Arresting Officers - The Hammer And The Raven lyrics

On the tides of war they pulled their oars, to Plunder town and city The Norsemen in their serpent ships, with sword and spear awaiting The conquerors of land and sea, fought for the glory and the faith And when they fell in battle they were welcomed to the hall of the slain (chorus) The hammer and the raven, the glory and the gold The hammer and the raven, the legend lives on They flew with speed on Odin's steed to fight For ever more And the gods of war prepare their force for the final battle's course The raven's mind and memory and the hammer blood and victory Symbols in the warriors minds on the battlefield attack (chorus) The Thunderer ruled overhead the universal God With the hammer and the lightning crack the heavens were secure The conquerors' the choosers of the sacred state of blood And the air would flow and the sun sagged low and the savagery was done (chorus) Odin sacrificed an eye for wisdom and endless Sight He discovered magic runes when he hung nine days and nights On the battlefield his honor was appealed with sacrifice And his wisdom lived in the Viking's heart and his spirit never dies (chorus) x3