Song Review // 2021-06-04

Wardruna

Runaljod - Yggdrasil

Helevegen

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Vocals

Layered sound that reminds me of those songs you learn where you layer the sentences until it feels fuller and fuller. I feel like we learned some as kids and sang them while camping. Obviously this is taken to a different level than a child's song, but it does have that sing-with-it vibe. Overall, I didn't mind it all, but not my favourite style.

Music

The music feels like they didn't over-complicate things so that the focus would be the beat and the voice.

Lyrics

I am sure I will be butchering the lyrics since it is Norwegian, so I have to rely on what I could find for translation. 

I think this might be talking about someone that is near death, and it is saying that Odin is aware of when this moment will be.

I know everything, Odin
Alt veit eg, Odin

where you eye lie
kvar du auge løynde

Who will sing me
Kven skal synge meg

in the web of death sling me
i daudsvevna slynge meg

when I go all the way
når eg helvegen går

and they track I tread
og dei spora eg trår

are cold, so cold
er kalde, så kalde