With Oden On Our Side - Lyrics!

[Forlornson]

The lyrics - by hearing. Incomplete and full of errors but Ill do the best I can, if you also already have the new album - feel free to help!

1. Valhall Awaits Me

Blood gushes from the wound
The cut is wide and deep
Right before I turn around
He falls to his knees

A clear song rings in the blade
When steel meets hardend steel
I hear the sound of wood that breaks
A swords cut through my shield

I drop the shield and grab my axe
My weapon in his fist
A fierce blow makes the helmet crack
The axe cut to the teeth

I rip the axe from the head
covered in blood and brains
Leave the body lying dead
Ready to strike again

My sword cuts through clothes and skin
Like a hot knife cuts through snow
I smile as the bastard screams
when I twist my sword

Sword in my hand and axe on my side
Valhall awaits! Soon I will die
Sword in my hand and axe on my side
Valhall awaits me, when I die
Bearskin on my back
Wolfsjaw on my head
Valhall awaits me, when I'm dead

I raise my axe above my head
My eyes turned furious rage
Yet more blood will be shed
This is a victorious day!

Blood gushes from the wound
The cut is wide and deep
As they turn around
I fall to my knees

[solo]

Sword in my hand and axe on my side
Valhall awaits! Soon I will die
Sword in my hand and axe on my side
Valhall awaits me, when I die
Bearskin on my back
Wolfjaw on my head
Valhall awaits me, when I'm dead!


2. Runes To My Memory

We hold the rivers of the eastern trail
Deep in the land of the Rus
Following the wind in our sails
And the rythm of the oars

No shelter in this hostile land
Constantly on guard
Ready to fight and defend, our ship to bitter end

We came under attack
I received a deadly wound
A spear was forced into my back
Still I fought on

When I am dead, lay me in a mound
Raise a stone for all to see
Runes come to my memory!

Here I lie on the river bank
A long long way from home
Life is pouring out of me
Soon I will be gone
I tilt my head, to the side
And think of those back home
I see the river rushing by
The blood runs from my wound

Here I lie, on wet sand
I will not make it home
I clench my sword in my hand
Say farewell to those I love

When I am dead, lay me in a mound
Place my weapons by my side
For the journey to hall up high

When I am dead, lay me in a mound
Raise a stone for all to see
Runes come to my memory!
To my memory


3. Asator

Thunder arose across the plains
Thor rides in pouring rain
He rides to Jotumheim to fight
Lightning strikes when Mjollnir cries

Fire! burning in his eyes
Fire! his head explodes to the lightning strike
Fire! burning in his eyes
Fire! his head explodes, see the lightning strike

Lightning cracks the blackend sky
Hear the thunder champion ride
All the men with hearts of war
Ride the path of mighty Thor

Son of thunder!
Lighting strikes
Son of thunder!
Son of thunder!
Thor Arise!
Son of thunder!

Son Of Oden
Thundergod
Master of War
Asator!

Fire! burning in these lands
Fire! his head explodes, see the lightning strike
Fire! burning in his eyes
Fire! his head explodes, see the lightning strike


4. Hermods Ride to Hel

Ride Sleipnir
Ride for all your worth
Faster then lightning
To the dark realms of the world

Through valleys of darkness
On the way to Nifelheim
To the house of Hel
Where my brother awaits

Wailing voices on the wind
Urging me to turn
Distant torture screams
Cold blue fires burn

I hear the sound of River Gjöll
Running cold and deep
Its golden bridge hangs in the dark
The bridge that Modgunn keeps

Over the bridge, all through the night
Hel is getting near
There are the gates, towering high
Afflicting me with fear

In her hall at the honour seat
My brother sits in pain
Pale and tortured by the shrieks
Bound by invisible frozen chains

[Hermod:]
I am bound to bring him back with me!
The whole world mourns his death!
Please set brother free!
Give him back his breath!

[Hel:]
If its true, what you say to me
That the whole world mourns his death
If the whole world will weep, I will give him back his life!


5. Gods Of War Arise

Darkness flees the rising sun
The village lies ahead
It will awake to a new day soon
Soon they'll all be dead
We came in cover of moonless night
Fifty men at arms
Now at first morning light,
The church bell sounds the alarm

Sacrifice to Gods above
Free them of their lives
Fresh blood on our swords
Gods Of War Arise!

Hear the tyrant screams
Shattering the air
They awake from soothing dreams
Into their worst nightmare
Fire sweeps their homes
They feel the dragon's breath
Consuming and destructive flames
Agonising death

Some seek shelter in the church
A refuge for those with faith
But we know how to smoke them out
A pyre will be raised

But those who choose to stand and fight
Will die with dignity
For the unfortunate few who survived
Waits a life in slavery

The day draws to a end
The night comes dark and cold
We return to our ships
With silver, slaves and gold
We gave them agony, as they fell and died
The Gods have granted victory
For our sacrifice

[solo]


6. With Oden On Our Side

Finally the storm arrives
Our wait is at an end
Under dark winter skies
We make our final stand

For each of us, there are four of them
It matters not to us
We won't leave this field in shame
We are here to crush!

