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NIVAIRA LYRICS
"The City" (2006)
1. Snowy Laces
2. Starkad
3. Gudrun
4. Endless Ice
5. Fairytale
6. For the King's Advice
7. Springless
8. The City
9. Bes de Llum (Catalan Traditional Song)
10. King Wolf
1. Snowy Laces
The pale winter maid
Was crying all the night
Plaiting snowy laces in my lips.
My eyes are frozen lakes
My hair is forest paths
Crowned with icy wreath.
For I passed you'll cry for me
You think I'm dead but I am not
You tame my heart, you know it now
I'm for you in the morning dawn
Very soon you'll leave your grief
Although now you won't believe.
What I was before is not what I am now
Let the fire set my spirit free.
My name was sang by the wind but unheard it was gone.
I am near but you don't see.
For I passed you'll cry for me
You think I'm dead but I am not
You tame my heart, my thread is cut
I'm for you in the morning dawn
Very soon you'll leave your grief.
2. Starkad
In the silence of years
We all are spent
But who will dare to forget?!
The time when heroes were fighting
For faith and glory,
Honor and pride of the dead.
I was cruel and noble
Like a northern wolf
I laughed at the face of death
When I spoke my words turned
To wizard poems
No one looked at me as I left.
What a great life it was
When I went for distant shores
The One Eyed God took all those
Who were slaid in the war!
I knew no fear, no pain
And no despair,
And the victories always were mine.
And my treasures and gold
Were bright and fair
And my steel sword was true and fine.
After all the days I lived
I'm standing on my knees
All the beautiful verses I said
Faded like dead leaves.
My glorious victories
Are paid with unhealing wounds
And so heavy lies on my shoulders
The blood of the beloved ones.
My third life came to the end
I'm old, my eyes can't see
God of the fallen, remember your word
Send your ravens to me.
3. Gudrun
The autumn rain washed away
The glow from the childish cheeks
Why you're unquiet, my heart?
The harvest ripened
For high songs and joyful feasts
But my lord is called to part.
The night
Moonlight
And you sleep, my fair.
I will embroide
The sun
In your shirt.
I need nor gold, nor furs,
Nor lands, Without you, my love.
My red thread is bright as the dawn.
I pricked my hand with the needle.
A drop of blood
Falls at the linen collar.
In the ways
Faraway
Where you're called
By your wisdom and pride
My love is with you
Silken sky
Golden leaves
But in my eyes
The Shadows grow
Sign of the Sun,
When all is done,
Show him the way
To come back home.
4. Endless Ice
The cruel snow
Falls over wings of butterflies.
But I still believe
That those who laugh
And those who dream
Whose hearts are gleaming
And songs fly high
They must not die
They must not die
Never die
So fair and white
The sea of ice has no end, no life.
In its very heart
There burns my fire
Bright as a star
And far above
My song will fly high
Where lies your way
Where lies your way
Far away
My heart will gleam as a million stars
I'll cry my song as loud as I can
Please, hear me
And find me here in the endless ice.
5. Fairytale
Where does she live?
My true and fair one
In the end of the world
Where falls the sun.
In the lost realm
Of ancient oaks
She sleeps alone
And can't wake up.
- What do your seek so far from home,
Wandering sad and all alone?
You spent the soles and broke your staff
- I look for my own true love.
Dark magic stands
Between our poor hearts
I crossed the desert
I passed she seven seas.
Dark spells for years
Keep closed her eyes
I will awake her one day
With a tender kiss.
Ask the crescent, ask the wind
Ask the raven, ask the friend
Ask the stars but even they
Will not see through the cloudy veil.
6. For the King's Advice
In our days of sorrow
With tears in the eyes
I went to the oaken palace
For the king´s advice
I´ll tell about the strangers
Who came from the southern lands
Who burned our wodden houses
And stole our bread
There were children played in the sun
The golden seas of ears ripened
Now my soul is weaping for them
My land is mute and greyhaired winds of ashes fly
The bitter smoke will dispearse
The day will break again
The trees will rise
The ashes will be gone with the rain
But pain is taking my heart
I´ll speak to the mighty king
For those who nevermore
Will see another spring
There were children played in the sun
The golden seas of ears ripened
Now my soul is weaping for them
My land is mute and greyhaired winds of ashes fly
I walk through snowy mountains
Where no one´s been before
I see the light of blazes
That burnt my home
I walk through snowy mountains
And treasure faith and hope
I see the shade of evil
That look it all
There were children played in the sun
The golden seas of ears ripened
Now my soul is weaping for them
My land is mute and greyhaired winds of ashes fly
Once we ploughed our rich earth
And drank our rowan wine for thee
Now, my king, we´re hungry and lost
The hope is gone, the leaves don´t grow on blackened trees
7. Springless
You see, snow is falling
The ways are hidden
I'm ready to run away
As if there's nothing to loose!
All the poems are packed
All the winds are harnessed.
Could you run away with me
As if today was the last?
Golden dreams came true
Now it's time to decide
I fear if we stay for a while
Spring will not come this time
The words are all said
The memories are gone
What else can be holding us
In this grey realm of stones?
So saddle your cloud
And never look back
Leave coins and cristals here
Drink the light of the moon.
Golden dreams...
8. The City
That night
The snow was falling
To your streets
And you smiled and trusted me
And you shared with me your dance.
Then
You stayed there
And I was gone
Like all those forgotten ones
Couldn't leave on you a trace.
Under the transparent sky
You are changing your masks
Beautiful faces but none of them smiles
I wish I could guess that night
Who you really are!
But now, only in dreams
I can see you again
Dressed in pure gold, but so distant and cold
No one can touch your frail
Cristal heart!
Under the transparent sky
You are changing your masks
Beautiful faces but none of them smiles
I wish I could guess that night
who you really are!
Oh, God! Now in my dreams
I see you again
What was the spell that you put on me then?
How can it be after all
That you cry for me?
I
Saw you calmly
taking lives
I saw your tears but never the eyes
I know, your sorcery is dark.
Why
Did you come
For your own pain?
Why did you lie on the frozen plain
And were born to know no life?
9. Bes de Llum (Catalan Traditional Song)
Caminaràs pel món
amb passos ferms, Alsu
res no pugui torbar-te.
Llum, besa-li la pell
abraça-la tendrament
no et descuidis de mimar-la.
El niu ja és a punt
els braços son oberts
per rebre el teu somriure.
Quan vinguis a la llum
et besarà la pell
i et regalarà alegria.
10. King Wolf
A strange dream
Came this winter night
It filled with screams the palace
And disturbed my heart.
I'm King-Wolf
Horror of the foes
Son of the Immortals
Weapon of the Gods.
My lord!
Son of the Immortals
Noble wolf and eagles
Eat from your victories.
The day will come
When everything will be dust
Your name will live with pride
Over northern seas.
Close the gates!
Lit the fires high!
Split the boiling blood
For my cruel lords!
Take it all
In the end of King's way
Circle in deep silence
Very deadly birds.
Cry for me
As you see me leaving
It's time for me to part
For my darkest day.
Death is near
Oh, my loyal poet
Take the gold you want
But sing this verse again.
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