"Creator of life, guardian of the dead   Goddess of battle and war   All of yee watch me, my sword by my side   Proudly I sit on my horse      And I wait for the sign in the sky to appear   telling me that the moment has come   For me to ride beyond the edge of this world   into the realms where the shadows are strong      Gods of thunder of wind and of rain   Valkyries my soul is yours should I fail   Let my beheaded and battered corps lay   And take me where you bring all nordsmen slain      Gods of thunder of wind and of rain   Hugin and Munin my eyes in the sky   Heart of mine thrown in the pit of the snake   I will not need no heart where I go should I die      Realms of the shadows bring me no fear   I may stand or be beaten and torn   The mountains will stand, but the life of a man   was decided long before he was born      Leaving the plains where my ancestors hunted   for meat and for hides against the cold   Here the fire was tamed, here our swords were made   And here the elders amazing tales told      I ride into land few have seen or returned from   to tell of its bleakness and dark   I see nothing but mist and the mountains so tall   I can't tell them and the sky apart      Gods of thunder of wind and of rain   Valkyries my soul is yours should I fail   Let my beheaded and battered corps lay   And take me where you bring all nordsmen slain      Gods of thunder of wind and of rain   Hugin and Munin my eyes in the sky   Heart of mine thrown in the pit of the snake   I will not need no heart where I go should I die      Realms of the shadows bring me no fear   I may stand or be beaten and torn   The mountains will stand, but the life of a man   was decided long before he was born      Gods of thunder of wind and of rain   Valkyries my soul is yours should I fail   Let my beheaded and battered corps lay   And take me where you bring all nordsmen slain      Gods of thunder of wind and of rain   Hugin and Munin my eyes in the sky   Heart of mine thrown in the pit of the snake   I will not need no heart where I go should I die"