Runes

Runes you will reveal in the dust of ancient times
Remember my sacrifice when I hung for these nine nights
Runes they were concealed in the dust of ancient times
I died to be reborn when I suffered these nine nights

I know, I sat in there for nine icy nights
Facing the endless darkness around me
Wounded by my own spear on the wind called tree
I'm Woden, hallowed by my own pride

A tree unknown, the roots, his probes
Let my life slowly fade
From above a fitless seal I hung
Committed to my fate
Delivered to the fright of endless ice and night
I had to gaze into the misty world
Of Niflheim the dire, northern frost empire
Of my self-chosen solitude

Runes you will reveal in the dust of ancient times
Remember my sacrifice when I hung for these nine nights
Runes they were concealed in the dust of ancient times
I died to be reborn when I suffered these nine nights

When I began to grow evanescent by pain
I sunk from the tree with a sigh
The knowledge of the dead I learned
Cause only cruelty can forge
And then word just followed word

A tree unknown, the roots, his probes
Let my life slowly fade
From above a fitless seal I hung
Committed to my fate
Delivered to the fright of endless ice and night
I had to gaze into the misty world
Of Niflheim the dire, northern frost empire
Of my self-chosen solitude

Runes you will reveal in the dust of ancient times
Remember my sacrifice when I hung for these nine nights
Runes they were concealed in the dust of ancient times
I died to be reborn when I suffered these nine nights

Runes you will reveal in the dust of ancient times
Remember my sacrifice when I hung for these nine nights
Runes they were concealed in the dust of ancient times
I died to be reborn when I suffered these nine nights