I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
War, the very first war of our world
When the treacherous witch was killed
Three times burned and three times born
By searing flames was Gullveig torn
Death, Odin hurled his spear off with great force
Deep into the great vana-fyrd
Battle horns gave up their sound
And Asgard walls razed to the ground
The Vanir felt deceived
Hone was a fool
Without Mimir at his side
Hone could not rule
In a fit of violent rage
Mimir's blood was shed
And to Odin's court they sent Mimir's severed head
Truce, so a brittle and frail peace was forged
And to ensure that the peace remained
Njordr and Freyr to Asgard came
And Hon' and Mim to Vanaheim
Death, see the furious gods wanting blood
Odin knew that a raging war
Would not bring them any gain
Just leave a black and bitter stain
The Vanir felt deceived
Hone was a fool
Without Mimir at his side
Hone could not rule
In a fit of violent rage
Mimir's blood was shed
And to Odin's court they sent Mimir's severed head
The Vanir felt deceived
Hone was a fool
Without Mimir at his side
Hone could not rule
In a fit of violent rage
Mimir's blood was shed
And to Odin's court they sent Mimir's severed head
When the treacherous witch was killed
Three times burned and three times born
By searing flames was Gullveig torn
Death, Odin hurled his spear off with great force
Deep into the great vana-fyrd
Battle horns gave up their sound
And Asgard walls razed to the ground
The Vanir felt deceived
Hone was a fool
Without Mimir at his side
Hone could not rule
In a fit of violent rage
Mimir's blood was shed
And to Odin's court they sent Mimir's severed head
Truce, so a brittle and frail peace was forged
And to ensure that the peace remained
Njordr and Freyr to Asgard came
And Hon' and Mim to Vanaheim
Death, see the furious gods wanting blood
Odin knew that a raging war
Would not bring them any gain
Just leave a black and bitter stain
The Vanir felt deceived
Hone was a fool
Without Mimir at his side
Hone could not rule
In a fit of violent rage
Mimir's blood was shed
And to Odin's court they sent Mimir's severed head
The Vanir felt deceived
Hone was a fool
Without Mimir at his side
Hone could not rule
In a fit of violent rage
Mimir's blood was shed
And to Odin's court they sent Mimir's severed head
Lyrics submitted by VoiceOfTheSoul
War Of The Gods Lyrics as written by Olavi Mikkonen Ted Oscar Lundstroem
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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