Survival Of The Outlaw Lyrics

As a hungry wolf with an old man's teeth I run
Freezing cold in caves, forever cursing the sun

The daylight and all time when the weather is clear
I live in night and darkness, that's why I'm still here

Iceland was my home with seals in the fjords
My winter's only thought is fleeing from the hordes

They may come anytime to kill me like a dog
Always on guard I pray for another day of fog

As the outlaw am I shout at the mighty Thor
Greatest god of thunder I can't take it anymore

Take me home where smoke rises from the halls
Make me welcome again within the Chieftain's walls

Drown his treacherous wife the adulterous Queen
Who told the King what a rapist I had been
She lied she was wrong she asked me to seduce her
In her games of sex I was bound to be the loser

She harmed her husband's skald, caused the poet's
disgrace
Outlawed at Althingi, I can never show my face At Reykjanes again, lest I want to endure
All the evils she accused me of doing to her

More bone than man, I hail the gods of the North
Avenge my injustices, I beg you to come forth

Misfortune loves both fool and wise
For seven winters I have strayed the land of ice

A master of the word and a man of the sword
Of tongue and steel many times I proved to be lord

Gods of the North, I beg you come forth
More bone than man Odin I hail you
As a slave on the run I must stay out of sight
Allfather make my destiny right

That in none of the worlds whose number is nine
Another innocent must suffer a fate like mine
As the outlaw I am I shout at might Thor
Great god of thunder I can't take it anymore

Take me to Reykjavik where smoke rises from the halls
Make me welcome again within my Chieftain's walls

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