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Intro
00:57
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Solang de See deit flöstern (As long as the sea rushes)
Sall neet vergahn mien Naam (So shall my name prevail)
Laat ik mien Stimm verluden (My voice will not be silenced)
Legg ik mien Schwert neet daal (And down my sword not lain)
Weiht mi de Wind dör d‘ Haar (When wind waves through my hair)
wenn Nacht begrafft de Dag (When night buries the day)
Un Regen ruunt sien Naam (Rounds then the rain his name)
Rieder, de de Well’n draagt (Rider, borne by the waves)
Weet ik, free sall ik stahn (I know, free shall I stand)
solang bit kummt de Dag (Until the day then comes)
Wenn d‘ Wind mi weiht na Huus (When the wind blows me home)
Word eens de See mien Grafft (The sea shall be my grave)
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To The Raging Tides
05:10
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Hear the story of a man
king of the seven frisian lands
seven free lands by the sea
defender of the ancient creed
Rather he would go to hell
where his ancestors might dwell
than to bow before the cross
of the dead god crowned with thorns
// Hear the storm arise
where the sun is sinking
to the raging tides
on these waves our lost king rides
Missionaries of the lord
would not bring peace, but a sword
Radbod fled into exile
his stronghold on the holy isle
But the times would heal his sores
His kingdom he would restore
The fire, that holy woods had burned
would take the churches in return
Lead the traitors to the coast
to a place the tides will cloak
castrated, sacraficed they will be
to the gods that they blasphemed
All ye free tribes arise
with the Aesirs on our side
blood shall paint the earth and sky
wherever the crosses rise
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Warriors
07:02
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Who would have foreseen this to come
That our foes would come undone
Who could imagine our retun
Our fight for that for which we yearn
That their last resorts would burn
// Unbowed we are taking our stand
like medals our scars we wear
ferocious and free till the end
we are warriors
Now is not the time to rest
This fight has not been our last
Blood is wet still on our swords
And not healed are our sores
Yet another battle calls
We have sworn to walk this path
Till the last battle will choose us
Our fate will lead us on this way
With our eyes open to our bane
For glory, yet for just one day
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4. |
The Valkyries' Wings
04:10
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Bearers of the hammer
On dragonships you rule the sea
Sailing for valhalla
We‘ll make you see, we‘ll make you see
Plunderung and burning
A prayer of Normannic steel
But the tides are turning
We‘ll make you bleed, we‘ll make you bleed
// We fight a battle, stout and strongwilled
We will not back down
No retreat, we fight till the last man
Die by the sword or drown
Army of ten thousand
As far as our eyes can see
This will be your last stand
We‘ll make you bleed, we‘ll make you bleed
// Inglourious you‘ll die
And sadly the black ravens sing
Scattered the longships lie
And broken the Valkyries‘ wings
Flesh is torn asunder
Those unslain are left to drown
Gods of war and thunder
Where are they now, where are they now?
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5. |
Under A Blazing Sky
04:37
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I walked across the wasted lands
Among the ruins that she left
Where judgement was done by her hands
When she cut off their heads
The beauty raging in her eyes
Brought me down upon my knees
Oh if only for one night
My desire she would cease
// We will lie under a blazing sky
Like tears the summer rain will fall
The venom of adying love
We will drink from our slain foes skulls
Alike her broken mother's heart
She set this world of men aflame
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6. |
The Omen Of Fire
05:37
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When the battle's lost not won
That will be ere the rise of sun
Our brothers' blood in crimson streams
Our widows pain in desperate screams
Our sons and daughters born as slaves
Will cry their wail down to our graves
// See a fire lighten up the skies
All you free men rise
See a fire lighten up the skies
All you free men rise
So these are days without remorse
When we beat plowshares into swords
And hammer pruninghooks to spears
May come the day to shed our tears
For all the lives we'll take away
But it is not this day
So may our blood then drain these fields
As sword now crashes into shield
As bones will burst and flesh will blow
Let these insidious traitors know
That free men stand and they will fight
And be victorious tonight
// Clouds red, with the omen of fire
See them turn to black
Be aware, of the fiery signs that
Might signify our end
So drain these fields
With our blood
We will fight and fall
So drain these fields
With our blood
But we will fight and fall, fight and fall
So drain these fields
With our blood
But we will fight and fall
The clouds are red with the omen of fire
Clouds red with the omen of fire
See the signs if their demis
And upon fallen tyrants graves
Our newborn freedom shall arise
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7. |
Now That The Night Falls
07:53
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Have you seen her in the moonlit night
child of the stars, born up in the sky
A whisper of ancient tales in the trees
Of all the mortal men she chose me
Religion made our world a black abyss
Where love, joy and beauty may not exist
They broke her bones, then they broke her will
Till she confessed for her pain to still
//Closer,
Come now and see
Sentenced by god and the powers that be
Deceiver, queen of the night
Now purified
All her
Evil and lust,
Witchraft and sin will return into dust
Beauty and all that apalls
A rightous believers eye
Will be gone now that the night falls
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8. |
Last Alliance
04:14
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We were the alliance
For freedom we did stand
A league of free eastfrisian tribes
of seven frisian lands
He became the traitor
That he once had wrestled down
He came as liberator
And then reached for the crown
// We are aware
Now of the signs
God has numbered thy command
And brought it to an end
The clouds once red
Now turn to black
You were weighed and found too light
Your allies now divide
Proud the silver lion
Adorns his coat of arms
Now see the harpy flying
Her wings will bring the storm
With her will come the vultures
To prey on his defeat
The freedom that we fought and died for
Then we shall forfeit
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Through all dark days and long cold nights
Every bloody battle, every raging storm
We are not afraid to die
For we know that any wind will blow us home
Loyal to those, who are loyal to us
and yet subservient to no one
The ocean is our kingdom, our empire of the waves
Loyal to no crown
Pay the price of freedom, we are rather dead than slaves
We bow to no one
God he is our lord alone
You may pay us, but you cannot buy our souls
By his will it will be done
That one day we all will lay down our sword
When the blade for us will fall
The songs and tales they will let our names be known
Yet to our knees we will not fall
with only sky above and only sea below
We‘re proud, we‘re free
We lost our hearts to the sea
God‘s friend and all the world‘s foe
Any wind will blow us home
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10. |
She, The Ocean
06:52
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Our lives are written in the sand
The tides will wash away
Until all things come to an end
The waves are whispering our names
She, the ocean
Never gone, never here
Dark waters calling
Don‘t let me go, set me free
Where the rain falls frozen
There my heart will be
Across the ocean
At the heart of the sea
She, the ocean
Never here, never there
Treacherous and beautiful
All shall love her and despair
Where the rain falls frozen
There my heart will lie
Never close to her
She the ocean, I the sky
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