Northwards and netherwards Where towered a dreary palace She, the ruler of misty Hel Are waiting for you in the hall of death Hoarfrosted sick-bed hordes trudge Murderers and oathbreakers On a crowded path of death Yes, to Hel comes the most Betrayed be her father, her mother be distress Mournful beauty, her face half black, half flesh Tears of sorrow falls like pearls onto the ground Send her far away and let her evil do no harm Send her to Niflhel, to the uttermost peak Her blood shall never in this hall of honour reek Far, far north North of Ginnunngagap Where she rules supreme In lonely majesty Soak shall be her home In death's eternal winter she atone Welcome to her frosty home Far, far north ♪ On the ness I now stand Oh, death would be so sweet But my fate was rusty sealed My vengeance comes wrapped in sleet My powers but grow and grow Come to me, come to me Ragnarøkkr I shall sow When all chains break I'll be free Children red with weeping and a howling blood-smeared hound Wrapped in bedridden saved a place for the weak Across the burning bridge and through the gate of Hel Horrid visions the prophetess saw from where the dead from Hel descend Many men entombed in frost in the ninth realm Into the deepest pit she saw Far, far north North of Ginnunngagap Where she rules supreme In lonely majesty Soak shall be her home In death's eternal winter she atone Welcome to her frosty home Far, far north ♪ A hall she saw stand Far from the sun It's doors facing north On corpse strand Drops of poison Dripped through the smoke-hole The hall is wattled with serpents' backs She saw there wading through turbulent waters Men forsworn and murderers ♪ Ugh, alright Northwards and netherwards Where towered a dreary palace She, the ruler of misty Hel Are waiting for you in the hall of death Hoarfrosted sick-bed hordes trudge Murderers and oathbreakers On a crowded path of death Yes, to Hel comes the most Betrayed be her father, her mother be distress Mournful beauty, her face half black, half flesh Tears of sorrow falls like pearls onto the ground Children red with weeping and a howling blood-smeared hound Wrapped in bedridden saved a place for the weak Across the burning bridge and through the gate of Hel Far, far north North of Ginnunngagap Where she rules supreme In lonely majesty Soak shall be her home In death's eternal winter she atone Welcome to her frosty home Far, far north