Döds Ände
from Mörkrets Tid by Svavelvinter
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Döds Ände (Death's End) is sung by the wizard Shagul, shouting out his defiance towards the gods – ”the storytellers” to him. He refuses to be a character in an already written story and has stolen his name, placing it in a magical book which makes him his own master and invisible to the gods.
Lyrics explanation at: erik-granstrom.blogspot.com/2018/05/dods-ande-lyrics.html
Lyrics explanation at: erik-granstrom.blogspot.com/2018/05/dods-ande-lyrics.html
lyrics
Swedish lyrics
Var än jag är
förblir min tanke min
I världen härskar jag med egen håg
Jag lever hellre fri av dy och syra
än tjänar gudarna i höga himlar
Jag är han
Jag är ingen
Jag tar makt över tingen
Jag är han
skorpionen
Jag är utvald till tronen
Mörkerman ses mäktig stånda
gräsligt fram ur gravens grotta
Ve den stad där vaggan stod
Djupen må dess murar sluka
Låt fjättra var min lem i stumman länk
om smidd än av den hårdaste demant
mitt skratt ska flykta levande ur fängsel
som fjädern dansa bort med vårens vind
I boken skriver jag mitt eget liv
min hand med tålmod formar var versal
Låt rygg som saknar vilja träla slav
Mitt öga slukar rymd från höga berg
Berättarna må kräla i sitt guld
De läser mig, men ser mig ändå inte
De hör min röst, men ingen styr mitt öde
jag äger mod att knyta stolt min näve
Varje man
jag är Shagul,
bringar aska och tagel
# # #
English lyrics
Wherever I am
my thoughts remain my own
In all the world I rule by my own will
I’d rather live free in mud and acid
than serve the gods in high heavens
I am he
I am nobody
I claim power over matter
I am he
the scorpion
I am destined for the throne
The dark man rises with might
horribly from the cave of his tomb
Woe to the city where his cradle stood
May the deep swallow its walls
Let fetter each limb with rigid links
Be they forged of unyielding diamond
my laughter will still escape alive
like a feather in the winds of spring
In the book I write my own life
my hand patiently forms each letter
Let the spineless serve as slaves
My eye tastes the view from above
The storytellers may crawl in gold
They read me, but they see me not
They hear me, but don’t rule my destiny
I proudly dare to clench my fist
All men
I am Shagul,
bringing ash and whip
Var än jag är
förblir min tanke min
I världen härskar jag med egen håg
Jag lever hellre fri av dy och syra
än tjänar gudarna i höga himlar
Jag är han
Jag är ingen
Jag tar makt över tingen
Jag är han
skorpionen
Jag är utvald till tronen
Mörkerman ses mäktig stånda
gräsligt fram ur gravens grotta
Ve den stad där vaggan stod
Djupen må dess murar sluka
Låt fjättra var min lem i stumman länk
om smidd än av den hårdaste demant
mitt skratt ska flykta levande ur fängsel
som fjädern dansa bort med vårens vind
I boken skriver jag mitt eget liv
min hand med tålmod formar var versal
Låt rygg som saknar vilja träla slav
Mitt öga slukar rymd från höga berg
Berättarna må kräla i sitt guld
De läser mig, men ser mig ändå inte
De hör min röst, men ingen styr mitt öde
jag äger mod att knyta stolt min näve
Varje man
jag är Shagul,
bringar aska och tagel
# # #
English lyrics
Wherever I am
my thoughts remain my own
In all the world I rule by my own will
I’d rather live free in mud and acid
than serve the gods in high heavens
I am he
I am nobody
I claim power over matter
I am he
the scorpion
I am destined for the throne
The dark man rises with might
horribly from the cave of his tomb
Woe to the city where his cradle stood
May the deep swallow its walls
Let fetter each limb with rigid links
Be they forged of unyielding diamond
my laughter will still escape alive
like a feather in the winds of spring
In the book I write my own life
my hand patiently forms each letter
Let the spineless serve as slaves
My eye tastes the view from above
The storytellers may crawl in gold
They read me, but they see me not
They hear me, but don’t rule my destiny
I proudly dare to clench my fist
All men
I am Shagul,
bringing ash and whip
credits
from Mörkrets Tid,
released June 1, 2018
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Svavelvinter Sweden
In 2014, as the album Nidingsverk had been released, singer and guitarist Christian Älvestam teamed up with fantasy writer Erik Granström for the death metal album Mörkrets Tid. Svavelvinter (Winter of Sulphur) is named after Erik's fantasy novel, based on his RPG-games from the nineties that Christian played as a teen. ... more
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