Baldr's Doom

from The Cold Plains by Hoarfrost

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Beloved of the Æsir, God of Light and Beauty
Was Baldr, who fell to Loki's treachery

Chorus:
Dreams of death, dreams of doom
Unconquerable fears in the night did loom
The froze his heart and stole the breathe from his lips
And all too soon, he'd be pierced by the mistletoe spear-tip

His mother, Odin's wife, gentle Frigga
Shared his dreams, and was the guardian of his well-being
She went to all the beings of all the lands
And made them swear that her son would not be killed -

- by their own hands... and so they swore the oath
To Odin and Frigga's son Baldr, they would do no harm
And so, the God of Light was henceforth safe
And all the Æsir took to playing games

Chorus:
With bow and arrow, spear and sword
The Æsir to a god failed to do him harm
Loki looked on, his heart cold with jealousy
Loki looked on, his heart hot with fury

And so in the guise of an old crone
Loki entered Frigga's palace, his heart filled with malice
He asked of her "why does your son go unscathed,
what in all the nine worlds could be his bane?

Loki: "Hodr why dost thou, not partake in the games?"
Hodr: "It is for I am blind."
Loki: "Let me take thy hand, and let me guide thy throw."
Loki: "Cast this bolt of mistletoe...."

And all the gods were filled with greatest sorrow
For the most beloved one had fallen, by his brother's hand
Odin struck down Hodr for his unwitting part
And Hermod took up the reins of his father's steed

For nine days and nine nights he rode without pause
Eight legs carrying him downwards him to the depths of the nine worlds
Through pitch-black valleys and over the river Gjöll
Sleipnir galloped ceaselessly, to the Gates of Hel

Chorus:
Splayed before the goddess of death
Hermod begged for his brother's life-breathe
To be returned to him, but Hel was not so easily swayed
Hel: "If all should mourn for him, I shall set Baldr free"

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from The Cold Plains, released November 21, 2009

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