De Åldriga Ödlornas Ed
from Mörkrets Tid by Svavelvinter
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De åldriga ödlornas ed (Oath of the Ancient Wyrms) is sung by the dragon Blatifagus who is featured in the novels. He sweeps through the night over the dark sea, carrying the prince Arn Dunkelbrink on his back, cursing and raging over the fact that he's forced to serve this puny human for as long as it lives, dreaming of the days when he'll be free again, savouring the havoc he'll wreak among 'the wet ones' then.
Lyrics explanation at: erik-granstrom.blogspot.com/2018/06/de-aldriga-odlorna-ed-oath-of-ancient.html
Lyrics explanation at: erik-granstrom.blogspot.com/2018/06/de-aldriga-odlorna-ed-oath-of-ancient.html
lyrics
Swedish lyrics
Stormarna tystnar
under vredens vridna vingslag
Länderna sargas
under vassa klornas blodbad
Händer ska krama
vad de våta funnit döden värt
rinna mellan fingrar
allt det ni har hållit mödan kärt
Gisslar min rygg
med rapp från herremannens piska
Nesan – ur släktled
hör jag förfäderna viska
”Varför bland ormar
miste ätaren sitt höga namn?”
Varför bland drakar
lever jag med denna svarta skam
Allting ska brinna
en ny värld att vinna
Ingen ska hinna
i elden försvinna
Vansinnet bär jag
Flamman ska snärja
och natten förhärja
till den brinnande dag
Ingen kan värja
Blodet ska färga
de kroppar jag bärgar
Förgörelsen är jag
Jag flyger under månen in i gryningen
Min led är lagd
mot mänskoland längs dyningen
Mitt ögas stål
ska nagla fast din våta kropp
Du krälar, klagar, vädjar
sedan slukar jag ditt sista hopp
Min mörka skugga sveper över sjö och land
Snart vänder morgonfriden
till en dag i gyllne brand
Förtära ska jag allt ni rest
med trägen hand
Det gamla går i grav
när lågan väller över tand
Markerna gungar
Käftar ska sjunga
Jag slukar era unga
de kokar på min tunga
Illväder hopas över
folkens trygga nästen
Ätaren av de egna sliter
murar från fästen
Strupar ska skria
”Blatifagus! Nu är döden här!”
Klornas vassa liar
till benpipan genom köttet skär
# # #
English lyrics
Storms fade
under wingbeats of wrath
Lands are rent
in the bloodbath of tearing claws
Hands will cling to
what the wet ones would die for
running through fingers
all that you held dear
The whip of my master
scourging my back
Oh shame! Out of my past
I hear the ancestors whisper
”Why among wyrms
did The Eater loose his name?”
Why among dragons
do I live with this black shame
All shall burn
A new world to win
No one will escape
in the fire they’ll perish
I carry the madness
My flames will ensnare
blazing the night
into burning day
No one will escape
Blood will spatter
the bodies I claim
I am destruction
Under the moon I fly into the morning
My route is laid
towards men’s lands along the swell
The steel of my eye
will impale your wet bodies
Wailing you’ll pray for mercy
until I devour your hope
My dark shadow sweeps over sea and land
Soon the sweet morning
will turn into golden fire
I’ll eat what you have built
with diligent hands
All that is old dies
when flames escape my teeth
The grounds will shake
jaws will sing
I devour your young
they boil on my tongue
The storms will gather
over the homes of humans
The Eater of his own
tears walls from their roots
Throats will scream
”Blatifagus! Doom is here!”
The scythes of my claws
cut through flesh to the bone
Stormarna tystnar
under vredens vridna vingslag
Länderna sargas
under vassa klornas blodbad
Händer ska krama
vad de våta funnit döden värt
rinna mellan fingrar
allt det ni har hållit mödan kärt
Gisslar min rygg
med rapp från herremannens piska
Nesan – ur släktled
hör jag förfäderna viska
”Varför bland ormar
miste ätaren sitt höga namn?”
Varför bland drakar
lever jag med denna svarta skam
Allting ska brinna
en ny värld att vinna
Ingen ska hinna
i elden försvinna
Vansinnet bär jag
Flamman ska snärja
och natten förhärja
till den brinnande dag
Ingen kan värja
Blodet ska färga
de kroppar jag bärgar
Förgörelsen är jag
Jag flyger under månen in i gryningen
Min led är lagd
mot mänskoland längs dyningen
Mitt ögas stål
ska nagla fast din våta kropp
Du krälar, klagar, vädjar
sedan slukar jag ditt sista hopp
Min mörka skugga sveper över sjö och land
Snart vänder morgonfriden
till en dag i gyllne brand
Förtära ska jag allt ni rest
med trägen hand
Det gamla går i grav
när lågan väller över tand
Markerna gungar
Käftar ska sjunga
Jag slukar era unga
de kokar på min tunga
Illväder hopas över
folkens trygga nästen
Ätaren av de egna sliter
murar från fästen
Strupar ska skria
”Blatifagus! Nu är döden här!”
Klornas vassa liar
till benpipan genom köttet skär
# # #
English lyrics
Storms fade
under wingbeats of wrath
Lands are rent
in the bloodbath of tearing claws
Hands will cling to
what the wet ones would die for
running through fingers
all that you held dear
The whip of my master
scourging my back
Oh shame! Out of my past
I hear the ancestors whisper
”Why among wyrms
did The Eater loose his name?”
Why among dragons
do I live with this black shame
All shall burn
A new world to win
No one will escape
in the fire they’ll perish
I carry the madness
My flames will ensnare
blazing the night
into burning day
No one will escape
Blood will spatter
the bodies I claim
I am destruction
Under the moon I fly into the morning
My route is laid
towards men’s lands along the swell
The steel of my eye
will impale your wet bodies
Wailing you’ll pray for mercy
until I devour your hope
My dark shadow sweeps over sea and land
Soon the sweet morning
will turn into golden fire
I’ll eat what you have built
with diligent hands
All that is old dies
when flames escape my teeth
The grounds will shake
jaws will sing
I devour your young
they boil on my tongue
The storms will gather
over the homes of humans
The Eater of his own
tears walls from their roots
Throats will scream
”Blatifagus! Doom is here!”
The scythes of my claws
cut through flesh to the bone
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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