Oh, so fucking cold The winds, the drifts of winter Bone chilling nightfall Early evening sundowns Make nights seem more like borealis dreams My roots run deep, through veins, my ancestry Everything I know, in body and soul Look to the river rushing

May it never end And may your winning streak Winters cold May you always have someone good to hold May your winning streak Through summers long and And may good fortune wait on every bend So, roll the dice, boy 'Cause my money's on you

So far away we wait for the day For the light source so wasted and gone We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand days Through the fire and flames we carry on On a cold winter of morning In the time before the light In flames of death's eternal

So far away we wait for the day For the light source so wasted and gone We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand days Through the fire and flames we carry on On a cold winter of morning In the time before the light In flames of death's eternal

Who am I, darling to you? Who am I, darling for you? I come alone here And meet me there, bundles of flowers We wait through the hours of cold Winter shall howl at the walls Tearing down doors of time Shelter as we go

I still see your light Dear old sun Heaven shining down tonight How you holding up Through the winter cold Up there all alone February's been hard on a heart But we're near the end

The fate of Norns await us all There is no way to escape The day to answer Oden's call Or walk through hell's gate I feel a chill in my heart Like lingering winter cold I and my son are torn apart He was just 6 winters old My first-born was he