Yggdrasil - Luca Turilli's Rhapsody

In the beginning there was the Void

The unending emptiness reigning alone

And then the existence could shape new origin

A cosmic sparkle of intimate force

It grew and spread, first form of life

What’d become known as the «giant world tree»

While all around primal energies formed

The eternal emptiness finally filled

Ex nilo Niflheim, ex nilo Muspellheim

Ad omnium Ymir, nova creatio

Water, ice and storming fire

Pulsing heart of all things

And the new destiny was written

Carved in the wise trunk

The secrets of the holy runes

Set the fate of asgard, hel and midgard

Roots of ancient might

Reflected in valhalla’s light

Odin’s eye, the eagle eye of yggdrasil

He sought for knowledge, immortal truth

He walked alone, facing hope, fear and ghosts

To where the mist hides the deep astral secrets

There where the Nornir control the nine worlds

On that high branch his sacrifice

Flesh of the gods ripped for nine days and night

The naked spirit as his final offer

While the dark waters reflected pure light

Ex nilo Niflheim, ex nilo Muspellheim

Ad omnium Ymir, nova creatio

Greatly inflamed by runic power

Shine the lights of Bifrost

In Odin’s wounds the key of wisdom

Carved in the wise trunk

The secrets of the holy runes

Set the fate of asgard, hel and midgard

Roots of ancient might

Reflected in valhalla’s light

Odin’s eye, the eagle eye of yggdrasil

Greatly inflamed by runic power

Shine the lights of Bifrost

In Odin’s wounds the key of wisdom

Carved in the wise trunk

The secrets of the holy runes

Set the fate of asgard, hel and midgard

Roots of ancient might

Reflected in valhalla’s light

Odin’s eye, the eagle eye of yggdrasil