[Verse 1]

Bred 'neath the Norðurljós and raised amongst bloodshed

Fled my homeland, leaving footprints of red

Bleeding the nomads on the steppes of the East

Warrior poet, the last of a dying breed

[Pre-Chorus]

I shall strive for glory

Lay down your swords before me

[Chorus]

Exiled king, vengeance I'll bring

Cutting down all who oppose me

Cleave through the unknown with thews hewn from stone

Tearing my course through history

[Post-Chorus]

Exiled king, vengeance will sing

Forging my empire of the sea

Odin guide me

[Verse 2]

To Miklagard we rode for plunder and wine

Palaces looted with rage and rapine

Carved out a fortune with the blood of my foes

To make my last stand where I once was deposed

Raiding the coastlines, our warhorns will sing

Strike fear in the hearts of bastard Saxon kings

They shall weep at my arrival

Splitting skull of every rival

Bathed in blood, encloaked in glory

Corpses heaped for all the gods to see

Look now to your coastline and tremble with dread

The sun will soon set over the mounds of your dead

Blood soaking ground claimed by its rightful lord

Your wives, your sons, and your daughters put to the sword

[Bridge]

This conspiracy to usurp me finally ends this day

All of Mercia shall bleed, bleed unto me

[Verse 3]

Clashing of steel rings through meadows stained red

Wounded, on all sides, I slog through the dead

Arrows are flying, they pierce as I slay

Through thigh and through throat, I’ll reach Valhalla this day

[Pre-Chorus]

I shall murder as I die

Howling my final battle cry

[Chorus]

Exiled king, vengeance I'll bring

Cutting down all who oppose me

Cleave through the unknown with thews hewn from stone

Tearing my course through history

[Post-Chorus]

Exiled king, vengeance will sing

I kill with valour as I die

Odin guide me home

[Outro]

Exiled king, vengeance did sing

He fought with valour as he died

Exiled king, Hardrada slain

Go now with Odin by your side