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Solefald - Black For Death: An Icelandic Odyssey Part II lyrics



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01. Red For Fire, Black For Death

Music by Cornelius and Lazare
Lyrics by Cornelius
Remember me bastard for my years in the ice

Do you see me your victim of old
I have waited for revenge to turn cold
I have explored the world to find the place you hide
Rooted out of your rathole this is your last ride
Red for Fire + Black for Death

The dark horns of vengence are about to be blown
In retribution reborn from the forests unknown
I heard the feeble screams of lost pride and dignity
After a thousand years comes liberation of destiny

Deathlike silence

Deathlike silence will rule
In the rooms of your cave
Euronymous Prince of Death
You shall dance on their grave

I've rejected the rules of hands and heart
I raped and pillaged the darkest art
It's toughened hardened a bastard child grown strong
May it linger after me as a saga in song
Stay written in runes on the black metal sword
May it some day save a Viking of my horde

Red for Fire + Black for Death

Red for fire endure the iron law
Black for death an outlaw's revenge in the raw

02. Queen In The Bay Of Smoke

Music by Cornelius and Lazare
Lyrics by Cornelius
Treacherous queen
Who abused my good faith
I will take you
Where birds have never been
A knife in my belt
A spear in my hand
To my burning eyes
Your halls are made of glass
Treacherous queen
You abused my good faith
I will take you
Where birds have never been
A knife in my belt
A spearhead in my heart
To my burning heart
Your walls are made of glass
The age of the heroes
A distant memory
The Iron Law rules Iceland
Evil kings faithless queens
Who hides in the Bay of Smoke
Nothing goes unpunished
Look where you step
You might tread on me
Queen in the Bay of Smoke
Bring supplies
For the worst of your winters
I shall wear your pain
As a golden crown
We shall crawl the tunnels
In the dark of the Underworld
A million midgets are waiting for you
Queen in the Bay of Smoke
I tasted your beauty
You threw me to the dogs
I walked as a wolf among the dogs
I walked as a god among the slaves
Queen in the Bay of Smoke

I mørket under jorden
ligger dvergenes druger
Den hvite dronning faller
i Regins svarte hull
Skalden søker
en konges skamhevn
Dronningen dulgt
i småfolkets berg
Dvergene stimler
og fagermøya sammen
Skrek står å se
i Berg-Disas blikk
Hva vondt har jeg gjort?
Hvor tar du meg hen?
Tåresalt drysser
på gulvet av gull
Her skal du bli
svilkefulle kvinne
Ta skalden til mann
og skammen i hug

03. Silver Dwarf

Music by Cornelius and Lazare
Lyrics by Cornelius
I am your friend from way down
Trapped in a dark forever
Silver Dwarf
This place is dead
Silver Dwarf
Night everywhere
Chained to the Tree of Death
I see no birds no life
Silver Dwarf
This is my home
Only these walls know my face
This is the mine where I am stuck
Silver Dwarf
Bowels of greed
Silver Dwarf
Once filled with gold
Friend from the land of light
Help me out of darkness
Silver Dwarf
Horses pull me apart
Silver Dwarf
Under the earth
I wish to be strong
But I was born in a mine
Silver Dwarf
Never allowed to leave
Silver Dwarf
Cellar of life
I will dig my way out of here
The Silver Dwarf willl see the sun
Silver Dwarf
A closed infinity
Silver Dwarf
Nothing to lose
I am your friend from way down
Spiders eat me
Silver Dwarf
Sunlight and glory
Silver Dwarf
I will make my way up there

04. Underworld

Music by Cornelius and Lazare
[Instrumental]

05. Necrodyssey

Music by Cornelius and Lazare
Lyrics by Cornelius
The black art's dead, can't you feel the foul smell
Ten years ago the corpses gave us hell
Now the scene's changed we're still around
The vampires lie six feet deep into the ground

We have engineered a Medieval War Machine
Come with us corpse feel your own medicine
Now listen to me to the end of the story
We claim what is ours we hunger for glory

Ja you were right music is war
Now show me the truth that you've fought for
It isn't very much if nothing at all
Toss those remains into the Cheiftan's hall

Let everybody witness the state of your carcass
All of you devils who wanted to mark us
Come on brand your iron I bet you it is cold
Let's see how hard you are growing up and old

The winters of Norway have frozen your brains
At every living thought you scream in seven pains
As Necriphisto I speak the Deity of Hell
Spellbound I wil have you tremble to the bell

Join me in battle fight by my side
Together we may run for triumph and pride
But if you go against me fight like a man
Make me die with a sword in my hand

Give up your life the rags that were you
You'll feed the snakes all the time to stay true
Thank you for all now give up the crown
Our law is here we rule your mind with sound

Join me in battle fight by my side
Together we may run for triumph and pride
But if you go against me fight like a man
Make me die with a sword in my hand.

