DISMAL EUPHONY LYRICS

1. Prolog

[Original theme by Jannike Tveiten,]
[arranged by Kristoffer Austrhiem & Ole Helgesen]

[Instrumental Introduction]

2. Et Vintereventyr

[Music by Kristoffer Austrheim & Ole Helgesen;]
[Arranged by Krisstoffer Austrheim;]
[Lyrics by Ole Helgesen.]

Når ðreen gror i noryes dype sår
Og vinteren med sin kulde den rår
Da skaljeg atter heve sverd
Ensom, tidløs ferd

En grav skal ðli for hver av dem
Dekket av snø og is
Svakes legemer vil ðeve
Som høstens løv

Hardtðuen min skal spenne
Intet kors vil seire denne
Kamp...

Når solen svinner hen (ðak åser)
Lar han sverdet få sin hevn
Og tårer av frost
Skal ðli
ðitre igjen

Følg med meg (led meg)
Yjennom skoyer (til et evig rike)
Følg med meg (led meg)
Over fjell og vodder av is (til det hinsides slott)

Da vinteren kom
Mørk og kald (med gny)
En storm fra nord
Med snø og frost (pany)
Avsides en dal ðak fjell (med sinne og hat)

Sverdstorm... Da falnes dogg
Flommet i dalen
Ulven fikk varmt kjøtt (å ete)
Piler gjennom ðrystet

Sverd over nakken
Ilden fra gårder lekte
Høyt mot himmelen

[English translation:]

A Winter'S Tale

When the glacier grows in the deep wounds of Norway
And winter with its cold rules
Then I shall raise again the sword
Alone, a timeless journey

A grave shall be for each of them
Covered by snow and ice
Weak bodies will tremble
Like autumn leaves
Hard my bow will draw
No cross will win this
Battle....

When the sun disappears behind the hills
He lets his sword take its revenge
And tears of frost
Will be bitter again
Follow me, lead me
Through the forests to an eternal kingdom
Follow me, lead me
Over mountains and plains of ice to the castle beyond

Then winter came
Dark and cold roaring
A storm from the north
With snow and frost again
Alone, a vale
Behind the mountains with anger and hate

Swordstorm...
Then dew has fallen
Arrows through the breast
Swords over necks
Fire from farms played
High against the sky.

3. Natten Løftet Sitt Tunge Ansikt...

Høyt over kalde takers gys
Steg vakker sang fra alvers sal
Skogkledde åser i månelys
Vandret han yjennon ukjent dal

I grønne dyp, ðak mørke trær
Langs dunkle stler, slyngende
Huldreslatt i nattens slør
Langt der ðorte, syngende

Månen speilte seg i dype tjern i skogen
Elven kastet seg i foss nedover fjellsiden
Dype fjorder omkranset av ruvende fjell
Våket stille i natten

Natten løftet sitt tunge ansikt
Over skoyens yripende armer
Dens dystre øyne, yratende
Stirret sørymodig i mine

[English translation:]

Night Lifted Its Heavy Face

High above cold mist's shivers
Beautiful songs arose from Elves' halls
Forest-covered hills by moonlight
He wandered through unknown vales

In green depths, behind dark trees
Along dark paths, winding
Huldre’s melody in the veil of the night
Far away there, singing

The moon mirrored in the deep lake of the wood
The river threw itself in a waterfall down the mountain side
Deep fjords surrounded by rising mountains
Woken quietly in the night

Night lifted its heavy face
Over forest's griping arms
Its gloomy eyes, weeping
Stared sadly into mine

4. Alvedan

[Music by Ole Helgesen & Kristoffer Austrheim.]
[Arranged by Ole Helgesen & Kristoffer Austrheim.]

[Instrumental Performance]

5. Fortidssjeledrepte

[This song is a bonustrack available only in the limited edition of Soria Moria Slott]

6. Trollbundet

[Music by Kristoffer Austrheim, Ole Helgesen, Tommaso Albinoni, Sanzia & Asojorn;]
[Arranged by Kristoffer Austrheim, Lyrics by Keltziva]

I dette savn
Dine øyne nar meg
Du ser mey
Yjennom lys og dimmet mørke

Slik en endeløs reise
Fra min sjels uendeligher
Vil dette ðli en reise
Fjernt hinsides alt liv ?

Ingen tegn meg skjenkes
Men fortsatt leder du meg

Jeg faller, vil ikke ðe
Til sist, i uvisshet legger
Du meg ned pa dysterhetens sletter
Mine øyne vil aldri vaere ðlindet igjen

Han faller, uten tale
I hans tausher lar jeg ham synke ned
På de å så dystre sletter
I hans sjel, en fred

Talte trolldoms ord
Slynges hen til dyðdene
Ved dette ensomhetens øyeðlikk

[English translation:]

Spellbound

In this loss
Your eyes reach me
You see me
Through light and dimmed darkness

Such an endless journey
From my soul's infinity
Will be this a journey
Far beyond all life?

