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Hel
09:05
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Odin threw Jörmungandr in the deep sea
Odin had Fenrir Wolf bound with chain
And Odin he cast me down into Nifelheim
Odin he cast me down into Nifelheim
My name is Hel my name is Hel
I rule of the kingdom of the dead
My name is Hel my name is Hel
On no one on no one I depend
I look the way I do
To remind you of what’s to come
To get to me just go down and northward
I retrieve the dead I provide for those sent
My realm is ever growing
Even Odin bows his head
Even Odin bows his head
My name is Hel my name is Hel,
I rule of the kingdom of the dead.
If you die without glory you can be sure you will meet me
And what I have I never give back
And what I have I never give back
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Mare
04:14
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Even if you count all the stars
In the sky I’ll come
Even if you close the door tight
As you can I’ll come
And I’ll ride you I’ll ride you
In the dark pressing and crushing
While you sleep and you you will feel
Every part of me
Mardröm mardröm mardröm mardröm
I bring nightmares exhaustion unease
A feeling of paralysis from which you can’t break free
Mardröm mardröm mardröm mardröm
When I’m done with you
I might journey fast with your horse
Through the dead of night
Through the dead of night
And in the morning
Its hair will be braided with knots
Impossible to comb impossible to comb
Mardröm mardröm mardröm mardröm
To ease my birth my mother used the black arts
Through the amniotic sack from a foal she crawled
Oh she cursed me she cursed me
My mother she cursed me
She changed the order of nature
And that’s why I ride you
That’s why I ride you
Mardröm mardröm mardröm mardröm
I bring nightmares exhaustion unsease
A feeling of paralysis from which you can’t break free
Mardröm mardröm mardröm mardröm
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Huldra
05:54
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Huldra
I’m beckoning pale hands outreached to you
I’m beckoning my eyes are meltwater blue
My eyes are meltwater blue
You know who I am
Your Grandmother told you the stories
You know who I am
I’m not human born I’m not human born
Will you or won't you follow me through the trees
For you know one look from me will bring you to your knees
Will you or won't you follow me through the trees
For you know one look from me will bring you to your knees
You see my tail I know you see it quite clearly
Swaying from the base of my spine
You know what it is I’m after
You know I want you inside.
And oh you’re longing
To be between my thighs
And oh you’re longing
To be between my thighs
Will you or won't you follow me through the trees
For you know one look from me will bring you to your knees
You think of your wife
And you think of your children
You think of your life
And of what you’re leaving behind
Follow me and you might never leave here
Oh and if you do your wits may not follow
Your wits may not follow you
Will you or won't you follow me through the trees
For you know one look from me will bring you to your knees
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Angrboda
05:52
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My daughter is half dead half alive
She looks at you with different coloured eyes
My son has fur and fangs and deathlike growl
When Ragnarok arrives you’ll hear his howl
My second son is legless has venom and scales
He encircles the whole world he bites his own tail
I am the mother of Hel
I am the mother of Fenrir wolf
I am the mother of Jörmungandr
East of Midgard in Jotunheim is where you’ll find me
In the forest of Ironwood in the forest of Ironwood
I am Angrboda a Jotunn and bringer of grief
And I laid with Loki I laid with Loki
And I laid with Loki I laid with Loki
The gods expected nothing but chaos from offspring
They feared them all and took them from my hall
Through each of my children
I unravel creation through each one of my children
I bring about destruction
I am Angrboda a Jotunn and bringer of grief
And I laid with Loki I laid with Loki
And I laid with Loki I laid with Loki
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Qalupalik
04:10
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I see you I see you through the ice
I tap tap tap with my fingers
The eerie hum of my song
Brought you here
So close to me
You look down
See my decomposing face
Your father was not wrong
Your father was not wrong
When he said you shouldn’t venture far alone
Or you or you will suffer
At the hands of the Qalupalik
And through the ice I come
Wraith like dark and hollow eyes
Hair lank claws long
And before you can run
I snatch you
And under the ice we go
And under the ice we go
You can hear I can hear
The muffled crying
Of your name
From the shore
And from you
I take your youth
And you grow old
As I grow young
Your father was not wrong,
Your father was not wrong
When he said don’t venture far alone
Or you or you will suffer
At the hands of the Qalupalik
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Deer Woman
06:39
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There are scalps on poles
Held by girls dancing dancing
As I circle the fire
I watch you leaping prancing
I’m here with your tribe
But no one saw me arrive
No one saw me arrive
