For Love of Battle

I strap on my armor and sharpen my blades
Pain is temporary but glory never fades
We chant the war songs as we form battle lines
Anticipation grows as the sunlight shines
Off the shields of the enemy as they charge across the field
We race forth to meet them unwilling to yield

As the swords swing and the arrows fly
And the wings of the carrion crows darken the sky
Rush towards the enemy, charge into the fray
This is when we truly live, if just for one day

We hit their lines hard, berserker rage clouds our minds
A thirst for bloody painful death spurs us on
We break through their shield wall, now we are inside
I their midst we wreak havoc, our axes fly

As the swords swing and the arrows fly
And the wings of the carrion crows darken the sky
Rush towards the enemy, charge into the fray
This is when we truly live, if just for one day

I look all around me as the battle rages on
Our foes are all falling, soon there will be none
No quarter asked or given, they will not surrender
We have destroyed them all, and the battle is ended

Now is time to bind our wounds, and retrieve our dead
To our fallen comrades we dedicate, the blood that has been shed
We return triumphantly to the feast hall, through the night we shall celebrate
If we fall in battle tomorrow we accept it as our fate


As the swords swing and the arrows fly
And the wings of the carrion crows darken the sky
Rush towards the enemy, charge into the fray
This is when we truly live, if just for one day