"Noldor (dead Winter Reigns)" as written by and Andre/kuersch Olbrich....
Noldor
Blood is on your hands
Your bane´s
A tearful destiny
Black clouds will carry
Rain of blood
I´ve seen it rain
We were lost
On grinding ice
In fear and hunger
Dead winter reigned
In Araman
(You) can´t escape
From my damnation
(Nor) run away
From isolation
Guilty spoke the one
This deed can´t be undone
Hear my words
Fear my curse
[Chorus: ]
I know where the stars glow
(And the) sky´s unclouded
Sweet the water runs my friend
(But) Noldor
Blood is on your hands
Tears unnumbered
You will shet and dwell in pain
Your homeless souls
Shall come to me
There´s no release
Slain you might be
Slain you will be
Slain you will be
And the lost
Who will not reach the
House of spirits
(Will) grow old and weary
[Chorus: Repeat 3 & 4th verses]
I´ve seen this bitter end
As I´ve foreseen
The storm and ice
And I could see it
(How) a million died
And I?
The blame´s on me
Cause I was not there
[Chorus: Repeat 3 & 4th verse]
Dead winter reigns
And tomorrow´s still unknown
Lies
Condemned and betrayed
Now everything is said
See my eyes
Are full of tears
And a cruel price
We´ve paid
But still I can´t claim
That I´m innocent
Lost
Blood is on your hands
Your bane´s
A tearful destiny
Black clouds will carry
Rain of blood
I´ve seen it rain
We were lost
On grinding ice
In fear and hunger
Dead winter reigned
In Araman
(You) can´t escape
From my damnation
(Nor) run away
From isolation
Guilty spoke the one
This deed can´t be undone
Hear my words
Fear my curse
[Chorus: ]
I know where the stars glow
(And the) sky´s unclouded
Sweet the water runs my friend
(But) Noldor
Blood is on your hands
Tears unnumbered
You will shet and dwell in pain
Your homeless souls
Shall come to me
There´s no release
Slain you might be
Slain you will be
Slain you will be
And the lost
Who will not reach the
House of spirits
(Will) grow old and weary
[Chorus: Repeat 3 & 4th verses]
I´ve seen this bitter end
As I´ve foreseen
The storm and ice
And I could see it
(How) a million died
And I?
The blame´s on me
Cause I was not there
[Chorus: Repeat 3 & 4th verse]
Dead winter reigns
And tomorrow´s still unknown
Lies
Condemned and betrayed
Now everything is said
See my eyes
Are full of tears
And a cruel price
We´ve paid
But still I can´t claim
That I´m innocent
Lost
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Dead winter reigns
And tomorrow's still unknown
(mourning the grief the have cast themselves into for the sake of a future they have little hope for)
Lies
Condemned and betrayed
Now everything is said
(after all the sacrifices Fingolfin and his followers make for Feanor, they find themselves abandoned... betrayed... and they've already participated in the kinslaying and marched past the curse of Mandos, so they see their fates as already sealed and see no choice but to face the grinding ice)
See my eyes
Are full of tears
And a cruel price
We've paid
But still I can't claim
That I'm innocent
Lost
(they're recognizing their folly in supporting Feanor's madness... they knew better all along, but chose loyalty with their brethren in the face of banishment... they're mourning the death of their innocence as they've already done terrible things (and their situation probably seems punishment to them) for the sake of their kin, and now those same kin have forsaken them as well... they're a lost people, and they're mourning)
If you heard Hammerfall - Heeding the Call then listen to this song at the 4 minute (or something) and you will hear that it sounds like Heeding the Call's chorus in a strange version. Hah
If you heard Hammerfall - Heeding the Call then listen to this song at the 4 minute (or something) and you will hear that it sounds like Heeding the Call's chorus in a strange version. Hah
Noldor
Blood is on your hands
Your bane's
A tearful destiny
(The doom of Mandos/The curse of Feanor)
Black clouds will carry
Rain of blood
I've seen it rain
We were lost
On grinding ice
In fear and hunger
(The Noldor crossed on Helcaraxe)
Dead winter reigned
In Araman
(The result of Morgoth killing the trees)
(You) can't escape
From my damnation
(Nor) run away
From isolation
(Either Feanor or Mandos, I'm not sure)
Guilty spoke the one
This deed can't be undone
(Feanor)
Hear my words
Fear my curse
(Doom of Mandos)
I know where the stars glow
(And the) sky's unclouded
Sweet the water runs my friend
(But) Noldor
Blood is on your hands
Tears unnumbered
You will shet and dwell in pain (The booklet that comes with the albun says "shet", remember that Hansi's native language is German, not English)
Your homeless souls
Shall come to me
There's no release
Slain you might be
Slain you will be
Slain you will be
And the lost
Who will not reach the
House of spirits
(Will) grow old and weary
(This whole part is Mandos. He's the keeper of the halls of the slain)
I've seen this bitter end
As I've foreseen
The storm and ice
And I could see it
(How) a million died
And I?
The blame's on me
Cause I was not there
(This would be Feanor or one of his sons feeling guilty of killing so many Elves because of the oath)
Dead winter reigns
And tomorrow's still unknown
Lies
Condemned and betrayed
Now everything is said
See my eyes
Are full of tears
And a cruel price
We've paid
But still I can't claim
That I'm innocent
Lost
(This could be Feanor but I think it;s one of his sons, probably Maglor or Maedhros)