Helvegen (Skaldic Version)

Helvegen (Skaldic Version)

I sought the songs
I sent the songs
When the deepest well
Gave me drops so strong
From the Allfather's pledge

I know everything, Odin
Where you hid your eye

Who will sing for me
In the web of death entwine me
When I walk on the road to hell
And the tracks I tread
Are cold, so cold

Early or in the days of hell
Still the raven knows if I fall

When you stand at the gates of Hel
And when you must tear yourself loose
I shall follow you
Over the resounding bridge
With my song

You will be freed from the bonds that bind you
You are freed from the bonds that tied you

Cattle die
Kinsmen die
You yourself will die
But I know one
That never dies
The judgment on each death