The Serpent’s Trail

Lyrics

[Verse 1] There's a crack in reality Inside there is a hidden veil I sense my fate waits for me As I descend the serpent's trail The winding path downwards leads me Through twisted trees and stinking bogs I dare not stop to look around me I'll lose myself in thickening fog [Pre-Chorus] Into darkness, I am drifting I am losing my direction [Chorus] Someone told me, keep your feet If you are to walk this way A fearless heart with a steady beat Or else you may be led astray What you look for, what you seek Is at the end of this trail You must walk with a steady beat Or else you may be led astray You will drift away [Verse 2] I see shapes of men among the trees Stuck in a place of frozen glow They're turned to stone by what they've seen A pain and fear they can't let go I spiral down towards the earth's core Where all my terrors seem to dwell Where many who have come before Stumbled, crumbled and they fell [Pre-Chorus] Into darkness, I am drifting I am losing my direction [Chorus] Someone told me, keep your feet If you are to walk this way A fearless heart with a steady beat Or else you may be led astray No return, no retreat But you will surely find your way Keep your heart at a steady beat And you will live to fight another day [Bridge] And there it is, the river Gjöll Flowing cold with tears of grief One cannot swim the river Gjöll One has to cross the golden bridge I reach the depths of Niflhel Alone, naked, and weak Then appears the goddess Hel Who the dead and wretched keeps But as I face my deepest fears I open up my heart And so a different path appears My ascension starts