now unfolds
So keep it in your heart
Least it may go!
In the viking times
And far, far away
In the north of yesterday
8. Domain Of Darksome Ravens
One darksome raven riding the northern wind
One black crown to wake the Aesir
And underneath the waning winter moon
The wind swept cedar forest stirs
Where darksome ravens dwell
There in the ancient glade
Where royal eagles soar
There in the storming skies
Will I set my shrine
And hail the gods on high!
Where fearsome ravens dwell
Underneath their ebon wings
Where wise owls sing
Underneath their stare
Will I hollow my weapons
At night before the fight
Where darksome ravens dwell
There in the ancient glade
Where royal eagles soar
There in the storming skies
Where winged Faery sweep
There by the enchanted creek
Will I in solitude pace
Before battle I embrace!
In raven haunted forests I reign
Where all is quiet, all is tranquil
I am the crowned, lonely king
9. Returne To Waelhalle
My eyes are glazed and fixed on skies
Wherein fly ravens fly
One-eyed father on your throne up high
Know thy son has died
Who will recall my name?
None will be left to say
The tale of the one who now steals away
As autumn leafs are born on winds astray
To Waellhalle the valkyries call!
To Waellhalle my legend doth go!
I am immortal, the right hand of Tyr
I'll see you my brothers upon thy return to Waellhalle!
But here on this night I refuse to lay down my sword, I fight!
I fight for a legacy I sing for what cannot yet die
A hymn to the gods of starlight
And headed for eternity
I take to the wing
To Waellhalle the valkyries call!
To Waellhalle my legend doth go!
I am immortal, the right hand of Tyr
I'll see you my brothers upon thy return to Waellhalle!
10. Heathenpride (Falkenbach Cover)
Once a mighty king ruled in a northern land
his enemies he fought with steel and iron hand.
So many tales were told, his name a glorious sound,
"god-like he is" they said, and by no christian laws was bound.
Long ago in a northern land...
One day they came across the nordic sea,
the man of the cross and camped beside a tree
which was called a sacred one for all thy heathen hearts,
where sacrifices were given to their northern forefathers Gods...
The elder and wise men amongst them
watched distrustful to all those
of the foreign men with their swords in hand
.. and the mighty tree was felled...
Some days gone by and the elder men disappointed,
they found a grave with a wooden cross upon.
So they all gathered at a place near the sea at night,
they all sat around their king, and a campfire gave it's light...
First words were spoken by a maiden of great beauty,
she whispered silent words to Freya and began to speak.
Her iceblue eyes filled with tears as she told them all what happened
in the woods three days ago when two christian men raped her body...
Many people told what happened and what was done by the
christian men;
a girl was burned and three farmers died, nine children were
never seen again...
The king drew his sword and saddled his black horse,
they gave a sacrifice to Odin and to Tyr, the Gods of their war,
that might before the morning of...
REVENGE!!!
The stars were shining from a dark black sky,
their swords reflected the light of the moon,
their torches burned red, the flames blazed up high,
the hour of their raid will come soon...
REVENGE!!!
As the sun at last arose crimson, beyond the nordic sea,
they all stood in armour, with helmet and sword,
and with certainty of what was forever will be...
.. a furore normannorum libera nos domine...
The bells of the christian churches tolled,
woke them up so much to late,
two ravens high above watched this bloody deeds
when the steel becomes their fate...
After hours the most of the christian men
by the northmen all were slayed,
the sun high above was shining bright
that day of heathenpride...
11. Elves
Have you ever seen the beauty of an elvenrose in spring
Picked by a mortal lover � as the first gift to his fairy paramour?
I could never love another as I loved thee once before
In this secret garden Freyja's arms bound me ever to thy breast
Look into thy glass and tell me
What will cruel tomorrow bring
Mine was the beauty of yesteryears that made pearls out of my tears...
12. Invictus
Come o'twilight
Gently caress the gleaming snow
As weary I rest beneath the oak
Mystic paths unravel before my sight
Leading to dreams and hope
Once my time on earth is done
I will pass on with the heroes
Behold Valhallsa's golden-green meadows
Feast with all-father and my gods
At night in the banquet of lords!
Now I die free
And my heart cries victory!
I ride the everlasting dreams
Lightly taking to the wing
Invictus � the champion see
Death benighted my eyes
Silentl bequeath thy frosty tides
Wound scared and worn
This body will lay here forlorn
Upon my mountain-throne forever I shall dwell
King carved in stone
Return is lost forevermore
Sing an epitaph of glorious deeds
Sing to the setting of the sun
Of valor, the fearless might
Cast your sweet spell of magic
Farewell � I kiss thee on thw ind
Come o'twilight
Let us uite
And on into the night!
Now I die free
And my heart cries victory
I ride the everlasting dreams
Lightly taking to the wing
Invictus � the champion see
Fly my banner to the sky
Raise a final sword salute
Drink the ceremonial wine
Then my pyre set alight
With the youthful dawn cry no more
For mighty was the one noe gone!
Beaten yet never defeated
Towards oceans unknown I sail
I am the captain of my soul
The master of my fate!
13. Wisdom Of Wolves
The voice of wisdom is calling to me
On snowy peaks ravaged by the wind
Where Woden's wolves roam free
Spruce forests wave under moonlight's away
The mighty wolf pack reigns supreme
Lamenting the dawn
Wolverine moonlight sunshine is now gone
Come predatory quile!
A darkened sky � ancient dpecters cry
Weaving spells of pandemonium high
A withered orachrd of bones
Pagan rite midst circling stone dusk-time an immortal dies
Nocturnal hunt is begun
To sate lycanthropic bloodlut!
Lamenting the dawn
Wolverine moonlight sunshine is now gone
Come predatory quile!
14. Sailing A'Viking
O'goddess sing of the wrath of viking raiders
Who sent many a hero's soul to hades
And left their corpses unburied as food for the dogs
The vikings are advancing
And the earth doth tremble
Beneath their feet as if by the pouring of the lightning's
Of the great thunder god...
15. Tribute To Viking Gods
Listen, son I'll tell you now how vikings die
With bloody axe; an arm so strong and sword held high
That's how a viking dies
We die in battle cry
Trust in the gods; trust in the runes and in your steel
Live and death and live a never endingwheel
At Odin's table, we meet again
Heroes meet again
I sailed across the seven seas for fifty years
I conquered all the continents with fire and steel
A tribute to the viking gods
A tribute to the viking gods
A tribute to the viking � GODS
GODS
A tribute to the viking gods
A tribute to the viking gods
A tribute to the viking gods
A tribute to the viking gods
A tribute to the viking gods...
Now I'm old and in my next fight I'm going to die
I meet you again in Odin's hall � no need to cry
A tribute to the viking gods
A tribute to the viking gods
A tribute to the viking � GODS
16. Journey Ends (Outro)
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