Into the Sky (Sad Song)
Into the Sky, sometimes also just known as "Sad Song" is an original song written by THL Finnbjorn Skeggason and THL Kit Hackforth. It was originally published in the Blessed Herman Bonfire Songbook.
Lyrics:
Kidnapped and press ganged and taken from home
Brought to a foreign land scared and alone
I don’t know why I’m here or who I fight for
Why am I fighting another man's war?
So come on now with me boys sing a sad song
We’ll all be dead before long
Tomorrow’s the battle we’ll fight and we’ll die
Raise up your horns to the sky
Raise up your horns to the sky
My sword and my shield are my only friends
Sending the foemen to untimely ends
Though I do not hate them I will end their lives
How many men won’t go home to their wives?
Come on now with me boys sing a sad song
We’ll all be dead before long
Tomorrow’s the battle we’ll fight and we’ll die
Raise up your horns to the sky,
Raise up your horns to the sky
The enemy’s running we’ve beaten them down
Our knights killed their king and have taken his crown
Their women are crying, their soldiers lie dead
High on a pike rides their general’s head.
Come on now with me boys sing a brave song,
This war will be won before long
We’ve won a battle but there will be more
Fight for the end of the war
Fight for the end of the war.
We’ve fought and we’ve raided for many’s the year
Marching to battle with no sign of fear
The foe cannot hold us so they shall all die
They’ll sing a sad song and raise horns to the sky.
Come on now with me boys sing a brave song,
This war will be won before long
We’ve won many battles the end has drawn nigh
Raise up your horns to the sky,
Raise up your horns to the sky
Kidnapped and pressganged and taken back home
Back to a foreign land scared and alone
Everything’s different my homeland is gone
I’ll raise up my horn and I’ll sing a sad song
Come on now with me boys sing a sad song
We’ll all be dead before long
There’s nothing here for me it's time now to die
Walk with me into the sky,
Walk with me into the sky.
