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Villt ok Frjáls

[Verse 1] Kaldr vindr rennr gegnum hár ok kinn, hvern blást ber raddir víða inn. Þær eina mína sælu kvína, hvít orðskr taki stein á sinn. Ríki hripað, hvar vindi flugu inn. [Pre-chorus] Heyri ég óm áþögls sálm, fylla sprungur þar ljós stalma bálm. [Chorus] Ísnar ekka vækkja mik, kalla mik út á sæinn vík. Vér erum sveinir, ein kyn, villt ok frjáls – ek em hér, ek em hér. [Verse 2] Fjorðr neðan, spegllangt blár, halr himininn í stoltum jár. Safíræð æð gegnum gráan foss, hver stund er tær, ekkis stund aust. [Bridge] Kaldr klengir, flókinn vinr, þekkir hvorki upphaf né lið. Hjarta slær hægtt í hrímskí ónd, hver slátt færir nær mér sjálfum stund. [Chorus] Ísnar ekka vækkja mik, kalla mik út á sæinn vík. Vér erum sveinir, ein kyn, villt ok frjáls – ek em hér, ek em hér. Translation: [Verse 1] Cold wind runs through hair and cheek, Every breath carries voices far within. They torment my only happiness, White words take stone upon themselves. The kingdom crumbles where winds fly in. [Pre-chorus] I hear the echo of a silent psalm, Filling cracks where light steals balm. [Chorus] The ice giants do not wake me, Call me out onto the ocean bay. We are warriors, one kin, Wild and free — I am here, I am here. [Verse 2] A fjord below, blue as a mirror, The sky hangs proud in iron armor. Sapphire veins run through the gray waterfall, Every moment is pure, No moment is wasted eastward. [Bridge] Cold clangs, A tangled friend, Knows neither beginning nor end. The heart beats slowly in the frost-skull’s evil, Each beat brings me closer to myself.