Natalie Merchant

Long ago when the gods were still young and guarded the heavens

        With might the four furious winds swept across the snows

        Proud, fearless and free the children of Ukko walked the Earth

        And at dusk they sang anthems to the welkin 

        and their beloved North Star

        

        ...And still she smiled upon the Earth

        

        Through these lands of ice the North Star once led our way

        Now blood covers the frozen ground 

        scarred by an eerie sound as the North Star cries in pain

        

        On the darkest of winters evil arrived from across the sea

        Disguised as a wooden cross -as the coming of salvation

        Death and destruction they brought 

        and clashes of steel filled the nights

        And the North Star watched as the blood of her children flowed

        

        ...And her tears fell upon the Earth

        

        Our fathers' blood was spilled on the ice

        And the North Star cried in the night

        Our beloved gods were violently driven to exile

        Gone are the days of the North Star's reign,

        Now her tears are all that remain

        But one day they'll wash the blood away 

        and the spirit that once died

        Shall rise again!