Survival Of The Outlaw

As a hungry wolf with an old man's teeth

I run freezing cold in caves forever

Crushing 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

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As the outlaw I 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 Chieftan'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 game 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 Our father make my destiny right

That in none of the worlds whose number is nine Another innocent must suffer a fate like mine

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