Yggdrasils Children Fall Lyrics - Darkwoods My Betrothed

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Act i: the death of balderautumn came to an endand the first snow began to fallbalder's face was cloudedthe dreams of warning had calledhis mother sought oaths>From all this below the skyto not to hurt her sonto not to let him diebalder stood there encircled by godsthrown with stones spears and hitwith swordno damage they had caused not a woundin jealousy loki disguised to findwhy there was no harmthe mother told him that all the thingson the earthhad sworn an oath not to harm norkill her son'all? ' he asked and then she told himthat only one was too young to swearand mistletoe was the oneso loki went across the frosted landto an ancient tree where mistletoe grewhe cut off a piece andreturned to the plainwhere gods were still enjoying their gameloki saw hodur the blind sittingoutside the ring watchingthe god's gameloki gave him the twig and offeredto guide his handpleased hodur stepped forthand threw the twig across the plainit hit balder's chest piercinghis bright body and he fellonto the ground in bloodthe laughter and the joy ceasedwhen balder's blood spilledon the pure snow of asg†rdact ii: a farewell to the son of odinbalder was set into his shipand there he laid coldwith his wife beside himon his breast were all his possessionsplaced carefullyas the ceremony beganthe sun sank low over the icy seatwo ravens circledin the clear blue skysinging their sadnessthor raised his hammerand blessed the pyrewaves carried the ship far to the seathere it burnt bright highagainst the darkening skyodin stood... tears falling from his eyesact iii: hermod's ride to helthrough dark howling valleysof wind swept desolationhermod rode alonetowards the land of deathsleipnir's hooves in firenine days nine nightshermod rode to helon the farthest shore of gjoll he camethe bridge keeper waited modgudher namehe asked for the release of balderhis brothershe recalled and showed him the pathinto the darkhermod arrived to the palaceat the hel's table among the deadhe found his brother sittinghermod told balderhe had come to take him to asg†rdthat night they satchatting and recalling past timeshe went to hel and begged herfor balder's releasetelling her that all mournedfor his deceaseshe promised if all things weepedfor himhe'd be free to returnthrough the valleys so dimhermod returned and told the godswhat hel had saidso messengers were sent toall over the worldand all the world weptfor their balder belovedonly one old woman refused:'let hel keep what she had'act iv: the bounding of lokisoon the gods foundthat old woman was lokirevenge they sworeand begin to hunt himloki spent days as a salmon in watersor as himself in a houseonce the gods found loki hidingin a riverwhen he jumped to escapethor caught him into his fistthe gods took him to a deep cavernwith his sonsone day changed into a wolfand the wolf devoured other son's bodythe gods took his intestinesand with them bound loki to rocksskadi hung a snake above loki's headvenom dripping into his mouthso great was the painthat when loki writhedall th worlds shook and trembled...act v: the final battleafter balder's deaththe gods withdrew from the earthevil spread and fimbulvetr arrivedbattles raged all overthe wolves roseone devoured the sunone the moonstars fell crushing onto the earthfenris broke his chainsmidgard heaved his bodydrowned the land in waveswashed the battlefields bloodygiants marchedfenris approachedgjallarhorn's alarmechoed in the airthe armies of dead marchedlead by loki the avengerthe battlefield of vigridwill soon bathe in bloododin rushedwith a spear in his handbehind him camethe heroes of valhallaand the battle begangod against giantand giant against godthe brave armies clashedafter a long battleboth giants and godslaid on the groundnever to rise again...act iv: a new heaven a new earthall the earth burnt in flamesin times the flames will dieone man and one woman survivedand they shall bleed a new racevidar and vali will walk upona new heaventhey'll live upon the ida plainwhere asg†rd once wasand re-build it to befar greater than beforechildren of thor will bringtheir father's hammerand balder will return brightleading the gods in the new age...the new age under the signof the hammer

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