HAVAMAL LYRICS

1. Harken The Shadows

Son av den höge
Tyst och tankfull
Med mod I strid
Var man finne lycka
I liv innan död

Dåren tror han lever för evigt
Om strid ej nalkas
Men ålderns höst ger ingen ro
Trots spjuts frånvaro

2. Draugers March

Long ago in Aesir times our heritage was strong
Known through force and sheer, brutal will
We fought whomever crossed our path, for Valhalla we die
And Odin smiled and praised our skill

On our knees we did solemnly
Swear our axes and shields to our lords
In times of need and in times of war
We would stand with the gods facing Yggdrasil's hordes

And so the darkness came, the world were drenched in ice
The Fimbulwinter's howl froze every vein
When we heard the mighty call from Heimdall's gjallarhorn
We turned around and fled in mortal shame

Broken and lost, we were cursed by our choice
And our oath was pummeled into dust
We knew if any Aesirs lived throughout the fight
They would swear a great vengeance on breakers of trust

Fight for what you believe in
Or the dead will come for your sword
You're a coward, a traitor, defector
And for this you will join the ranks
Of the Drauger horde

After the war Baldir stood alive
And he spoke to us through fury and through gloom
"You did break your oath now your fate is sealed
You will be the thing man fear when they flee before their doom."

Fight for what you believe in
Or the dead will come for your sword
You're a coward, a traitor, defector
And for this you will join the ranks
Of the Drauger horde

You were chosen to fight and die
You were sworn to the Aesir's side
You swore an oath to fight
And yet you choose betrayal

3. Berserker

Born for war and reaping of lives
Our warrior stands alone

Death surrounds his every step
As his fate is carved in stone

Frozen lands unveils his fate
To fight until he dies

Now son of bear with cloak of strength
Unleash your furious cry

Blood and war forever sworn

Known through ranks of enemies
More beast than man in mind

Hundreds have been forced to die
Their heads his axe will find

Inside lives a raging beast
An animals lust for more

The bear inside outgrows the man
And throws him into war

For my gods I do declare
Blood through loathe will be my oath

Berserk
Murderer
Servant
Of the gods

Slayer
Killer
Murderer
Sound the horns

Berserk
Murderer
Champion
Of the gods

Slayer
Killer
A warrior beast demanding blood!

Forced to live a warn-torn life
A bear disguised as man

His strength and hate will know no end
He's like a battering ram

To the frozen north he bends his knee
His will is with the gods

With the axe in hand and a bear in mind
A berserk shows his form

With the gods I will conquer them all
Blood and war forever sworn

Berserk
Murderer
Servant
Of the Norns

Slayer
Killer
Murderer
Sound the horns

Berserk
Murderer
Champion
Of the gods

Slayer
Killer

A warrior beast demanding blood!

Berserk
Murderer
Servant
Make them fall

Slayer
Killer
Murderer
Call for war

Berserk
Murderer
Champion
Raise your swords

Slayer
Killer
A warrior standing tall

4. Dawn Of The Frost Giants

Can you feel it in the air? The smell of death tonight
The ice gnawing deep in our bones
On the tundra frozen wide all hope is cast aside
And suddenly we long for our homes

Lost in our despair, we failed to feel the shift
The mountains sprung open in the North
And the soil itself did sunder
From the cold that struck us all
And the lords of ice and frost sprung forth

In the piercing snow, in the midst of cold
We can hear their frost-filled cries
Our blood will catch the sun's first rays
See, the dawn of the frost giants rise

The battle now commenced
And the giants circled in
Their ancient hate from Ymir's death we felt
Our steel now faced these mountains
Their cold condemned us all
And our Norn-woven fate was dealt

When the night is gone our feast will come
Valhalla calls for me
For Odin I've died tonight
By the frostsspawns killing spree

In the piercing snow, in the midst of cold
Our steel will bow to ice
Our blood will catch the sun's first rays
See, the dawn of the frost giants rise

5. Blood Oath

Dawn of shade awakes, a new threat arrives
A creature hid from human eyes
Full of death and hatred

Vile and foul in heart, vengeance in his mind
A monster chained from human eyes
One of Hel created

Chant for your protection
Look beyond your fears
A nightmare has escaped its realm
To terrorize mankind

Many will be slaughtered
Few will tell the tale
The Gods themselves have made it clear
We're not allowed to fail

A blood-stained day arrives, our banners dance with pride
A heathen horde stands proud and still awaiting battle
Now, close your lines, raise your arms
And prepare for slaughter

Suddenly the silence dies, the air grows thick of fear
The nightmareborn emerges upon the chosen field
The monster strikes a roar with its hatred to the skies
The shaman priest now chant the runes
The fearsome creature now must die

