Arranged and produced by Ableson
Performed by Larianna

LYRICS:

Heleko hoi, hilako hey, skål, skål, skål!
Heleko hoi, hilako hey, skål, skål, skål!

His name is Halfdan
(Heleko hoi, hilako hey)
He’d seen too much
(Heleko hoi, hilako hey)
His father, Farsgubben
Had almost seen spring
He’s the man of the family now

(“Halfdan” they call him, yes, that’s him)

Seventeen winters, seen and spoken, the last one near the worst
Farsgubben, his father, had almost seen springtime
Painful memories linger, but he is gone

Here Halfdan stands now, Karl as can be, Lillebror alight with fear beside him
He is but a lad, yet he’s strong of will, he carries burdens not just his own

(Help me Thor!)
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I don’t know who you are but let me be, let me be
I want to run but this thing’s stopping me, stopping me
Please move along I swear there’s time left still, to be free
I know you’re scared but there’s no way this ends, peacefully

I don’t know who you are but let me be, let me be
I want to run but this thing’s stopping me, stopping me
Please move along I swear there’s time left still, to be free
I know you’re scared but there’s no way this ends, peacefully
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The Norns, with thread of crystal and light, had woven the rug out from under
They’d come ten days later, green peaking beneath fresh white snowy footprints in their wake
An army was coming, the land was in peril, unbridled was the call... conscribe to save your souls

Torsten is sent for, the great general’s equerry, his brother takes his leave
Halfdan cannot see, he does not want to see, the danger yet to come

Earlier on, he’d dared to imagine a peaceful life ahead
But life’s not fair, and he’d seen his share, of what a war can do

Heleko hoi, hilako hey, skål, skål

Those others hate him, and his fellows as well, and though ne’er they say a word
Swords and spears and arrows fly, as odium confirmed
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I don’t know who you are but let me be, let me be
I want to run but this thing’s stopping me, stopping me
Please move along I swear there’s time left still, to be free
I know you’re scared but there’s no way this ends, peacefully

I don’t know who you are but let me be, let me be
I want to run but this thing’s stopping me, stopping me
Please move along I swear there’s time left still, to be free
I know you’re scared but there’s no way this ends, peacefully

I don’t know who you are but let me be, let me be
I want to run but this thing’s stopping me, stopping me
Please move along I swear there’s time left still, to be free
I know you’re scared but there’s no way this ends, peacefully
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Epic of Halfdan (feat. Larianna)

Hi, Ableson here!

I'm a solo producer and songwriter who likes to let my tracks talk for me.