Amon Amarth - Berserker
Original Version Box set Version Japanese Version 1. Fafner's Gold 5:00 1. Fafner's Gold 5:00 1. Fafner's Gold 5:00 2. Crack the Sky 3:49 2. Crack the Sky 3:49 2. Crack the Sky 3:49 3. Mjölner, Hammer of Thor 4:42 3. Mjölner, Hammer of Thor 4:42 3. Mjölner, Hammer of Thor 4:42 4. Shield Wall 3:46 4. Shield Wall 3:46 4. Shield Wall 3:46 5. Valkyria 4:43 5. Valkyria 4:43 5. Valkyria 4:43 6. Raven's Flight 5:20 6. Raven's Flight 5:20 6. Raven's Flight 5:20 7. Ironside 4:30 7. Ironside 4:30 7. Ironside 4:30 8. The Berserker at Stamford Bridge 5:13 8. The Berserker at Stamford Bridge 5:13 8. The Berserker at Stamford Bridge 5:13 9. When Once Again We Can Set Our Sails 4:24 9. When Once Again We Can Set Our Sails 4:24 9. When Once Again We Can Set Our Sails 4:24 10. Skoll and Hati 4:27 10. Skoll and Hati 4:27 10. Skoll and Hati 4:27 11. Wings of Eagles 4:03 11. Wings of Eagles 4:03 11. Wings of Eagles 4:03 12. Into the Dark 6:48 12. Into the Dark 6:48 12. Into the Dark 6:48 --- Bonus Disk: Live at Summer Breeze 2017 --- 1. The Pursuit Of Vikings 6:28 2. As Loke Falls 5:47 3. First Kill 4:30 4. The Way Of Vikings 5:18 5. At Dawn's First Light 3:47 6. Cry Of The Black Birds 4:40 7. Deceiver Of The Gods 5:56 8. Destroyer Of The Universe 5:01 9. Death In Fire 5:10 10. Father Of The Wolf 5:51 11. Runes To My Memory 4:36 12. War Of The Gods 5:56 13. Raise Your Horns 5:17 14. A Dream That Cannot Be 4:57 15. Guardians Of Asgaard 4:54 16. Twilight Of The Thunder God 10:13 total time 56:45 total time 56:45 total time 2:25:06
1. Fafner's Gold Regin forges more than swords and blades In his smithy schemes and plans are made There is vengeance to be claimed To this cause his fate is chained But he needed someone strong and brave And for the price of horse and blade He found a hero who would do the deed To make his brother, Fafner, bleed In search of Fafner's gold A dragon's tale He'll run his sword Through his scales Fafner's gold A dragon's tale Treachery unfolds Deceit unveiled There is a dragon's treasure to be claimed To its curse Regin's fate is chained He sent his hero on this baleful ride With the sword Gram at his side Heading out on the Gnita plains A wasteland where desolation reigns In search of Fafner's gold A dragon's tale He'll run his sword Through his scales Fafner's gold A dragon's tale Treachery unfolds Deceit unveiled Gram stung him well The dragon fell Regin said "Fry its heart" Tasting dragon's blood He now understood All of Regin's collusive plans Then he made Gram bite him well And Regin fell as well To Andvare's malicious curse In Search of Fafner's Gold A dragon's tale Treachery unfolds Deceit unveiled In search of Fafner's gold A dragon's tale He ran his sword Through his scales Fafner's gold A dragon's tale Treachery unfolds Deceit unveiled 2. Crack The Sky Out of Asgård's gates A chariot of gold Pulled along the way By Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjost Crackling thunder roars All across the world As he rides to war The champion of Midgård Thor! Let your hammer fly Let the lightning crack the blackened skies Thor! Let your hammer fly Let the lightning crack the blackened skies Thor! Let your hammer fly Let the lightning crack the blackened skies Thor! Let your hammer fly Let the lightning crack the blackened skies Travelling 'round the horn These mates of battery To a land forlorn Thor and hammer Mjölner Let your hammer fly Let it fly Crack the blackened sky Crack the sky Let your hammer fly Let it fly Crack the blackened sky Crack the sky Besieged by countless foes His eyes they are aglow Longing for the fight He stands upon a mound Doesn't aim the throw Just lets the hammer fly Thor! Let your hammer fly Let the lightning crack the blackened skies Thor! Let your hammer fly Let the lightning crack the blackened skies Thor! Let your hammer fly Let the lightning crack the blackened skies Thor! Let your hammer fly Let the lightning crack the fucking skies 3. Mjolner, Hammer Of Thor In the realm of Svartalvheim Where master forgers reign Loke met with Eitri and Brokk With malice and deceit, he got them to agree To create nine magic gifts for the Asa Gods Brokkr had a sense of foul play in the air So he made a wager for Loke's head Treasures will be forged, for the Asagods A spear and ring for the Asgård king But finest of them all, The Crusher it is called Mjölner! Hammer of Thor Loke's treachery, knows no boundaries He hid himself in the blacksmith's cave But as work progressed, he feared he'd lose his bet He knew his situation now was grave Working the bellows Heating the forge Striking the anvil Striking with force Then as they worked on the last gift A mighty hammer of war Loke disrupted the work of the blacksmiths The handle came out short The nine gifts were brought to Odin's mighty hall As Loke feared the Gods praised them all Treasures have been forged, for the Asagods For the Vana prince, a ship and boar But finest of them all, The Crusher it is called Mjölner! Hammer of Thor Brokk came to claim his price Loke fooled him twice He saved his lying head But