Interpret:

Manowar

Album:

Gods of War

Upon his shoulders perch two ravens 
Hugin and Munin.
They circle the earth by day seeing all
At night they report to him the world's tidings.
He wears a golden helmet and a golden ring
At his side sit two wolves.
His weapons a magic sword 
And a spear called Gungnir
They are carved with runes.
His eight legged horse 
Sleipnir carries him over land, sea and air,
The bringer of the valiant dead, the einherjar,
From the battlefield across 
The rainbow bridge to Valhalla.


For a single drink of the enchanted water 
He paid with one eye 
He was granted supreme wisdom.
He is the God of poetry, sorcery, and death.
Wounded, pierced by a spear 
He hung upside down for nine days.
Fasting and agony he made 
Of himself a sacrifice to himself.
Given no bread nor mead he looked down
And with a loud cry fell screaming 
From the world tree.
In a flash of insight the secret magic 
Of the runes was revealed to him.
He took up the runes and mastered them
Eighteen powerful charms for protection,
Success in battle, lovemaking, healing 
And the power to bring back the dead.


His sacred blood mixed with black wind 
And rain wept down 
From the world tree deep into the earth.
He commanded the earth to crack open 
And to spew forth the strongest of the strong!


On this day he did bestow 
Unto the world the sons of Odin!