Blood and Gold (White Pillars, Pt. II) - Ravensire

Far away, from the cold north

Towards the riches of the holy land

They sailed with a saga ahead

With their crosses and swords in hand

Mighty crusader and king

Would have many stories to tell

He reached the end of the world

In his hands Lisbon and Sintre fell

Sigurd, Crusader

With tales to be told

The way to the East

Paved with blood and gold

Sixty ships and five thousand men

So much to plunder on the way to the east

Swords of steel in the name of Christ

To take the life of every man and beast

Al-Andalus nevr tried

Such fiercenss in battle and barbaric rage

Wild Norsemen converted to Christ

The lion of Norway set free from its cage

Sigurd, Crusader

With tales to be told

The way to the East

Paved with blood and gold

By the mouth of the westernmost river

There lay a fortress of infidel men

And there Sigurd saw arches of stone

With white pillars, timeworn by then

Sigurd, Crusader

With tales to be told

The way to the East

Paved with blood and gold

The fortress was left behind

Onward they sailed, the brave and bold

But there, at the end of the Earth

There once stood a temple at times of old…