Measured in Blood

Lyrics

+Verse 1
I swung from that windy tree;
Nine long nights,
Pierced by my spear...
I was given to Odin:
Myself to myself...
From that tree grows roots no man knows.

+Verse 2
No bread they gave me,
No horn to drink...
Downwards I peered,
To the depths I reached...
I took up the runes,
Oh! Screaming I took them!
And from that height,
I fell back again...

+Chorus
I am the High One!
The Hooded Guest...
I am the storm in—the raven's chest.
From the well of Mímir,
The price was paid...
One eye for our light,
Which shall never fade!
The world is a web,
And the threads are mine;
We're measured in blood,
Through the draught of wine!

+Break/Rest

+Bridge
Cattle die, kinsmen die,
And you yourself shall die the same...
Know one thing that never dies:
The great glory of each dead man...
A coward thinks he will live forever,
By avoiding the fight...
But old age grants him no mercy,
Even though the battles have been won...

+Guitar and Keyboard Solo

+Verse 3
I call Huginn for thought,
I call Muninn for mind...
Fly through the morning,
Leave the shadows behind...
I fear for those lest they come not back,
But I fear more for the other,
On the outward track!

+Outro
Fire is needed for the new one!
Whose knees are frozen numb!
Meat and clean linen a man needs;
Who has faced the fells and the frost...

Now, I have spoken...
The High One has spoken...