Tattered Banners And Bloody Flags Lyrics

Lyric discussion by RoC 

Cover art for Tattered Banners And Bloody Flags lyrics by Amon Amarth

It's about the final battle between the gods (Ragnarök). Lopt is the same as Loke/Loki, the betrayer of the gods. The text itself is rather self-explanatory. The battle takes place on the plane of Vigrid, Heimdal, the god of light, sounds the Gjallarhorn and the norns cannot forsee Oden's death. The only thing that is a bit wierd (though it is in fact correct) is that Hrym (the inhabitor of the nail-ship Naglfar, also a giant) is departing from Niflheim (a place for those who didn't die in battle, but off e.g old age) instead of Jotunheim (the land of the giants).

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