got his mouth sewn shut instead Treasures have been forged, for the Asagods For Sif they made new hair of gold But finest of them all, The Crusher it is called Mjölner! Hammer of Thor 4. Shield Wall They have gathered on these plains Prepared to meet our steel All their efforts are in vain We will crush them! We will make them kneel! War! Here to conquer! Battle ready! No retreat! War! Here to conquer! Battle ready! No retreat! Vikings! Raise the shield wall! Hold the front line! Fight 'til death! Vikings! Raise the shield wall! Hold the front line! Fight 'til death! Vikings! Raise the shield wall! Hold the front line! Fight 'til death! Vikings! Raise the shield wall! Hold the front line! Fight 'til death! A chain is never stronger than its weakest link We'll hold this wall together Our hearts will never sink Warfare! Honour! Glory! Death! Warfare! Honour! Glory! Death! Here they come, a vain attack Our lines will never break We'll stand our ground and send them back We will put their heads on stakes! War! Here to conquer! Battle ready! No retreat! War! Here to conquer! Battle ready! No retreat! Vikings! Raise the shield wall! Hold the front line! Fight 'til death! Vikings! Raise the shield wall! Hold the front line! Fight 'til death! Vikings! Raise the shield wall! Hold the front line! Fight 'til death! Vikings! Raise the shield wall! Hold the front line! Fight 'til death! 5. Valkyria Heal my wounds Cleanse my blood It's too soon for my life to be spilled Into this mud Cure my flesh Rest my bones I don't want to end my life all broken And bodily torn Sooth my mind Ease my pain Let me see the shores of my homeland Once again Come healing Come strength Valkyria grant me A life of worthy length Eir! Eir! And when it is time, please bring me To the Allfather's gate I solemnly swore I gave you my word Before I left our home I promised that I would return You begged me to stay To not leave you alone I went anyway and you cursed the day I was born No promise I gave I have broken I've always been loyal and just No words of lies I have spoken So why did I earn your distrust Come honour Come trust Valkyria grant me The strength to keep my oaths Vár! Vár! And when it is time, please bring me To the Allfather's hall Vár! Vár! Eir! Eir! 6. Raven's Flight As the first light touched the waves And the ravens cawed across the bay A mighty fleet with red white sails Three hundred Viking ships were On their way War! With thirst for blood and all-out war A thirst that's aching through our hearts and bones We're heading west to distant shores To avenge our father and to win the throne They think their God will save their skin But all resistance will be in vain We stare at death with crimson grins With Odin's help we cannot fail We hold our heads up to the sky And know that we will never die As long as we stand side by side As long as we can see the ravens fly! Ravens fly! Ravens fly! War! Heading to Northumbraland Come what may we won't back down When horns of war begin to sound Aella's head will lose its crown Come what may, we hold our heads Up to the sky And know that we will never die As long as Odin's on our side We hold our heads up to the sky And know that we will never die As long as we stand side by side As long as we can see the ravens fly! Ravens fly! Ravens fly! We hold our heads up to the sky And know that we will never die As long as we stand side by side As long as we can see the ravens fly! We hold our heads up to the sky And know that we will never die As long as we stand side by side As long as we can see the ravens fly! Ravens fly! See the ravens fly! 7. Ironside Born the son of a legend What will be my fate Will his shadow always loom above Or will my name prevail The weight I carry from his past Has always weighed me down I've struggled hard to find my path To prove I am my own Ironside That's my name It will live in infamy Ironside Sing my name For all eternity I have travelled on the wind It's brought me far and wide Through rain of blood and storms of steel My legacy is mine Ironside That's my name It will live in infamy Ironside Sing my name For all eternity (Järnsida Järnsida) (Järnsida Järnsida) And never has my blood been shed In countless wars and fights This kenning is my true name They call me Ironside Now here I sit on Svitjod's throne The land that's now my home And when my soul to Asgård's flown Here I'll rest my bones Ironside That's my name It will live in infamy Ironside Sing my name For all eternity Ironside That's my name It will live in infamy Ironside Sing my name For all eternity I'm Ironside, Svitjod's King I am Svitjod's King 8. The Berserker At Stamford Bridge We had marched all night long Now silently we stood upon the ridge An army of fifteen thousand strong Looking down at Stamford Bridge The English stood on the hill Caught off guard we had to retreat The omens of this day boded ill The river cold and wide lay at our feet One man walked out on the bridge With Dane axe held firm in his mighty hand Alone he stood against our foes A giant Berserker of a man Charge! The order to attack Nothing