Summoned by the elders on my 7th winter The greatness I had been born, so it was told They knew they were not wrong My task I would perform They told me of the gods and of stories I had not heard To greatness I had been born, so it was told I knew they were not wrong A grown man I had become Thus did the meaning unfold Fearless I'd embrace my d**h I would not die like those now old Nor would the years weary my face Handed down from father to son The legacy lives on Thus did the meaning unfold Fearless I'd embrace my d**h I would not die like those now old Nor would the years weary my face Handed down from father to son The legacy lives on They returned from far across the sea Bringing gifts from a land so far away I was given a sword made of steel and shiny gold Just like the hammer of the gods Thus did the meaning unfold Fearless I'd embrace my d**h I would not die like those now old Nor would the years weary my face Handed down from father to son The legacy lives on