In Norse and Germanic myth the dead go to one of several places, this song is about calling to the one eyed god way up high to open the gates. Odin is the literal father of important gods, such as Thor, and All-Father to the whole of creation, divine and human. He doesn't open the gates for the gods to the mortals, he opens the gates for the mortals to enter the gods. Basically a much more spiritual an unsafe journey.
In Norse and Germanic myth the dead go to one of several places, this song is about calling to the one eyed god way up high to open the gates. Odin is the literal father of important gods, such as Thor, and All-Father to the whole of creation, divine and human. He doesn't open the gates for the gods to the mortals, he opens the gates for the mortals to enter the gods. Basically a much more spiritual an unsafe journey.