Manowar - The Blood Of Odin lyrics
[Manowar - The Blood Of Odin lyrics]
Upon his shoulders perch two ravens
Huginn and Muninn they circle
The Earth by day
Seeing all at night they report to him
The world's tidings he wears a golden helmet
And a golden ring at his side
Sit two wolves his weapons
A magic sword and a spear called Gungnir
They are carved with runes his
Eight legged horse Sleipnir carries
Him over land sea
And air the bringer of the valiant dead
The Einherjar from the battlefield across
The rainbow bridge to Valhalla
For a single drink of the enchanted water
He paid with one eye he was
Granted supreme wisdom he is the god
Of poetry, sorcery, and death wounded
Pierced by a spear he hung upside
Down for nine days fasting
And agony he made of himself
A sacrifice to himself given
No bread nor mead he looked down
And with a loud cry fell
Screaming from the world
Tree in a flash of insight the secret magic
Of the runes was revealed to him
He took up the runes and
Mastered them, eighteen powerful charms for
Protection, success in battle, lovemaking
Healing and the power to bring back the dead
His sacred blood mixed with black
Wind and rain wept
Down from the world tree deep into the
Earth he commanded the earth
To crack open and
To spew forth the strongest of the strong!
On this day he did bestow unto
The world the sons of Odin!
Huginn and Muninn they circle
The Earth by day
Seeing all at night they report to him
The world's tidings he wears a golden helmet
And a golden ring at his side
Sit two wolves his weapons
A magic sword and a spear called Gungnir
They are carved with runes his
Eight legged horse Sleipnir carries
Him over land sea
And air the bringer of the valiant dead
The Einherjar from the battlefield across
The rainbow bridge to Valhalla
For a single drink of the enchanted water
He paid with one eye he was
Granted supreme wisdom he is the god
Of poetry, sorcery, and death wounded
Pierced by a spear he hung upside
Down for nine days fasting
And agony he made of himself
A sacrifice to himself given
No bread nor mead he looked down
And with a loud cry fell
Screaming from the world
Tree in a flash of insight the secret magic
Of the runes was revealed to him
He took up the runes and
Mastered them, eighteen powerful charms for
Protection, success in battle, lovemaking
Healing and the power to bring back the dead
His sacred blood mixed with black
Wind and rain wept
Down from the world tree deep into the
Earth he commanded the earth
To crack open and
To spew forth the strongest of the strong!
On this day he did bestow unto
The world the sons of Odin!