Amon Amarth Thousand Years Of Oppression Lyrics

Thousand Years Of Oppression Lyrics

He hung on the windswept world tree

Whose roots no one knows

For nine whole days, he hung there

Pierced by Gugnir, his spear



Swimming in pain, he peered into the depths

And cried out in agony

Reaching out, he grasped the runes

Before falling back from the abyss



He gave himself unto himself

In a world of sheering pain

Go that we all may live our lives

By the wisdom that he gained



You doubted him and spread their lies

Across the world with sword in hand

You raped our souls and stole our right

All for the words of mild-mannered man



You listened to mild-mannered god

And put your faith in deceitful words

Your powertrip was paid by blood

In kindness' name, you spilled our blood



I refuse to submit

To the god you say is kind

I know what's right and it is time

It's time to fight and free our minds



Let me die without fear

As I have lived without it

So shut your mouth and spare my ears

I'm fed up with all your bullshit



After a thousand years of opression

Let the berserks rise again

Let the world hear these words once more

"Save us, oh Lord from the wrath of the Norseman"



Our spirits were forged in snow and ice

To bend like steel forged over fire

We were not made to bend like reed

Or turn the other cheek



He grasped the runes, they're ours to use