Taken the long way
Dark realms I went through
I arrived
My vision's so clear
In anger and pain
I left deep wounds behind
But I arrived
Truth might be changed by victory

Beyond the void but deep within me
A swamp of filth exists
A lake it was of crystal beauty
But Arda's spring went by
I've heard the warning
Well curse my name
I'll keep on laughing
No regret
No regret

Don't fear the eyes of the dark lord
Morgoth I cried
All hope is gone but I swear revenge
Hear my oath
I will take part in your damned fate

I will always remember their cries
Like a shadow which covers the light
I will always remember the time
But it's past
I cannot turn back the time
(I) don't look back
There's still smoke near the shore
But I arrived
Revenge be mine

I will take part in your damned fate
Morgoth I cried
It's my oath
So don't fear the eyes
Of the dark lord

Soon you will be free
Set your spirit free
"Suddenly I realized
The prophecies
I've never believed in
My deeds were wrong
I've stained the land
And slain my kin
(Burning Soul)
There's no release from my sins
It hurts
THE CURSE OF FËANOR RUNS LONG
Time and only time will tell us
Tell: was I right or wrong?
When anger breaks through
I'll leave mercy behind"

I will take part in your damned fate
Morgoth I cried
It's my oath
So don't fear the eyes
Of the dark lord

I will always remember their cries
Like a shadow they'll cover my life
But I'll also remember mine
(And) after all I'm still alive


Lyrics submitted by Equilan

The Curse of Feanor Lyrics as written by Hans Juergen Kuersch Andre Olbrich

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    General Comment

    this song represents the madness which feanor had befallen as the silmarils were lost. these lyrics are really worth a good song!

    brewmasteron August 11, 2002   Link
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    General Comment

    what?? rider_of_the_sun??? are you serious??? BG is the best at singing about this type of genre....anyway...

    this is my favourite song on the album, when feanor, and the curse him and all his kin,beacuse of the oath he swore....great GREAT song!!!

    Agarashon September 06, 2002   Link
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    General Comment

    I love this song. Not only because it is about my favourite character, but I also love the overall song. What a poor sentence. Anyway...

    It is, obviously, about Fëanor's desent into madness.

    At the second last verse (I'm not counting choruses, here) I believe it his thoughts as he is dying. He finally realizes all that he is done, and he feels remorse for it.

    Then, the last verse may be told from the perspective of a dead Fëanor. He is saying that, even in the Halls of Mandos, he cannot find release of the memories of his deeds. And although he is physically dead, his thoughts and memories are not. He can look at everything differently now, since he is no longer blinded by madness and rage.

    So yeah. That's my interpretation.

    Telperionon December 01, 2004   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    He means that Hammerfall is the "Blink 182-version" of power metal. And I totally agree!

    .ChildOfTheNight.on July 03, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Yeah... fuck hammerfall!

    kidsmoke91on January 10, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    I really like this song...listened many and many times to it, the chorus kinda sticks in your head, and thats not bad at all! Hmm...just one thing...never saw them doing this song live, anyone knows why? It's such a great song!

    marcnion November 26, 2008   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation

    I thik that Telperion interpretation is almost correct but a few things. "I will always remember their cries Like a shadow which covers the light I will always remember the time But it's past I cannot turn back the time (I) don't look back There's still smoke near the shore But I arrived Revenge be mine" I believe this part of the song is about the fratricide of Alqualondë, where Feanor and the other Noldor kill the Teleri and burn the ships they didn't steal from them. That's about the "smoke near the shore".

    lilithlunon June 04, 2010   Link
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    General Comment

    This one is about Feanors mad quest and his oath. I made a lyric video for this to help contextualize the song! <3 youtube.com/watch

    Enjoy!

    nick107276on September 24, 2022   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation

    That's about the hate of Feanor after the stealing from Morgoth of the Silmarils and the slaining of his father, Finwe.

    <<Taken the long way Dark realms I went through I arrived My vision's so clear In anger and pain I left deep wounds behind But I arrived Truth might be changed by victory>>

    Feanor approaching the middle earth, I think

    <<Beyond the void but deep within me A swamp of filth exists>> This is describing the middle earth

    <<A lake it was of crystal beauty But Arda's spring went by>>

    Went by because of the destruction of Telperion and Laurelin and the spreading of the evilness of Melkor

    <<I've heard the warning Well curse my name I'll keep on laughing No regret No regret>>

    The Valar send Mandos to talk to them, after the Alqualonde fratricide, to warn them about the unnumbered tears they'll have to cry, and the pain they'll suffer because of their betrayal, so that they'll be exiliated from the Immortal Lands. But Feanor replys with a laugh ( " the deeds that we shall do shall be the matter of song until the last days of Arda!") Finarfin gets back to Valinor, though.

    After that is obviously about the Curse, then the Alqualonde killing.

    Last part is the most enigmatic. As others says, it is probably Feanor in the Mandos halls, at about the end of the world ( "Soon you will be free / Set your spirit free) realizing how bad is what he has done. After all, as Tolkien says, he was inspired by Melkor, his poison has reached his way to Feanor heart, and was Melkor speaking through him.

    Awesome.

    Arimaneon March 13, 2013   Link
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    My Interpretation

    As is evident from the song's title itself, this is about Feanor and his rejection of Arda and the rule of the Ainur and his leading of the Noldor under his house (though he believed only him and if he died his sons should be the only high kings of the Noldor) to Middle Earth after The Kinslaying.

    "In anger and pain, I left deep wounds behind." He left Arda with his father killed by Melkor and the silmarils stolen. There might also be a reference here to the deep wounds that were felt by the Teleri, as well as felt by others. Although, given Feanor's character it seems doubtful he feels guilty of it himself.

    "But I arrived, truth might be changed by victory" Probably saying Feanor wanted to make his own truth rather than accept what others believed to be truth. For instance: it was in the best interest of the elves to reside in Arda, the silmarils should have been given up to restore the two trees etc.

    "A lake it was of crystal beauty But Arda's spring went by"

    I think this might be a reference to how originally, when the Elves, the first children of Iluvitar were awoken, they were by a lake (I forget the name of it) and there was no sun or moon but they were under nothing but starlight, and the lake beautifully reflected it. Feanor wants to go back to being in Middle Earth and at the very least bring those under his house of the Noldor to it. He wants to be the final say in everything and doesn't want the consideration of his half brother, or any of the spirits Ainur, Maia etc.

    The following verses in the first chorus are about The Oath and relentlessly seeking after Morgoth's destruction and retreival of the silmarils along with remembering The Kinslaying and knowing there's no going back for him, as well as a mention of when they stole the three most precious ships of the Teleri and then burned them.

    (Burning Soul) is a reference to what happened to Feanor's body when he died, not leaving a corpse behind but leaving merely ashes.

    SeaSprayon October 18, 2021   Link

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