Leaving The World Of Mortals

I lie awake on the battlefield A fatal wound in my breast I'm soon to be dead Yet still I am thinking... A sail on the horizon Vanishing in the crimson dawn... My comrades are gone... Victorious! - and silence descends... Suddenly I hear the hooves Not born from this earth The valkyries come They found me worthy I'm drawn upon a horse's back Shivering with fright and joy I know I have died To live forevermore Leaving the world of mortals I already can see those gates Once arrived I will join the feast Where all my brave ancestors wait Welcomed by ravens I'm shown the place I've earned Around the fire we sit and drink Until time ends...