Dark is the sea : raging waves endless the sky above me mighty is the wind that fills our sail many of us will follow : our journey brave The day when
Ride the Dragon's breath, mist of poison green Come yee flemes, a burning death, face the unseen Deep within the cave, lit p by the torch, a plae gleam
[instrumental]
Storm clouds are forming : darkening the sky the wind gather speed up the mountains along the horizon : lightning strikes then the deafening rumble
age or ail The emperor I served in Miklagard : grand guard was I me and my brothers in gold were paid : on my sword I did rely returning to Nordland
A veil of mist, a foreign coast The calm before their battle cry Steel drawn, the line of shields must hold Through mist, the first arrow, it flies
thicket we ride The unseen is watching from behind each stone and pine Slowly the golden dise of the sun is setting Beyond the rim of Nordland at the
[Instrumental]
Brother, we did cross the raging sea Our fathers, has watched our trail for long Battles, many we fought, side by side Through foreverdark woods we did
My lightning conceived was I The stars above became my eyes Overgelmer flows in my veins My hair the mist across the never ending nameless lake By womb
[Recorded February 1988. Released on album "Blood Fire Death", October 1988] [Intro piece, no words]
Land of unforgiving winter Cold, clad in white, under a dark grey sky Silent, the wind, it whispers Pale sun of gold, gazing from far up high Endless
Silver, the moon high over pond of water calm and dark Woe, mist, the breath of the dragon, sweeping down mountain side All still, the day asleep, the
Into the granite : stave by stave carved ploughwise : now read my tale the raging ocean I have sailed many a man I have maimed Shields I have crushed
This land is mine to the end of time none it shall claim or conquer the mountains high : the endless sky the forests and the sea Oh land rejoice : your
Clear was the sky : now storm clouds are forming the sun disc was high : the dusk came too soon sighted : a forest of masts and sails ride swift yee
