Grimner Tale of a Broken Man song lyrics

Accused of a crime that he did not commit

The king to him said: "You are not one of us"

They called him a murderer, in exile he was cast

Sent out on his own, to become food for the wolves

And so he wandered alone

Many winter nights

He has slept under the stars

Darkness is his only friend

And frozen to his soul

Many winter moons

Hopelessness fills his heart

And his nights are filled with dreams

Of coming home again

Once he was a great warrior

A hero in everyone's eyes

But then he was framed

Dishonored and shamed

For taking the life

Of another villager

And so he was cast out in the winter cold

But then, after some years, he turned back to his home

Where his wife sat alone in the freezing night

That's what he thought, as he opened the door

And saw her, with his best friend and his son

He could not believe his eyes

They both stood paralyzed

And that's when he swore to leave forever

Many winter nights

He has slept under the stars

Darkness still his only friend

And frozen to his soul

His time is almost done

With crushed dreams in his heart

He has wandered to the edge

And fallen into the sea