now can hold us back Our entire force pours down the slope Now, abandon all of your hope Death! Move in for the kill Today Norsemen blood will spill Englishmen! I am waiting here In my heart I know not an ounce of fear We are waiting here my trusted axe and me Just come at me, I will not flee Death! I know that it awaits Soon I will enter Valhalla's gates! On the bridge we met his axe While he stood, none could pass His axe cut deep, through flesh and bone He held the bridge all on his own Forty men, died by his steel The only way we could make him kneel Was to send four men out on the stream And sting the bastard from beneath From Beneath 9. When Once Again We Can Set Our Sails The ocean waves are held in a firm, freezing grip And the summer winds seem but a dream Glistening veils of silver snow on our sleeping ships Dark skies fill our souls with silent screams But soon our longing hearts will soar once again On winds across the open waves Oh, how we're yearning for those warm summer days When once again we can set our sails A Viking's home is on the restless waves Where salty winds carry far and wide To foreign shores and glory wars we will set sail With axe and sword by our side But here we sit by glowing hearth With warm ale in our hands We reminisce of glory past And make our future plans Soon our longing hearts will soar once again On winds across the open waves Oh, how we're yearning for those warm summer days When once again we can set our sails Yes soon our longing hearts will spread their wings once again On salty winds across the open waves Oh, how we're yearning for that summer day, my friend When once again we will set our longship sails 10. Skoll And Hati From the iron moors of Jotunheim Arose two beasts of wrath innate Skoll and Hati were their names Born of Fenris, born of hate See the massive grey-backs run See them chase across the sky In pursuit of moon and sun Until the nine worlds all shall die The gnarling jaws are closing in Their vicious teeth drip of froth A race the wolves are sure to win And the world will end in wroth The secret of the riddle is That their fates are intertwined Without each other they can't live And together they will die See the massive grey-backs run See them chase across the sky In pursuit of moon and sun Until the nine worlds all shall die See how Skoll and Hati runs How they chase across the sky They will swallow moon and sun And then the nine worlds all shall die At the end of time they devour sun and moon Then darkness will fall upon the world And the end of time will be coming very soon When all living things shall burn 11. Wings Of Eagles Driven out of Norway To Iceland we set sail My father then went further To a place where we'd be safe The barren soil of Greenland Could not sustain our clan We needed to go westward To find a better land We soar upon the wings of eagles We fly across the open sea We leave the rugged shores of Greenland For a realm, a land, where we can be free Then on an expedition After days at sea We saw on the horizon A land of woods and fields I would be the first man To tread these newfound lands Here we'd build our new life Our future was in our own hands Forty years of hard work Struggling to survive Fighting hard to tame the land To make our people thrive At first, we made some progress In the end, we were too few Our settlement decreased And disillusion grew After all these years of struggle Of blood, tears, sweat and pain We had to leave our new-found land Our efforts were in vain We soared upon the wings of eagles We flew across the open waves Our hearts yearned for the taste of freedom To Vinland's shores we did set sail Sailing west we found our new land We tried to build a better life But we had to go back to old Greenland After years of hard work and futile strife 12. Into The Dark There is a darkness In my soul A darkness That can't be tamed A deep void of emptiness A gaping wound A vile, corrupted entity That has no name From the dark Into the light I make this journey On my own From the dark Into the light I must fight this darkness All alone I try to do What is right And still my twisted mind Is full of spite Each day a struggle With this side of me A losing battle I can't break free No! I can't break free... Out of the dark My demons arise Dragging me back Into despair Into the dark, into the dark Every time I think I am free They drag me back down Down through the void Into the dark, into the dark Dagas my guide But Thurisas bides Drags me back down Into despair Into the dark, into the dark From the dark Into the light I make this journey On my own From the dark Into the light I fight these demons alone No! I can't break free... Oh no! This darkness is me... I fight these demons These agents of fear I'm battered and beaten My scars invisibly clear So here I stand Naked and true I am who I am I am Loke to you From the dark depths Of my mind They crawl towards the light My demons are a part Of who I am I embrace the dark depths Of my mind That invades my heart 'Cause without darkness Who am I? Lyrics in plain text format