Death And Resurrection Of A Northern Son

Текст песни BATHORY - Death And Resurrection Of A Northern Son <br/> Here I am : enemies : come and taste the steel of my sword<br />the earth was still young and the land all new when it was forged<br />ore of themountain towering wowards endless sky<br />the runes down its blade the last thing you will see before you die<br /><br />In the spring we sailed from Asa Bay with wind and tide<br />twenty-nine in all we were : bloodbrothers side by side<br />down foreign coasts : across the ocean : wind would fill our sail<br />( )<br />high adventures : better to fall by the sword than to die from age or ail<br /><br />The emperor I served in Miklagard : grand guard was I<br />me and my brothers in gold were paid : on my sword I did rely<br />returning to Nordland by horse : ambushed were we<br />and so here I am : come enemies : cornered with my back to the sea<br /><br />The ground beneath our feet all red awash with human blood<br />severed limbs and bodies dead : prepare to meet thy God<br />shoulder by shoulder : knee by knee : bloodbrothers by my side<br />forgive me mother for missing the unseen blow that cut me down from behind<br /><br />All still : no more pain : the wind whispering my name<br />this wound my last : the darkness around me seems vast<br />Then a bright light I see : the clouds swirl and part before me<br />in the distance a woman approaching : with a gesture she invites me to proceed<br /><br />Then a bronze horn I hear : it calls me : and the bridge seems to stretch for a lifetime<br />way before me a palace is rising : out of the mist : like a mountain it stands<br />And it greets me with gates open wide : all around me bloodbrothers by my side<br />and they show me the seat that bears my name : my place at the table of Oden I do claim