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Edda

by David Stahl

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1.
Edda 08:38
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It's cold underneath the bridge that spans here inbetween the mortal world and the citadel I know it seems these stories paint an imperfect scene It would be flawed any other way The poems were written, events recorded then unpermitted and disregarded Excursions within the Earth and Heavens Bifröst, this bridge, extends between them Mortality and regeneration Destructive scenes and the birth of new nations From Ymir's bones the land was made and in this sea, his blood still remains These stories are old but still they survive as does the despair and the hope they provide Remember this day remember this moment This bridge spans between exile and atonement Such pessimism and divine wisdom the comedy that occurs in between From inspired construction to total destruction This lament is our remedy Some heroes we detest, their stories of conquest the trickster twists them into the chaos But Loki knows, as the story grows It takes on a life of it's own
2.
Niflheim 06:00
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We're standing across the abyss it's glazed in black ice but steam penetrates through cracks in the stone By honor, my mission is this... your death would suffice an absence of hate when steel meets your bone They gather around sky swirls with a sense of calm The sun is going down The shadows awaken I've been testing the outskirts of Niflheim since before I was old It makes the badlands seem tame it makes the sunlight feel cold I've seen gods battle here, despite the odds against demons from below I've seen men cower in fear to submit because they know Now in the center of Niflheim where ice shafts pierce and rocks are stained with the rust of hard fought blood and iron It chills to the bone while you're burnt by the fire So now I pay tribute to the ones who came before when you step to the edge of the abyss it can leave you wanting more The mission is this in concert we roll Infinite abyss It can't take it's toll if we refuse to be defeated Now in the center of Niflheim…
3.
Ymir 06:53
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A sound that precedes the silence Commotion before the calm An endlessly stretched horizon compressed until it equals one From Ymir's flesh, the world was made and from his blood, the sea Crafted of bone, mountains and stone and from his mind... Eternity! Ever after, just as before So it goes on forever Use this key to unlock the door Just divide always by never The chaos before creation A witness before the dawn A breath of illumination The fire that lit the Sun An author of untold stories The builder of time destroyed A world turning convoluted Careening out into the void Ever after, just as before So it goes forever Use this key to unlock the door Just divide always by never Hard to focus where you're going when you've broken what you came from Multiply always by never It's such a futile equation
4.
Helheim 07:53
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Beneath the roots of the world tree lies the home of the discarded It burns here, should you breathe too deeply This place will finish what you started A soot red rooster from the halls of hell roams beneath three roots of the world tree Yggdrasil It's an underworld few plan to see It's a war torn land at the end of the journey Oh... What have I done? Helheim It's a purgatory for the mind The final world, the last of nine A destiny the lost will find There's no rest here, for the rest of time A cold wind howls, and the hounds as well It's a netherworld where the lost souls dwell Lying deep beneath where the dark herbs grow The wars rage on, as above, so below Now I'm told it's no disgrace to end up here, a final resting place It's not the heaven where the heroes go but the only afterlife that I'm allowed to know This is no time to fall It's a chance to believe Captive within these walls there's a chance to redeem Surely we paid the toll many times over already I refuse to submit to this destiny Helheim
5.
Odin 08:03
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Odin rides across the sky The fog clears away I can see not much remains Soon we fall into unguided disarray Maybe we always knew that it could end this way This battle may be lost but the war is still underway Odin, behind you! I see the wolf, Fenrir He's already swallowed the Sun The underworld has won With one eye you have seen more than I could ever dream I can still see Odin ride his eight leg steed across the sky He's surrounded by the Valkyries Bone to bone Blood to blood and limb to limb Odin lived like the legacy he created The battle draws to an end Odin's death has been avenged but that brings little peace and still the mood is grim The ending feels flawed How could this be the fate of our god Yet Odin still lives on in the prose and in our songs Odin
6.
Asgard 07:12
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The walls shine... in my mind where only gods can dwell A compound lies behind one root of Yggdrassil I often imagine what happens deep within those walls I long for Valhalla but first I must prove to belong Sit yourself down or pick yourself up You can feel the ground shaking to the footsteps Hammer must fall Will you be crushed? Only after all can we know the outcome The walls are breached Giants pour in The foe is strong and this could be the end There are worlds between us yet it's seamless Now we fight for Asgard Asgard, the celestial stronghold we bask in your glory The gods realm Your honor keeps forging what we aspire to be If we stay undivided There's nothing that we can't achieve I yearn for Valhalla and I'll fight for that dream Now the smoke clears lightning dissipates and rivers of blood.. they evaporate Odin is struck down Thor and Loki too Asgard starts to drown into a sunken tomb But after all is lost there can be built again an even better world to meet a better end There are worlds between us yet it's seamless Asgard will rise again

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released July 18, 2022

Songwriting, Drums, Orchestra, Mixing and Mastering by David Stahl
Lyrics & Vocals by Mike Patterson
Guitars performed by Timothy Reid
Additional Orchestration & Synths by Kelly Miller
Bass performed by Tony Hill
Artwork and Video Production by Yola & David Stahl

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