Uploaded December 2013 | Updated September 2026, 11 hours ago
Folk/Viking metal from the USA
From the Single ''Forgotten Tales'',2013
Many thanks to Cort Runyon from Northsong for the approval on this video
All music & lyrics composed, performed, and mastered by Cortland Runyon
Northsong is the Symphonic Folk/Viking metal solo project founded by Cortland Runyon in 2010, which blends epic symphonies, heavy guitars, folk instruments, and a varying range of vocals to create an adventurous and battle-like atmosphere. Basing it's lyricism off of Norse Mythology, along with epic stories and battles set in the Viking Age.
Many thanks to wyldraven for the approval of the artwork
Artwork by: ©wyldraven - All rights reserves to the respective artist
Check out the gallery: wyldraven.deviantart.com
Lyrics:
Years ago, in the wintry years a steel clad man had rode away
He came to the grove of the gods and asked they'd hear what he would say
They granted him their pity and ears, and wiped away the man's cold tears
As he opened his mouth and sat in the snow, they knew very well what they would hear
"I gave you my faith, I gave you my life, but you give me nothing but bloodshed and strife.
I try my hardest every day, but all you do is turn your gaze.
Is there nothing that I can do to earn your favor and be renewed?
I'm tired of bloodshed, I'm sick of strife; I ask of you now to end my life."
The gods refused to oblige his request so he turned around and ran away
He journeyed on with nowhere to go, until he came straight to the bay
A final cry into the sky he cursed the gods who left him be
He looked down into the abyss and cast himself into the sea
Now he is dead and his body was lost, his story untold for centuries
The only place that he belongs is lost within his memories
No one had mourned, and no one had cried, none who knew this man who died
Black oceans have swallowed him, no one will find where he now lies
He gave his faith, He gave his life, but they gave him nothing but bloodshed and strife
He tried his hardest every day, but all they did was turn their gaze
There was nothing that he could do to earn their favor and be renewed
He could not take the daily strife; so he had no choice but to end his life.
Bandcamp: northsong.bandcamp.com
Website: northsong.net
Facebook: facebook.com/northsong
Official channel: youtube.com/user/garlictoothpaste?feature=
Contact: northsongmetal@gmail.com
Band: Northsong
Album: Forgotten Tales
Genre: Folk/Viking metal
Country: United States,2013
Folk/Viking metal from the USA
From the Single ''Forgotten Tales'',2013
Many thanks to Cort Runyon from Northsong for the approval on this video
All music & lyrics composed, performed, and mastered by Cortland Runyon
Northsong is the Symphonic Folk/Viking metal solo project founded by Cortland Runyon in 2010, which blends epic symphonies, heavy guitars, folk instruments, and a varying range of vocals to create an adventurous and battle-like atmosphere. Basing it's lyricism off of Norse Mythology, along with epic stories and battles set in the Viking Age.
Many thanks to wyldraven for the approval of the artwork
Artwork by: ©wyldraven - All rights reserves to the respective artist
Check out the gallery: wyldraven.deviantart.com
Lyrics:
Years ago, in the wintry years a steel clad man had rode away
He came to the grove of the gods and asked they'd hear what he would say
They granted him their pity and ears, and wiped away the man's cold tears
As he opened his mouth and sat in the snow, they knew very well what they would hear
"I gave you my faith, I gave you my life, but you give me nothing but bloodshed and strife.
I try my hardest every day, but all you do is turn your gaze.
Is there nothing that I can do to earn your favor and be renewed?
I'm tired of bloodshed, I'm sick of strife; I ask of you now to end my life."
The gods refused to oblige his request so he turned around and ran away
He journeyed on with nowhere to go, until he came straight to the bay
A final cry into the sky he cursed the gods who left him be
He looked down into the abyss and cast himself into the sea
Now he is dead and his body was lost, his story untold for centuries
The only place that he belongs is lost within his memories
No one had mourned, and no one had cried, none who knew this man who died
Black oceans have swallowed him, no one will find where he now lies
He gave his faith, He gave his life, but they gave him nothing but bloodshed and strife
He tried his hardest every day, but all they did was turn their gaze
There was nothing that he could do to earn their favor and be renewed
He could not take the daily strife; so he had no choice but to end his life.
Bandcamp: northsong.bandcamp.com
Website: northsong.net
Facebook: facebook.com/northsong
Official channel: youtube.com/user/garlictoothpaste?feature=
Contact: northsongmetal@gmail.com
Band: Northsong
Album: Forgotten Tales
Genre: Folk/Viking metal
Country: United States,2013
