RadEthelWynn The Wanderer/Acoustic Version
EAR/EP
(Indie,Folk,Pagan,Traditional)
Lyrics
taken from Anglo Saxon poem The Wanderer
Bind your feelings in fetters your far from your homeland
the earth covers your lord now, and winter is in your heart
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RadEthelWynn The Wanderer/Acoustic Version
EAR/EP
(Indie,Folk,Pagan,Traditional)
Lyrics
taken from Anglo Saxon poem The Wanderer
Bind your feelings in fetters your far from your homeland
the earth covers your lord now, and winter is in your heart
in sadness you travel far and wide the wanderer dips his oars
icy waters troubled mind, mourns this pain alone
mindful hardships, grievous slaughter, the ruin of kinsmen your brothers
gone.. left in memory loyal ones brave comrades....
Savage ash spears have claimed them
all is fleeting all is gone
all things rest in the hands of fate
the Norns have sung their song...
Joys vanished guarded thoughts, sorrow and sleep together
hold the wanderer in their grip, no lord to swear to or die for
no forehead to kiss..now awake again sea birds bathing dark waves surge
frost snow and hail, wounds lay heavy harder
a weary heart over frozen sea, memory sweeps...searching
kinsmen and joy drifting spirits, the warriors have left the mead hall..
Where have the horses gone, what of the men
where the ring breakers, the givers of gold ?
Where is the feasting place, pleasures of the hall
the gleaming cup, the warrior, the glory of it all ?
The world it dwindles day by day and a man will not be wise
before he has weathered his share of long harsh winters
olde walls stand tugged by winds all is decay and crumbles
giants ancient work stands still for now is laid to waste
all is dark shadows of night as if it had never been
to follow the path of exile for inflexible is fate.....
Used Kevin Crossley-Holland translation
Man is the increase of the earth...Mannaz/Man
RadEthelWynn
