For centuries we took from their hands We sailed the seas in search of new lands Quietly, violently raiding their towns Norsemen kneel when we come around We faced the wind and pierced We're pale and thin and hungry for gold Hardened children brought up to fight Or else they won't make it through the night Widows of sailors are nowhere found Billows of failures, all dead Took all that we could fit in our hulls From wind to mead, we drank from their skulls Pagan souls possessed by the moon Tales of dead stayed chiseled on runes Widows of sailors are nowhere found Billows of failures, all dead