Schwarzalbenheim

Therion pays homage to the Gods of old; telling us their stories so that they might Live again. [English translation] World of the Black Elves [Gold of the underworld] Do you hear the hammers' echo? Hear the the hammers' echo! It's Ivalden's sons, listen, They forge the gleaming treasure The gods' divineness Schwarzalbenheim's worms Forge so gleaming gold Shaping the glory of the gods From the veins of the earth Deep beneath stones and roots You find this rare folk Of the depth and let the eager smith Smartly weld the picture of your wish Meanwhile beneath Fjorgyn's skin In the earth's hidden heart The dwarves of the underworld work With the gleaming gold of the gods Draupnir, Mjölnir and Gullburste Art of the Black Elves Brokk da Eitre and Sindre Let the hammer strike again Schwarzalbenheim's worms Forge so gleaming gold Shaping the glory of the gods From the veins of the earth In the tunnels and the caves Like a mycelium in the underground They press ahead the Alchemy Which gives shine to the earth's fuits Creating memories From far distance to create golden Dreams of tomorrow The gods' runes from the depth's Sun of the earth blossom

Text from booklet: "The dwarves and the black elves live below the ground and in stumps and stones. Among all creatures in the universe they are the foremost blacksmiths. Deep down in the underworld they forge the treasures of gods. They use the metals from the veins of earth to create the most precious things. It has been said that this folk may be able to teach you the secret of alchemy and the knowledge of making gold out of earth."