I will hunt you, I hunt for you, I await the day I see this through, You won’t see me, So you feel free, Safe you are in your disease, I will hunt you, I hunt for you, I await the day I see this through, You won’t see me, So you feel free, Safe you are in your disease, And I wonder, Do you hear, Do you see the fog becoming clear? The light that has shone, Upon the faces of stone, Recalling a time that we have hardly known, Bestowing the gifts, That would reach across the sea, They bid us spread our seed, Violent days, the raging ways, Will my thirst for revenge follow me across the waves? The hunters proud, the killers strong, Could it be, we were wrong? A journey forth, blurred by memory, We bid farewell to our laws and our lands, We learn anew, I say goodbye, To all I understand

Spilling the blood, To sanctify our sacred grounds, You seek to wipe away our history, But you did not expect to find me, Clad in finery you speak as the voice of god from upon your knees, As you please, It is not beyond my understanding, No, I've seen it done before, Your words are no more mighty, You voice is no stronger, Your Book of Revelation strikes in me no fear, The doom of which you speak, Cannot wrack my soul, You rode your stallion up to the gates of dawn, Command your sheep, bleat and bray, Defeat is not your undertaker, it is your teacher, The weight of failure will remain, As they say, Flames infernal, torment eternal, Angelic choirs guide me on my way to the slab, The one with the head of a ram, Ponders and postulates and puts me in my place, Bearing the Word, It is not without guilt that I do this. Know that there is no other way. If we see each other after this life, we will know that one of us was right and one was wrong. We bless each other with the blood. I hurt with the knife but I also heal. The stones are the only ones that will remember us and they alone will be fit to judge me. You perhaps are just misguided but still I glide my knife across your wrists, It is my wish, Your sycophantic dogma begets a wounded world of hate, Don't you see? Tell me to believe,

Silently they came, Only the oars did we hear, Their boats crepted upon the waves, And they had many souls to save, We ride the symbols of the past, Adhere to codes that held firm, Until today, In junctures such as this, take heart and carry on, I can see the starless night, today I’m born, Only my body will be quit of this place, Immortality comes to me in its truest form, It was a gift this knowledge that I gained, Twas not ignorance, twas right and true, We ride the symbols of the past, Adhere to codes that held firm, Until today, In junctures such as this, take heart and carry on, I can see the starless night, today I’m born, Carve the runes into your palm, Smear the blood upon your brow, This was never my place, But it did feed my passions, I decided that I would stay, Silently they came, Only the oars did we hear, Their boats crepts upon the waves, We ride the symbols of the past, Adhere to codes that held firm, Until today, In junctures such as this, take heart and carry on, I can see the starless night, today I’m born,

Watch as these human beings, Dart about like blood mad flies, It's more than I can stand, Strong wills give in to sin, They have the audacity, To act like they were wronged, They've been given every gift, They were my chosen ones, Perhaps this culling of the herd, Is a cure for their pettiness, The simplest plot, for a complex plan, A pox upon their clan, now this I understand, Seek shelter from the rain, Be not afraid, I promise that there is no pain, You were my chosen ones, Progeny of the insane, Look into my eyes, I will not disguise, This is your demise, Doesn't it sting? Your life meant nothing, You suffer not for choices made, Burn for steps you didn’t take, Am I not loving? I would not send you to your deaths, If I knew that you would be alone, That which will be given to the meakest, You were baptized in their weakness, What fear is there in strength of number, I will not disguise, This is your demise, Take your place with the nothing, I will not disguise, This is our demise, Seek shelter from the rain, Be not afraid, I promise that there is no pain, You were my chosen ones, Progeny of the insane, Look into my eyes, I will not disguise, This is our demise,

Cherish your days, Such as they are, Change is always near, Even mountains fall, Collector of souls, He comes for us all, To be taken, Where he would please, I built a totem, Lined with the art of our tribe, It was meant to stand, Tall, to the end of time You won’t believe you can’t understand, But it is something that I must amend, My search began when I reached the end, I seek only to begin again, The irony of it all is that we think ourselves the first to be wronged, We must all share this blame, in defeat- Be Strong, We change like a lens, So for all this discord, much remains the same, I wonder, can we go back, Can we circle back the wheel of life,

Sleep evades me, A cavernous blackness, Approaches me in my dreams, Invasive as the high tide fog, Immersing all in liquid most foul, I wretch, the poison from me, only to be Submerged once again, A process that repeats over and over, Until I wake, Hel spit up this unholy sow’s filth, Bade us drink deeply, and wholly, I turn Sunward and Starward, For a path of escape, One star, (Silent) Unlike all, (Bewildered) Has shone, (Reflecting) More bright, (Expecting) As though, (A Vision) In Answer, (A Moment) To my, (That Explains) Appeal, (My Life Work) I will, Do my, Utmost, To reach, To touch, This brightest of lights, Light of the Northern Star, Light of the Northern Sun, I pledge my everything, See this blight undone, I walk the path of white light, And hold at bay all those who stray, The black blood expelled, I’ve lifted the spell, Why don’t the others, Seek to be free, I don’t understand, Why do they not, Envy me? Tendrils of the world tree, Rising from Hel, Twisted as they seem, Though it was meant to be, This is not lost on me, Judgment indeed, I look on, Under the light of the star, It has spared me, Reckoning, Benediction, Unforeseen, Wretched fools, Awash in their own blood, A sight I thought I’d never see, These stars and suns see fit to clean the earth of the pain, Wrought by the delusions of charismatic men, The disease spreading from the unknown East, Borne in silks and riches, Bearing gold and forgiveness, To torture me, To enlighten me, Amen, Sunward, Starward, Sunward, Starward,