06. Allfathers

Music by Cornelius and Lazare
Lyrics by Cornelius
Allfathers ancestors
I think of you in Odin's hall
Allfathers ancestors
I think of how you crossed the seas

Dirty bearded men who slept in the snow
Can you feel the beauty of Iceland still?
Eagles and icebergs
The white nights of the North

I will fight for your legend
Never forgotten
Combat for your honor
Protect my kin

Allfathers ancestors
What you were I want to be
What you were look at me
Tell me what you see
Do you see a son in me
Or just another man
I am the son of a man
Who was the son of a man

I will fight for your legend
Combat for your honor

What you were I want to be
Now look at me what do you see

Allfathers ancestors
I think of you in Odin's hall
Allfathers ancestors
I think of how you crossed the seas

I will fight for your legend
Combat for your honor
Steel in my hand
Hatred in my eyes
Don't you touch what is mine
Spoil what I hold dear
Defile what I love
Smear pure with impure
Or shall I avenge with sword and axe
Till Hel decides who she wants
To burn

07. Lokasenna Part 2

Music by Lazare
Loki:
"Heile, aser!
Heile, aasynjur!
Og alle høg-heilage gudar!
Utan den eine
Som innar der sit,
Brage, paa benken sin."

Bragi:
"Av egni mi gjev eg
øyk eg sverd deg,
Og ein ring endaa Brage bøter;
At du ikkje aasom
Di øvund syner
Arge dei ikkje at deg."

08. Loki Trickster God

Music by Cornelius and Lazare
Lyrics by Cornelius
Seven years of pain for one night of joy
Loki tricked the lovers with a vicious ploy
He spoke to the queen in his softest voice
Told her he would give her the following choice:

Either you were raped by the skald of the king
- Death upon the man who would do you such a thing! -
Or you cheated on your husband, striking him down -
Both you and your poet will be sentenced to drown!

The queen was all tears, feared for he life,
'Outlaw the skald, surrender him to strife,
But save our skin, no one should die for love!'
Loki stared at the queen with want in his eyes

Thought 'A god born of giants, I lust for the queen!
I'll make sure this time there's no poet in between!'
Said 'From this day and onward let Loki be the one,
Your god and your beast, your father and your son,

Cherish me with kisses and honour me with pleasure,
Give in to me, and I'll protect you as my treasure!
But if you reveal who I am, or disclose what I have said,
Both the skald and you will sink to the abyss of the dead!

Garm the Dog of Hel will eat your heart and liver,
Even when cold, you'll tremble and shiver
For the rotten goddess and her hungry beast
Unless you join Loki the Trickster's nightly feast!'

09. Spoken To The End Of All

Music by Cornelius and Lazare
Lyrics by Cornelius
Spoken to the end of all

You are eyes
You are heart
You are bone
You are head


I am signs
I am stones
I am steel
I am blood

Spoken to the end of all

Runes reveal
What darkness hid

10. Dark Waves Dying

Music by Cornelius and Lazare
[Instrumental]

11. Lokasenna Part 3

Music by Cornelius
Loki:
"For slike slag du
Snaur plar vera
Som øykjer og armringar;
Av alle aser
Som inne her er,
Du er i vig varast
Og skerrast for skot."

Bragi:
"Var er utanfor
Æges-halli
So når deg som no:
Hovudet ditt
Eg i handi mi bar;
Daa låta du fekk for di lygn"

12. Sagateller

Music by Cornelius and Lazare
Lyrics by Cornelius
O father of truth and marvellous lies
Ignorance the dragon never dies
In the Midgard of men they call you Sagateller
In the Asgard of Gods they call you Dragonkiller

Red words for black thoughts,
You cannot be blamed
No name is a secret,
No secret is unnamed

The sagas you tell mankind teach them about fate
Songs and legends from times of love and hate
When the words of Odin's art resound through the horn
Heros and Giants of the ancient epics are reborn

In the Midgard of men they call you Sagateller
In the Asgard of Gods they call you Dragonkiller

The eyes of the universe, the witness of time
Heart and head tied together in rhythm and rhyme
The fury of enemies the madness of the young
There is no thing that is not in your song

Under the silver of a thousand moons
The book of your life was written with runes
Would you know the future of your kin
How White Christ and Black Death were going to win?

The Icelanders who hungered
The Norwegians who died
Before the doors of Hell,
They had their strength tried

Remember the hardships
The toil they went through
Remember the hardships
The battles they lived through

Our blood hails the North pagan Viking stay true
Red for Fire, Black for Death
Our blood hails the North pagan Viking stay true

The Icelanders who hungered
The Norwegians who died
Remember the hardships
The battles they lived through

Our blood hails the North pagan Viking stay true
Sagateller Dragonkiller

O father of truth and marvellous lies
Ignorance the dragon never dies

The Icelanders who hungered
The Norwegians who died
Before the doors of Hell,
They had their strength tried

Red for Fire, Black for Death
Our blood hails the North pagan Viking stay true.