Ishjärta lyrics

Ishjärta – Heart of Ice
Seventh song on Svavelvinter's full-length-album Mörkrets Tid.
English lyrics translation and explanations below.
Album available at Dimout Production.

This song depicts a disastrous expedition to the submerged ruins of the city Krau-Ki. A band of monks are looking for an ancient blade that they think will be useful against the undead Crurer. The ruins are located in a giant ice cave under the glacier Kmorda. To make things even worse, a lake has formed on the glacier above the city.

Swedish lyrics

Bortom berg, bortom snö

finns en stad under sjö

Markens märg hör jag dö

Hjärtat slår, håller rytmen än

Ur en tid, av ett band

utan frid, vinterns hand

letar strid, klyver land

genom köld ännu vandrar hän

Vad än vi söker så finner oss ödet

Vi blir allt färre, vi faller i vår grav

Där isen kröker att leda oss till möte

ren vinterns herre det kalla rummet gav

Allt ska vakna

Allt ska dö

Den oss hemsöker drar ner oss i flödet

är inte kräsen. Konfluxen blir vårt nav

Regnbågen fångad under frusna himlavalv

i stumma speglar hennes skri

Miljoner tårar regnar ner med isens skalv

Vi delar bittert hennes sorgestund

aldrig mer bli fri

Kom ät med mig

känn giftet fylla ben och blod

Bli ett med allt

låt dela syskonspillrans bord

Hör natten gå till ton från isens tusendropp

Med gryningsljus 

ska vattnet tvaga fallen kropp

Vart än vi strävat vi aldrig funnit något

Under vår väntan förbannelsen låg kvar

Vi ständigt bävat 

men alltid plikten vågat

Förfädrens längtan  

vårt hopp i tiden bar

English lyrics

Beyond mountains, beyond snow

there’s a town under a lake

I hear the earth’s marrow die

while the heart beats, still keeping it’s rythm

Out of time, of a bond

without rest, winter’s hand

seeks battle, cleaving land

roaming still through the cold

Whatever we seek, destiny finds us

We’re getting fewer, falling in our graves

Where the ice curves leading us to meet him

the lord of winter opening his cold abode

All shall awaken

All shall die

He who haunts us pulls us down into the flow

He devours. The Conflux be our grave

The rainbow trapped beneath the frozen heavens

silent mirrors showing her fear

A million tears fall from shuddering ice

We share her bitter sorrow

never again to be free

Come eat with me

feel the poison flow through bone and blood

Become one with all

share the table of our shrinking group

Hear the night pass, resounding dripping ice

With the morning light

water shall cleanse our fallen bodies

Wherever we strived, nothing was found

Throughout our wait the curse remained

Incessantly we trembled 

but still honoured our duties

The ancestors’ longing 

bore our hope through ages

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The Conflux is a central concept in the novels. It is a needle's eye in the flow of destiny, a time and a place towards which all narratives converge. What happens there will decide the future. Many for this reason seek to dominate The fifth Conflux that is approaching, among them the wizard Shagul from Death's End.