Dance with me around the fire
To the beat of the drum
Dance with me around the fire
To the beat of the drum
Keep your tobacco and chants away
Keep your tobacco and chants away
And don’t look down for you’ll see
Hooves where moccasins should be
Your thoughts are upwards
You’re happy no reason to look down
To think otherwise
I hold you with my magic eyes
And I draw you away into the trees
I take pleasure from you
Then while you’re recovering
I trample you with my knife edge hooves
I trample you with my knife edge hooves
I come and go there’s nothing anyone can do to stop me
Dance with me around the fire
To the beat of the drum
Dance with me around the fire
To the beat of the drum
Keep your tobacco and chants away
Keep your tobacco and chants away
And don’t look down for you’ll see
Deer hooves where moccasins should be
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Ajatar
04:15
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In the most extreme north
A dark and dreadful place
It’s there that you’ll find me
There that you’ll find me
There that you’ll find me
There that you’ll find the woman
With hair that falls to her heels
I live in the mountains
Lempo and gnomes are at my service
I’m abhorrent and shameless
I breastfeed serpents and I suckle beasts
I spread pestilence and I spread disease
I rejoice in all evil things
In all evil things I rejoice
Look at my pox-ridden body mortal
And you will suffer
Look at my pox-ridden body mortal
Perhaps you’ll die
I breastfeed serpents and I suckle beasts
I spread pestilence and I spread disease
I rejoice in all evil things
In all evil things I rejoice.
In all evil things I rejoice
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Plague Hag
05:10
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It’s 1349 and on a ship from England I arrive
in Norway I arrive in Norway
One man sees me leave
he sees my rake and my broom
his face is stricken with terror
his eyes become wide as the moon
If I carry my broom you’re doomed
so there’s no point in running my dear
no one will be living when I’ve come through
If I carry my rake there’s some chance of escape
If I carry my rake you might live
Will I the plague hag take your life
or will I spare it for now
Will I the plague hag take your life
or will I spare it for now
Word of me spreads like fire
folk lock windows and doors
but I move from farm to farm
it's impossible to keep me away
I’m clad in black flies and rats surround me
as I make my trail of oblivion through Norway
Folk die in their beds die toiling the land
folk die spinning thread die with dough in their hands
children are orphaned left all alone left all alone
Will I the plague hag take your life
or will I spare it for now
Will I the plague hag take your life
or will I spare it for now
Word of me spreads like fire
folk lock windows and doors
but I move from farm to farm
it's impossible to keep me away
But before long before long everything is still
But before long before long everything is still
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Sedna
09:07
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My father hacks away my hands
And I fall and I fall
My father hacks away my hands
And I fall I fall under the waves
My fingers become walrus
My fingers become seal
My fingers become polar bear
My fingers become whale
And the sea grows full
My home is a place of bone and stone
Shaman visit from the land to ask for meat
They comb my hair wash me with sand
To appease me to appease me
It’s my choice if the sea provides or not
It’s my choice if the people above survive or not
My fingers become walrus
My fingers become seal
My fingers become polar bear
My fingers become whale
And the sea grows full
Mother of the deep they call me
Mother of the sea
Goddess of the eating place
The terrible one underneath
My fingers become walrus
My fingers become seal
My fingers become polar bear
My fingers become whale
And I become Sedna
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The Norns
04:41
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Urd Verdandi Skuld
The past what’s present what shall be
Beings of time beings of motion
Urd Verdandi Skuld
We feed the roots of Yggdrasill
So they stand firm holding the nine worlds
We craft and control fate
We’re the powers of the cosmos
Greater than even the gods
For our fate crafting we draw wooden lots
Carve runes weave cloth
When a child is born we appear at the bedside
Where we decide how long it’s got to survive
We handle the strands of its life
We handle the strands of its life
Urd Verdandi Skuld
The past what’s present what shall be
Urd Verdandi Skuld
We’re here to remind you that in the end
You’re all dead you’re all dead.
You can blame us for your fate
Or accept it with grace
We never stop never grow weary
We’ll be here for the rest of days
Urd Verdandi Skuld
The past what’s present what shall be
Beings of time beings of motion
Urd Verdandi Skuld
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Cave Mouth is a musical project one as haunting as it is beautiful, minimalist as it is epic. Where literary musings meet a
visceral soundscape invoking mythic visions and heartfelt fables.
Cave Mouth is a transatlantic band and is the brain child of Meghan Wood (Crown of Asteria) and writer Katie Metcalfe.
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