Futile to resist
You know why we have come
Futile to resist
The battle is already won!

Our hearts are full of pounding rage
Our minds hard as steel
Right before the dying day
We will have you down

The stone turns red from all the blood
Severed limbs and heads
A sacrifice to one eyed God
He will claim the dead!

Under the winter skies
We stand glorious!
And with Oden on our side
We are victorious!

No retreat, no remorse
Victory will be ours
Blood on steel, sacrifice
Victory will be ours

[solo]

Futile to resist!
The battle is won!


7. Cry of The Black Birds

Raise your swords up high!
See the black birds fly!
Let them hear your rage!
Show no fear!
Attack!

Charge your horses across the fields
Together we ride into destiny
Have no fear of death, when its our time
Oden will bring us home, when we die!

The ground trembles under us
As we make our thunder charge
The pounding hooves spread panic and fear into their hearts
Our helmets shine in the sun as we near their wall of shields
Some of them turn and run
When they hear our frantic screams!

Throw your swords to (the) sky!
Hear the Black Birds cry!
Let them feel your hate!
Show no fear!

Attack!

The enemy are in disarray
Like a cowardice they run
Send them to their final graves
Don't spare anyone
Kill the wounded by order of
See the pain in their eyes

Over the field and fear the sound
As we hear the ravens cry


8. Under The Northern Star

The icy winter is getting near
Dark skies above us
Biting frost is in the air
Darkness surrounds us

The cold piercing autumn breeze
Fills the longships sail
Soon the lakes and seas will freeze
And snow will lay its veil

Many years we have been away
Many oceans we have roam(ed)
Now the North star guides us on our way
As we are heading home

The many hardships we've endured that brought us rich rewards
Now the North star guides us home
With cargo full of gold

Many friends died on the way
Only few of us survived
But I would gladly trade them place
In Odens hall up high

[Fuckin awesome solo!]

The icy winter is getting near
Dark skies above us
Biting frost is in the air
Darkness surrounds us

Soon the lakes and seas will freeze
And snow will lay its trail
And we will hope for the summer breeze
When we can set our sails


9. Prediction Of Warfare

Ships were prepared
Weapons and shields
Sails were raised
We're heading out to sea!

Norway just a bed in the east
Our journey had begun
Helpfull winds gave us our speed
Under a warming sun

Heading to the emerald land
A fleet of 50 ships
A army of 2000 men, led by the king

Army arising, dark and ferous
Horror across the black roads
As the night rolled in over us
We felt the wrath of the storm

That night I was haunted by dreams
An omen, of what was to come
The serpent arose from the sea

Ready to strike
With hammer in hand
The serpent in pain, twisting in furious rage!
Fought for its live
The serpent escaped
Thor was in rage
..My dreams began to fade..

[solo of some sort]

Awoke of my dreams
Sword in my hand
The break of dawn
Closing in on Irish land
Time to attack
Grabbed our shields
We came ashore
And saw the waiting horde

The fight was short and deadly intense
The Irish fought us well
But as we gained the upperhand
Their fighting spirit dwelled

Ready to strike
With swords in our hands
The struggle with heart
The Irish fell to our wrath
Fought for his live
The king escaped
With fury divine
King Olav threw his sword

[Forlornson]

Update #1

[Blutaar]

Good job dude. Go on!

[Forlornson]

Update #2. The lyrics of "With Oden.." are só awesome the way Johan sings them!

[Forlornson]

Update #3. That's all folks! Now all it needs it to be corrected at some points.

Sorry for the last song, the vocals sound very 'dark' on there, its hard to understand!
I enjoyed writing the lyrics out though. When they are somewhat more complete I'll submit them to DarkLyrics.com

[Blutaar]

8. Under The Northern Star

The icy winter is getting near

....

The many .. that brought us rich rewards
Now the Northern star guides us home
With cargo full of gold

Many friends died on the way
Only few of us survived
But I would gladly trade the place
In Odens hall up high

Soon the lakes and seas will freeze
And snow will lay its ..
And we will hope for the summer breeze
Where we can set our sails

[Forlornson]

Updated! Thx!

[Blutaar]

9. Prediction Of Warfare

Heading to the .. land
A fleet of 50 ships
A army of 2000 men, led by the king

....

awoke of my dreams
Sword in my hand
The break of dawn
Closing in on Irish land

[Knarfi]

Hmm nice lyrics, cant wait to hear the songs!

[vidh]

For the journey to hold up high

Isn't it "to hall up high"? Makes more sense imho

Hear the tyrant screams
Shattering the air
They await the soothing dreams
Into their worst nightmare
Fire sweeps their homes
They feel the .. breath

the dragon's breath

A army of .., led by the king

2000 men

And snow will lay its ..

trail? I'm not listening to the song atm, but that seems to fit.

