RAGNAROK

Far and away a long time ago
In the land of ice and fire between time and space
Three women, weird sisters, gazed upon the fate of Migard
That happy, peaceful world just above their heads

Fenrir was loosed and he roamed the world
Gobbling up the women, the children, the men
Metallic fangs rending flesh and bone
Each stroke of his paw means another hundred dead
Vigrid of Midgard
A peaceful world once painted with dreams
Now flooded with blood

Army upon army of once-honorable men
March to war
Zombies, Einherjar, one thing on their minds
Blood and more blood
In God's name they kill

Valkyries fly about on their aerial horses
Picking their victims for the slaughter
Laughing and dancing among the corpse heaps
Dressing themselves in the skin of the dove,
Promising peace, bringing fire from above

Fenrir howls, needing more food
The Einherjar wail and shriek
Their strange slings and arrows bring down the hofs
Women cry and children scream
As Ragnarok begins
And carries on without end...

The wolf ate the gods
The just ones and kind ones
Leaving naught but the dream in the wake of the ruin
Odin the Wise is no more
Nor kind Freyr, nor Rainbringer Thor
Nothing could stop Ragnarok
And where are we now?

Fenrir runs wild, crunching up buildings and trees
His steel jaws tearing the world
War is the wolf
There's no stopping it now
The gods themselves could not escape
Tyr could not bind him
Einherjar could not kill him

The wolf runs wild, howling and bringing down the fury of the heavens upon the world
There's no more to eat
And Fenrir is dead
Because no one here got out alive
Churches, schools, civilizations, and kings
No one escaped this most powerful evil Thing

The world has no sun
It turned to cold ash
Crumbling under the weight of the wolf and the serpent and the dead

The Fates looked 'round and drew a sharp gasp,
"We must stop this from coming!" Past declared
"But Sister!" Present cried, "We cannot unsee what we've seen!"
"Aye, the well never lies," Future.
"But surely, it must!"

The Three Fates despaired
But what they failed to see...
Hidden behind the leaf of the ash tree
Lif and Lifthrasir, the new Adam and Eve
The hope for humankind would never die
But it was too late...
The damage was done
And the world was not saved.