[ti:gods of thunder of wind and of rain] [ar:bathory ] [al:] [offset:500] [01:23]Creator of life. Guardian of the dead. [01:26]Goddess of battle and war, [01:29]All of ye watch me. My sword by my side. [01:31]Proudly I sit on my horse. [01:34]And I wait for the sign in the sky to appear. [01:37]telling me that the moment has come [01:40]For me to ride beyond the edge of this world [01:43]into the realms where the shadows are strong [01:53]Gods of Thunder of Wind and of Rain [01:55]Valkyries my soul is yours should I fail. [01:59]Let my beheaded and battered corpse lay [02:01]and take me where you bring all nordsmen slain. [02:05]Gods of Thunder of Wind and of Rain. [02:08]Hugin and Munin my eyes in the sky. [02:10]Heart of mine thrown in the pit of the snake [02:13]I will not need no heart where I go should I die. [02:17]Realms of the shadows bring me no fear [02:19]I may stand or be beaten and torn [02:22]The mountains will stand. But the life of a man [02:25]was decided long before he was born. [02:45]Leaving the plains where my ancestors hunted [02:48]for meat and for hides against the cold. [02:51]Here the fire was tamed. Here our sword were made. [02:54]And here the elders amazing takes told [02:57]I ride into land few have seen or returned from [02:59]to tell of it's bleakness and dark [03:03]I see nothing but mist and the mountains so tall [03:05]I can't tell them and the sky apart [03:15]Gods of Thunder of Wind and of Rain [03:18]Valkyries my soul is yours should I fail. [03:21]Let my beheaded and battered corpse lay [03:24]and take me where you bring all nordsmen slain. [03:27]Gods of Thunder of Wind and of Rain, [03:30]Hugin and Munin my eyes in the sky. [03:33]Heart of mine thrown in the pit of the snake [03:35]I will not need no heart where I go, should I die. [03:39]Realms of the shadows bring me no fear [03:42]I may stand or be beaten and torn [03:45]The mountains will stand. But the life of a man [03:47]was decided long before he was born. [04:21]Gods of Thunder of Wind and of Rain [04:24]Valkyries my soul is yours should I fail. [04:27]Let my beheaded and battered corpse lay [04:30]and take me where you bring all nordsmen slain. [04:33]Gods of Thunder of Wind and of Rain. [04:36]Hugin and Munin my eyes in the sky. [04:39]Heart of mine thrown in the pit of the snake [04:41]I will not need a heart where I go, should I die. [04:55]Atop a ridge between the two worlds... [04:58]the untime... [05:01]"Halting his stallion for a brief second, taking a deep breath of cold air, [05:04]he hesitates for a moment while his feathered friends fly ahead. As the [05:07]frozen wind tears at his face, he is reminded of his origin, that he is of [05:10]flesh and blood and not of this world. He, a young man, chosen by destiny. [05:13]Putting his faith in magic and that subtle thing known as fate. He is [05:16]depending on an immovable trust in an old sword, a stallion given birth to [05:19]by the wind and the spells of a woodwoman. Not even the cry of the Ravens, [05:22]urging him on, can take his mind off what lies ahead of him. Feeling smart [05:25]next to these mountains, so gigantic they unite with the sky, he somehow [05:28]finds the spirit to continue. Having come this far, already well into the [05:31]valley of death, it makes little sense in returning. [05:34]And thus he follows The Ravens..."