Skirnir

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Long is one night, and long the second one;
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How can I.... how can I wait through three?
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Once a month.... a month seemed less to me
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Compared to this one night of waiting for her....

[Verse 2]
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As dear to no man in days past
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Was maid as she is to me:
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But no elf, no god, will grant my prayer
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That I may lie with her....

[Chorus]
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Hail to thee, Veraldur!!!

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[Verse 1]
D            F         D        A#     A
Long is one night, and long the second one;
D        F          D    A#     A   G
How can I.... how can I wait through three?
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Once a month.... a month seemed less to me
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Compared to this one night of waiting for her....

[Verse 3]
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Arise, Skirnir, now ride swiftly to Frey, my son,
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And ask him this:
With whom is the Wise one so angry,
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So sad at hearth?

[Chorus]
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Hail to thee, Veraldur!!!

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
(spoken)
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To stake life on the luck of the dice
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Is better than to be a coward:
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The day of my death is by fate,
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My time is fixed.

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Night has fallen:
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Now we must ride over the misty mountains,
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The fells of the troll-folk;

We shall both arrive or both fall
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....into the hands of Gymir.

[Chorus]
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Hail to thee, Veraldur!!!

[Instrumental]
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