I've had my courage measurednBy the great heroic deathnBehind a grisly imagenA grim and ghastly wrathnA striking portrait hiddennIn a cruel and ancient visionnDark my pride of braverynThrough the eye of Odin I see....nnAn axe-age, a sword-age, a wind-age, a wolf-agenBefore the wrecking of the worldnnSoared through storm cloudsnThe force of fatenWeaving the web of warnNightfall doomfallnDeath come forthnBeware the crimson rainnnPrecious arts of warfarenGaining mortal sacrificenThe taste of blood the foaming frenzynAll berserkers ragenEmerging from a bloodred skynAs storming birds of preynShrieking screaming raging's menacenCatch the blood and await the fallennnMy spear spreads fear my sword still killnA grinding death my willnTo be seen to be feltnWho dies first who follows afternMy infinite powers like thenStrength of a storming seanSo it is for now andnSo shall it forever bennAn axe-age, a sword-age, a wind-age, a wolf-agenBefore the wrecking of the worldnnSoared through storm cloudsnThe force of fatenWeaving the web of warnNightfall doomfallnDeath come forthnBeware the crimson rainnnSacrifice my life for Odins courtnGrant immortalitynRise again to life the heroic deadnAwait the horns soundnnIn days of yore, in truths of tales then told:nYou and every one of younWho follow me are born into my clannI mark as my ownnnAn axe-age, a sword-age, a wind-age, a wolf-agenBefore the wrecking of the worldnnSoared through storm cloudsnThe force of fatenWeaving the web of warnNightfall doomfallnDeath come forthnBecome the crimson rain