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I have not tasted bread for weeks |
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Snow is what I eat and drink |
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My saga the saga of hunger and need |
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The father of my father ancestors of my kin |
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The skald told the story of my house |
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Here I lie like a dead man |
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A weak wreck of no worth |
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At the Crater of the Valkyries |
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The angels of Odin my master |
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Take the dead home from battle |
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To Valhalla |
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Here I am as a nobody |
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Awaiting the beating of wings |
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Of the godly women who fill the sky |
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Black wings on their shoulders |
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Helmets hide white faces |
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They will take me to Valhalla |
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Not as a warrior |
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Hall of Od |
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Skald I be |
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Skald through the runes |
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Let Fate decide |
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If you shall live or die |
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Fall into the volcano |
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Or still suffer under the stars |
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Skald do you see the raven |
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Munin is its name |
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It turns the rune |
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That would have you |
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Fall into the flame |
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Skald do you see |
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The raven by your side |
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As you throw the runes |
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To settle life or death |
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Are you still to see |
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The blue of the sky |
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Or shall you fall into the fire |
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Of the mighty volcano Hekla |
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The raven turns |
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The rune of your fate |
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You shall live for vengeance |
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To have justice done |
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Return to Reykjavik |
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To the hall of your king |
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Show them what you have suffered |
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Be the man you were |
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Father of my father |
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Ancestors of my kin |
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You had mead to drink |
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And meat to eat |
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You lived in crafted halls |
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And sacrificed to the gods |
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You sailed black longships |
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With red shields and dragon heads |
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Here I lie like a dead man |
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A weak wreck of no worth |
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At the Crater of the Valkyries |
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The angels of Odin my master |
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Take the dead home from battle |
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To Valhalla |
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Here I am as a nobody |
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Awaiting the beating of wings |
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Of the godly women who fill the sky |
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Black wings on their shoulders |
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I am the memory of all |
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Helmets hide white faces |
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They will take me to Valhalla |
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Not as a warrior |
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Hall of Od |
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Skald I be |