To Holmgard and Beyond

[Nygård ] Far from the sea and distant lands Came men with thirty ships Had wanted to reach the Neva by night But the weather was not on their side [ Nygård ] And as the wind grew stronger and stronger The rain ran down our cheeks The bow was turned towards Gardar The sail flew up again [Chorus: Turisas (All)] Holmgard and beyond That's where the winds will us guide For fame and for gold Set sail for those lands unknown [Instrumental] [ Nygård ] Osmo and Dalk, Kyy, Kokko and Ulf Were glad to be off the oars Turo had eaten too much again Now hanging himself overboard [ Nygård ] The Tostensson twins were excited as always Adventure was their game Myself, Hakon the Bastard Was out to find my name [Chorus: Turisas (All)] [Narration: Jonathan Hutchings] Who is "I" without a past? A river without a source? An event without a cause? [Narration: Jonathan Hutchings] Threads of different lengths Some longer, some shorter So many of them spun together [Narration: Jonathan Hutchings] The crones keep on weaving The algorithm of our lives Cause and effect, the fates of men [ Turisas (All)] We know the way to Aldeigju Upstream the river Alode You take us to the portage And further (South) [ Turisas (All)] Long is the way to the unknown Long are the rivers in the East Far lies the land that Ingvar And his men desire to reach [ Nygård ] Many dangers lie ahead Some of us may never return Rather sold as a slave to the Saracens Than chained to your bed, chained by your life! [Chorus: Turisas (All)]