This song is simply a masterpiece. The lyrics are SO GOOD, I absolutely love the way Heri finishes a lyric line when it was """""supposed"""" to be starting the next...? I don't even know how to explain it, like the "as I sit alone in the DAAAAAAARKNEEEEEESS...". Not to mention that instrumental. Týr changed so much, I wish they were still doing this super technical stuff.
The Faroese part: The Edge is to me just a threshold; sorrow leads the lay of fate I myself composed the defeat/refrain, “East Mount is clear to pass” Soon the song is over, and silence was heard when the cold fate Lead them to Roncevaux, me just to the top of the highest cliff of death. There’s word play here: Niðurlag can mean both defeat and a refrain of a song “Frítt er Eystfelli frá at fara” is a saying that something is free to pass, and is supposedly uttered by the main character of the story that this song is built on Runsival is the Faroese name of the Roncevaux Pass where Charlemagne fought a battle in 778 AD. The main character of this story, Sjúrður, was a reluctant part of a rebellion, as punishment they were cast down a cliff. This cliff is called Valaknúkar in Faroese, which can be translated as Cliffs of Death or the Dead/Fallen (the val- is the same val- as in valkyrja)
I read that "Frítt er Eystfelli frá at fara" is a saying, meaning that the mountain is now the most beautiful as one is about to leave it and never see it again. Maybe something like: you never know what you have until you lose it? Unfortunately I don't speak any Faroese, just some Swedish. Maybe you can help me out there :) thanks
You are talking like there wasn't garbage in the 80s. Don Henley? Brian Adams? Phil Collins? Also, except for the music video, this band was really a niche thing. Not really mainstream