The Irish fell to our ..

wrath!

.. his sword

King Olaf fell to (?)

[Aris801]

For Valhall Awaits Me its "Sword in my hand, Axe on my side. Valhall awaits me, when i die."

[Forlornson]

Thank you all! Lyrics updated with your notation and added some words myself
If we keep going like this, we have the lyrics ready before Johan can read them on the printed cd case XD

[Sleipnir]

Originally Posted by Forlornson

Thank you all! Lyrics updated with your notation and added some words myself
If we keep going like this, we have the lyrics ready before Johan can read them on the printed cd case XD

"Ride sleeper"

Should be Sleipnir, as that was who Odin gave to Hermod on his ride.

[Sleipnir]

We pull the rivers of the eastern trail
Deep in the land of the runes
Follow in the wind in our sails
And the rythm of the oars

I think it's "hold the rivers" and "deep in the land of the Rus"

We came under attack
I will seek a deadly world (?)
A spear was forced into my back
Still I fought on

"I received a deadly wound"

When I am dead, lay me in a boat
Raise a stone for all to see
Runes come to my memory!

"When I am dead,lay me in a mound

Here I lie, on great sea
I will not make it home
I clench my sword in my hand
Say farewell to those alone

"here i lie on wet sand" and 'say farewell to those I love"

When I am dead, lay me in a boat
Place my weapons by my side
For the journey to hall up high

lay me in a mound

When I am dead, lay me in a boat
Raise a stone for all to see
Runes come to my memory!
To my memory

lay me in a mound


Good Job!!! keep the updates coming

[IdolWarship]

damn, no lyrics in the booklet this time?
i gotta get it ASAP

[Forlornson]

Thanks! Its coming together nicely now
Anyone has a idea what to do with "Thunder arose across the paint(?)" - its clear he says something with "aint" at the end..

I added some footnotes; so you guys can see where im really puzzeled :P

Originally Posted by Sleipnir

I think it's "deep in the land of the Rus"

Yea, it sounds that way, but what does Rus mean? :P

[Forlornson]

Originally Posted by IdolWarship

damn, no lyrics in the booklet this time?
i gotta get it ASAP

The album isn't out yet, I write these lyrics off the things I hear on my promotional copy

[Sleipnir]

Originally Posted by Forlornson

Thanks! Its coming together nicely now
Anyone has a idea what to do with "Thunder arose across the paint(?)" - its clear he says something with "aint" at the end..

I added some footnotes; so you guys can see where im really puzzeled :P


Yea, it sounds that way, but what does Rus mean? :P

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rus'_(people)

[vidh]

A clear .. in their blades

song rings

.. fist

My weapon in his

.. the rising sun

Torgus? (or something like that. Starts with a T atleast...) flees

Mighty frost is in the air

It kinda sounds like biting frost, but I'm not entirely sure

The many .. .. that brought us rich rewards

hardships we've endured

Ships of the dead

I think it more sounds like: Ships were prepared

.. this man in the east

"someone" disappeared in the east

Heading to the Irish land

Sounds like something else than 'Irish'

.. across the black road(?)

roar across the black clouds(?)

The .. with heart

circle(?)



Ok, I really need to go to bed now. 02.35, school tomorrow...


btw, keep up the good work Forlornson, appreciate it!

[Reaping Clarity]

I thought for 'Cry Of The Blackbirds' it was 'Together we ride into destiny' not 'To carry wide into destiny'

[vidh]

Thunder arose across the paint(?)

plains

Hear the thunder(gallion?) ride

champion(?)

Pale and tortured by the ..

greets/greeks... or something lol


Just a few spelling errors in Gods Of War Arise:

They feel the dragons breath

dragon's

A pire will be raised

pyre

*3 He says something else like "saffered" - I cant make out the english word out of it :P

severed is the word

The pounding hooves spread lightning(?) fear into the hearts

panic & fear(?)

Our helmets shine in the sun as we hear .. shields

near the/their wall of shields

The enemy of ..
Like a .. as they run
Second to their .. grave
Don't spare anyone
Kill the wounded by ..
See the pain in their eyes

The enemy are in disarray
.. as they run
Send them to their ... graves

The .. with heart

It might be: they/the struggle with heart

[L33ch]

Originally Posted by Reaping Clarity

I thought for 'Cry Of The Blackbirds' it was 'Together we ride into destiny' not 'To carry wide into destiny'

^ I second that

[vidh]

*4 It sounds like "threw" or "to" - but it doesnt make sense.

Actually, I think it's threw, because he's pissed that he fled

.. the rising sun

Torgus? (or something like that. Starts with a T atleast...) flees

lmao, it's 'darkness' of course! Darkness flees the rising sun

[Forlornson]

Thank you all! Edited again We're getting there!

VIDH:

btw, keep up the good work Forlornson, appreciate it!

Thanks! I enjoy doing it

[Xyercies]

im goign to guess that it went on sale then....the cd i mean.