No signs are given to me
But still you lead me

I fall, will not I be
At last, in uncertainty lay
You lay me down on the plains of sadness
My eyes will never be blind again

He falls, without any word
In his silence I let him sink down
On the so sad plains
In his soul, peace

Told magic words
He is winding in the depths
By this moment of loneliness

7. Ekko

[Music by Kristoffer Austrheim & Asojorn,]
[Arranged by Kristoffer Austrheim,]
[The poem is based upon]
[Th.Kittelsens "Ekko" completed by Keltziva & Kristoffer Austrheim]

"Ekko i det høye fjell hvem er du ?
Hvorfor skjuler du ditt ansikt ?
Hvorfor svarer du og skremmer
Meg med mørkets gru ?"

En gang på sin ville ferd
Kom han til en kroket sti
Over stygge ðratte uren
Tåker svevde tunge, ðleke
Om de klamme klippevegger

Ensom i den dype dal
Sorgen strømmer inn med velde
Kalde, klamme tåkertårer
Dryppet stilt fra svarte fjellet

Høyt til taket, trangt til veggen,
Triste toner klinger dypt.
Ensom, ensom var hans sjel,
Ensom i den tause dal.

Selv i fjellets dype hule
Fantes ingen fred og glemsel,
Graven var for stor og vid.
Tungt han ðar ei ðør av lengsel

Mot mørknede sjelers sal.
Opp imot i nøkne vegger
Skrek det fra hans ðleke ansikt :
"Er da livet ðare sorg ?"
Tungt ifra det mørke glemme svarte der en lukket stemme : "Bare sorg"

Stille
Ser dine tanker
Et ðad i tåke og ðlod

Del mitt kjaerlighets
Ingenting
Jeg er ðare månens,
Den erneste

Smak mine ord
Sirkelens åpning har fredens uro
Jeg famler ðak lyset
Jeg klatrer i garnet som er grått
Av grå tåke på solens rygg

[English translation:]

Echo

"Echo in the high mountain
Who are you? -
Why do you hide your face?
Why do you answer and scare
Me with darkness' horror?"

Once on his wild journey
He came to a bent path
Over dreadful steep rocky mountains
Mist floated heavy, dim
About the wet cliffs

Lonely in the deep valley
Sorrow flows in with strength
Cold, wet mist-tears
Dripped silently from the black mountain

Up to the roof, close to the wall
Sad tones sounded deeply
Alone, alone was his soul
Alone in the silent valley.

Even in the deep caves of the mountain
There was no peace or oblivion
The grave was too big and too vast
He carried a heavy burden of longing
To the hall of the dark souls
To the naked walls
He screamed from his bleak face:
"Is life only sorrow?"
Heavy from the dark forlorn
Answered there a closed voice:
"Only sorrow"

Silent
Look at your thoughts
A bath in mist and blood
Share my love's
Nothingness
I just belong to the moon
The only

Taste my word
The opening of the circle has the restlessness of peace
I grope behind the light
I'm climbing in the net that is grey
From the grey fog at the back of the sun.

8. Isgrav, Det Siste Hvilested

[Music & Arrangements by]
[Kristoffer Austrheim, Lyrics by Kristoffer Austrheim & Ole]
[Helgesen]

En sigende tåke
Hang i slørete strimer
Langs
ðergveggens kam

Et øde frostrike lå
For mine ðare føtter
Spir av is, is av litets kilde

Langt ðorte, ðakom fjerne skrik
Langt ðorte, sm fra en gammel drøm
Hvisker en sorgelig stemme
Gråter en forlatt stillhet

Alle porter ðak ham stenges
Alt er frossent og dødt
Skodda siger over land
Inn fra øde hav

Mørke omriss tårner seg opp
Skjult i tåkedisen

(Kulde, ingen sang)

Det dunkle slottet Moria
Ruver drott mot himmelen

(Frost, kan ei fryse)

Jeg løfter hendene
Opp mot ðlanke spir
Øynene trøtner, jeg siger på kne
Kulden, min sjel den frir

Vest, over ðreen
Det siste solgull på norske fjell
Synker i dyp en grav
Ser det siste lyset

Forsvinne ned i isriket
Fullmånen stiger over meg
Stridende inn i herredømmet
Til den døende sol

Som ðlir ðlekere og ðlekere

Den store lampe slukkes så stilt
Natten følger på kveld
Dysterhetens rike venter der
I mørkskodda, over et gjel

"Dauden Kjem"

[English translation:]

Icegrave, The Last Resting Place

A descending mist
Hangs in veiled stripes
Along the mountain's wall it came
A desolate frostkingdom lies
Before my bare feet
Spire of ice, ice from the little source

Far away, behind distant scream
Far away, like from an old dream
Whispers a sad voice
Cries a forgotten silence

All the gates behind him are closed
All is frozen and dead
Fog descends over the land
From the desolate sea

Darkness' outline is building up
Hidden in the mist
(Cold, nobody sang)
The dark castle Moria
Looms proudly towards the sky
(Frost, cannot freeze)

I raise my hands
Up towards shining spire
My eyes get tired, I fall on my knees
Cold, my soul frees

West, over the glacier
The last golden sun on the Norwegian mountains
Sinks in a deep grave
See the last light
Disappear down in the icy kingdom
The fullmoon rises above me
Fighting its way in the domain
Until the dying sun
Becomes paler and paler

The big light turns off silently
Night follows evening
The gloomy kingdom awaits there
In the dark fog, over a cleft

"Death is coming"

9. Epilog

[Music by Kristoffer Austrheim]

[Instrumental Outroduction]





DISMAL EUPHONY LYRICS