Got a maid from the lands of north
A wife from lands of strange
The work of gods was at last replaced
By days and nights of men
She wakes beside me
She stands by me
She stares at our sky
She lives our lives
In the beginning of all time the sounds of war
I sanctified for work
Cries of terror harmonized to a song
Spirits of wrath restrained
And now dead is my wife
Ripped apart by iron teeth
Slashed by the claws of steel
The ancient venom surfaced again
She lies in the ground
She's gone from me
She stares without eyes
She stares at me
Poisoned by the bane of riches
Betrayed by lies manifold
Slain by avenger
The ancient venom turned the course of fate
She lies in the ground
She's gone from me
She stares without eyes
She stares at me
She woke beside me
She stood by me
She stared at our sky
And lived our life
A wife from lands of strange
The work of gods was at last replaced
By days and nights of men
She wakes beside me
She stands by me
She stares at our sky
She lives our lives
In the beginning of all time the sounds of war
I sanctified for work
Cries of terror harmonized to a song
Spirits of wrath restrained
And now dead is my wife
Ripped apart by iron teeth
Slashed by the claws of steel
The ancient venom surfaced again
She lies in the ground
She's gone from me
She stares without eyes
She stares at me
Poisoned by the bane of riches
Betrayed by lies manifold
Slain by avenger
The ancient venom turned the course of fate
She lies in the ground
She's gone from me
She stares without eyes
She stares at me
She woke beside me
She stood by me
She stared at our sky
And lived our life
Lyrics submitted by NickBush24
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This song is about 'Ilmarinen' who is the Eternal Hammerer, blacksmith and inventor in the Kalevala ( is a 19th-century work of epic poetry) is a god & archetypal artificer from Finnish mythology. He is immortal & capable of creating practically anything, but is portrayed as being unlucky in love. After the loss of his first wife to Kullervo's curse ('Kullervo' an ill-fated character in the Kalevala who curses a herd of cows, turning them into bears to attack a woman who's been tormenting him this woman was Illmarinens wife) - the disheartened Ilmarinen attempts to craft a new one from gold & silver, but finds this golden wife is just not the same.