To add on to what kazaakas already mentioned about the song, I thought I'd add something that I found interesting:
I think it's important that Loki changes his form into that of an old, ugly woman. He could have easily refused as himself to weep and had the same effect, but since Baldr was the Norse god of beauty, it makes Loki's criticism of the Aesir that much more pointed. While this is merely implied in the traditional canon, Amon Amarth make this connection more explicit by making reference to the god of beauty ostensibly ignoring the ugliness that exists in the world - "He never brought me pleasure or glee / So why would I help to set Balder free".
To add on to what kazaakas already mentioned about the song, I thought I'd add something that I found interesting:
I think it's important that Loki changes his form into that of an old, ugly woman. He could have easily refused as himself to weep and had the same effect, but since Baldr was the Norse god of beauty, it makes Loki's criticism of the Aesir that much more pointed. While this is merely implied in the traditional canon, Amon Amarth make this connection more explicit by making reference to the god of beauty ostensibly ignoring the ugliness that exists in the world - "He never brought me pleasure or glee / So why would I help to set Balder free".