The Axe from Greatest Saga by Winterblade
Before his was King of Norway, Olaf Tryggvason lived a very ignoble life. Captured by marauders as a boy, he was sold into slavery - his captors, blissfully unaware of the boy's royal potential.
Through a miserable upbringing, a deep hatred and fury was burned into his heart. It wasn't too long before that malice came to the surface, though, as Olaf caught his slaver in a crowded marketplace one afternoon.
What happened next? Well, Olaf did what you might expect him to do...
Tracklist
| 2. | The Axe | 5:24 |
Lyrics
Quiet walking on the edge tonight
Markets crowded with a language unknown to me
It’s tricky walking on the ledge tonight
Thinking now, I might kill a man
Fell on the axe and wept
Buried it deep and far
For all the things you’ve said
I’ll stop your beating heart
Follow quickly through the foreign lane
I see his body from across the well
Hands on the weapon and my mind on pain
Thinking now, I’ll have to kill a man!
Fell on the axe and wept
Buried it deep and far
For all the things you’ve said
I’ll stop your beating heart
{laughter}
Fell on the axe and wept
Buried it deep and far
For all the things you’ve said
I’ll stop your beating heart
Quiet walking on the edge tonight
I might kill a man
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Winterblade is one man with a passion for the Old Norse Æsir and heavy metal. Those passions are combined on the album "Long Nights," a project rooted in Viking history and often drawn from historical texts. Just released: GREATEST SAGA, the 11-part story of how Norway's first king rose to power in the most unusual way...