The Tree of Life Lyrics

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BENEATH ITS ROOTS
ALONG THE BRANCHES
LIFE BLOOMS

LINKED BY THE BIFROST
NINE WORLDS ENDURE
YGGDRASIL STANDS

BY URD'S WILL GODS GATHER DAILY
NOT TOO FAR FROM ASGARD BEHOLDING THEIR REALM
MEANWHILE NIFHOGG GNAWS THE ROOTS OF ALL EXTENT
ADVERSE IS THE EAGLE ON TOP OF THE MIGHTY TREE

RATATOSE THE SQUIRREL HASTES UP AND DOWN
THROUGH ALL THE LENGTH OF THE COLOSSAL ASH TREE
BEARING WORDS OF SPITEFUL NATURE
BETWEN THE EAGLE AND NIDHOGG THE SNAKE

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HANGING ON A BRANCH THROUGH NINE DAYS AND NIGHTS
ODEN TOOK HIS LIFE FOR DEATH DOES NOT FRIGHT
WIND BLOWS THE LEAVES FOR THE EAGLE FLAPS HIS WINGS
THE AESIR FEEL THEIR GRIEF FOR ALLFATHER'S DEATH

AS THE LEAVES HOLD THE POWER TO RESTORE ALL LIFE
OPEN RISES FROM THE DEAD GAINING HOLY WISDOM

"AN ASH I KNOW THERE STANDS
YGGDRASIL IS ITS NAME
A TALL TREE SHOWERED WITH SHINING LOAM
FROM THERE COME THE DEWS THAT DROP IN THE VALLEYS
IT STANDS FOREVER GREEN OVERS URD'S WELL"

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