Jorn: We could leave. We could be like the others. How did they fare? No one knows! Lost to the seas? Tomas: You ignorant fool! The simplest solution is to stay. To join! What do we care? Jorn: You fear no after life? Tomas: There’s no such thing! If the gods were here, would they let us starve? Jorn: Aye, if you’d questioned them! Tomas: A simple retort! We want the same thing! We want to see our lines spread and grow Jorn: And bend to their will? And bend to their will. Tomas: And bend to their will. Bend to their will. Fear of the waves, think yourself brave, A great argument erupted from the hall, Foes who were friends, their conflicts blend, We aren’t so different then, Just misguided men! Fear of change, we seek our fame, The written word remembers our names, Friends fight for false fame, fleet feet, fair game, You looked to me, to lead a trial, Now my judgment’s false? You fucking cowards bring this, Into my halls, Not Today!! Not Today!!! There’s no reason to consider this treason, You stubborn ass, you were always like this, Your agenda carries weight of stones, And it will sink your family’s ships, You rolled the dice, I respect that, The gods of chance, Are not on your side, Try to tear the tiers of thralldom, Forget the thing that tossed you, Listen mate! Tomas: I will bear you no ill will, But by god or by gods I will face you, Convince you, Or kill you, Jorn: Has it come to this? Tomas: It has. Jorn: Me against you? Tomas: I fear ‘tis true. Jorn: If you kill me, bury me with my family, Tomas: I would ne’er dishonor, do not question me, Both: Separated, We sought our destiny, Brought together, alongside the waves, I hope you kill me, too stubborn to see, I fear you were right, I condemn my family, The end is all. Even now High on the headland Hel awaits, Life fades, I must fall And face my own end Not in misery and mourning But with a man’s heart. The loss of sons

I can hear her now, In the throes of a violent dream, Thrashing about, Unable to see what it means, There must be a waking consequence, To sleeping sins, In this nightmare, She wished none of her people spared, It's like she was there, Along the banks of a red sea, The blood red tide did swell, As though the sea could breathe, She managed to catch her breath, As resolve grew within her chest, Contemplate the scene, And will happen next, Azure skies, harbingers of change, Nothing stays the same, I summon what strength remains, Walk upon unknown terrain, They told me when I took this crown, Every day would be a fight, Sate inherited bloodlust, Be benevolent and just, This vision of a paupers corpse, Visited upon by flies and carrion, Startling revelation, That speaks to her own rule, Simply a manifestation? Or the ways of the world? A fearful apparition? Or the ways of the world? A gilded queen, Tears glistening, Is there still time, Would it even matter, Weak willed ruler, Succumbed to the curse, Of the queens who came before, Will she be the last, A gilded queen, Tears glistening, Is there still time, Would it even matter, As the ocean breaks upon the stone, My fate is my own, Azure skies, harbingers of change, Nothing stays the same, I summon what strength remains, Walk upon unknown terrain, They told me when I took this crown, Every day would be a fight, Sate inherited bloodlust, Be benevolent and just,

There is a knock upon my door, I fear that no one is there, I know that if something comes in, Something must go out, So it Goes, I've heard it all my life, In Gaols, Gallows and Graves, Buried in the threshold that was once beliefs and dreams, Rising from the chasm of a broken mind I won't see the world as haven of man but as a writhing pit of chaos and doubt, Twist and turn and search for reasons not to explore, But no good argument springs to mind anymore, The times, the signs, the lines in the sand we left along the sea, What could be was a mystery, new testament is misery, Insanity has come knocking at my door, I tell you now that I can no longer avoid its summons, There it is again, And again and again, The sacrifice, I understand, The mind that cannot mend, And again, Fear of the fall, draped in a pall the shade of the moon, The fall not to be feared at all, it's a chance to find my soul and escape the dark that has followed me, I cannot see the beauty anymore, I open the door, So it goes

The skies are clear, channel is open, Time is once again our enemy, brace the shields, strike the sail, pull the oars, Our kind no longer welcome, Pagan pride replaced with pious lies, Old ways rife with honour and strife, Replaced with notions of eternal life, Bowed and cowed at the feet of a god, Who guides the flocks of the Nazarene, To the shores of the Geats, once so serene, Why was this sickness not foreseen? Light doth fade, Doth give sway, Tis naught but shade, Time is once again our enemy, Raise your oars, pull the sail, gather shields, Helena’s wounds are not healing, From the backs of our family’s ships, We strike for better lands, That demand no obeisance, But the wounds we bear from the stormy seas, Have taken their toll on my beloved wife, And I fear that I lack the required will, To see the madness take her, Does she recognize me still? Row, the way back is closed, Row, below are freezing waters, Row, our sails are tatters, Row, the way back is closed, These families depend on me, To do what must be done, To halt the festering, That has taken my wife, Only one way to prevent its spread, One kiss goodbye look into her eyes, Then her body falls beneath the waves, Farewell Helena Life will fade away, The world is cold, Signs of gods await, We leave the grave, Eyes of the Elders, Guide us home, Dark of night is gone, For death sings its song