Born from flesh with Aesir strength
The enemy will fall by my blade
Man and beast must fight once more
For our Aesir faith our foes name will fade

Darkness faces steel, blood-crazed hate will kneel
The battlefield will weep with the blood of thousands
Beast and man will stand, one will rule this land
The fate of all of Midgaard will forge itself today

Born to fight, live to die
The Aesirs gaze with pride when they die
Man has conquered beast once more
Victorious we chant our battle cry

Blood

6. Net Of Rain

Beyond the ocean's cold mighty roars
Beneath the murky void
In storm-ridden waters, she lies in wait
To drag, to drown and destroy

Ran, scourge of seas
One that makes you drown
Shorten life-breath inside her net
Dragging you endlessly down

Once you're caught there is no escape
The waters will soon be your grave
Down to the depths of her halls you'll be dragged
In death you will become her slave

Lured by Ran into the darkened sea
Down to halls of drowned eternally

Claims your death and life beyond all time
Ran do lure and guide your final climb

7. Death Of Balder

This dire tale I bring to you
A story without hope
An event that sealed the Aesir reigns demise
The story I must tell to you
The tale of Balder's fate
Will echo through the memories of time

Dreams told of death
That Hel was prepared
To accept Balder when he dies
Frigg made everything
Swear on its pride
That all sort of harm
Her son could defy

Balder was immortal
And the gods amused themselves
By striking him so brutally and raw
But Loki had other plans
His heart was growing dark
And the end of Balder in his mind he saw

Out of a mistletoe and arrow he did forge
And placed it in Hödrs Hand
The blinded bond of blood
The arrow did shoot
And Balder's life was banned from Aesirland

Balder your fate is sealed
Death from a blind man's shot
The end times will bleed for you
And the world as we know it will be forgot
Einherjars fulfill your oath
The Norns holds your fate
There stand the world-tree dimmed and charred
Now fight for it, unleash Odin's hate

Ride for seven days and night
Cry out for my son
Hel will promise redemption if your sorrow will be shown
Töck refused to bow or mourn "He stays below" she said
And therefore Balder once again was cursed back to the dead

Höder must pay, Loki must pay
For their crimes against our own kind
Höder was slain by his own son in rage
While ravens they traced down the source of the sin

Balder your fate is sealed
Death from a blind man's shot
Loki caught in a cave
His treachery would seal his fate
Cold winds chilled whispers bring
A conflict to end them all
Vengeance through Loki's deed
Will be our final fall

Now that Balder's gone our worlds will burn
Through Ragnarök our world... must... fall
Oh, oh cruel world

8. Hail Havamal

Warriors standing still
Awaiting the battlefield
Crows soon will feed
Upon our deadly deed

Cold in blood, darkness floods
As soldiers shorten their breath
Conquer fear, Odin's near
To hail your brutal death

Thunder, starts to roar
Thor, looks for war
Remember, when you fall
Your're welcomed to Odin's hall

Call all souls across our realms
Odin's horde. Stand as one and chant the Havamal

Call all souls across our worlds
Prove your worth and abide to Odin's words

Warriors find your fate in your fall
Valhalla's horde. Now fight and die for the Havamal

9. Ginnungagap

Long before time of times
Before our kind stood tall
In the midst of emptiness
Fire, ice and nothing ruled all

Right between Nifelheims coldened grip
And the fires from Muspelheim
Two spawned from one will unite once more
And form our realms of Nine

Ymir now stood from the merging smoke
And Audhumbla came alive
They were the source, through their unity
A new world would soon arrive

Realms will awake
Witness the birth of time
Ancient orders soon to break
A new age will reach its prime

Call on the force of Ginnungagap
When fire and ice will collide
Mau and beast will be spawned from these
Their own fate they shape and decide

Ymir did fathered the jotun race
And the scourge of the giants began
Spawned from the salt that was sealed in ice
The dawn era created man

Through Bures legacy, Bor and Bestla gave birth
Through the sons of trinity
The first of the Gods did unearth

See, the beginning of our Yggdrasil
Witness the birth of time
Frost and fire gave us what is real
And the gods would arise to proclaim their new-born prime

Minds of Odin, Vile and Ve
Shaped what we see as all
Song of Bor made everything
Through the mighty Ymir's fall

See, the beginning of our Yggdrasil
Witness the birth of all
Ask and Embla shaped the human wheel
And the gods would arise to uphold our one true call

It was the beginning of times
When nothing us did blind
Neither grass nor earth, was to find
No heavens above, just a gap that unfold
The emptiness our world did hold







HAVAMAL LYRICS