Across the Rainbow Bridge
Journey Beyond Life's Battlefield
Lyrics
My days are numbered, soon I have to leave
Expressing awareness that life is limited, anticipating departure.
The Norns have stretched my living thread
Referring to the Norns, who control fate, signaling the approach of death.
The notion of my demise won't leave me be
Continued contemplation of one's imminent death.
Why cannot death just set me free?
Questioning why death doesn't come to release from suffering.
I've lived a life of prosperity
Reflecting on a life of success and wealth.
But I'm not as young as I used to be
Acknowledging the aging process and its challenges.
Down the road waits misery
Anticipating difficulties and hardships ahead.
Why cannot death just set me free?
Reiterating the desire for death to bring liberation.
Countless armies have I attacked
Highlighting a history of confrontations and battles.
Not once have I backed down
Asserting a persistent and courageous nature in the face of challenges.
And though I've spilled a lot of blood
Acknowledging the act of causing harm but not succumbing to it.
I never once received a mortal wound
Emphasizing resilience, having never suffered fatal injuries.
I've raided shores in many lands
Recalling exploits of raiding foreign shores.
I cannot count the men I've killed
Expressing a significant number of enemies defeated.
So many friends died with sword in hand
Mourning the loss of comrades in battle.
But the warrior's death was never granted me
Expressing a desire for an honorable death not granted.
I dress myself in battle clothes
Preparing for a final battle, donning armor.
Alone I make the final ride
Embarking on a solo journey towards the end.
My sight is blurred by whipping snow
Encountering adverse conditions with impaired vision.
I seek to end my life
Expressing a wish for self-inflicted end to life.
I want to walk across the rainbow bridge
Expressing a desire to enter the afterlife symbolized by the rainbow bridge.
And see my fathers in the golden hall
Yearning to reunite with ancestors in a heavenly hall.
They beckon me to join their feast
Feeling beckoned to join the celestial feast with forefathers.
In my dreams I hear their call
Hearing a call from ancestors in dreams, reinforcing the desire to pass to the afterlife.
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