“Sea Wolf” is about a Norse tale engraved in granite which talks of a valiant Viking who has crossed the sea many times, has won many battles and, at the end of his journey, erected a stone containing his adventures.
In the middle of the song, he talks about his brother who died in battle: this cou...
Into the granite : stave by stave
Carved ploughwise : now read my tale
The raging ocean I have sailed
Many a man I have maimed
Shields I have crushed with my sword
Women have I pleased endless nights
On foreign coast my brother did fall
He now dines in hall up high
Erected the stone against a twilight sky
Read Sea Wolf's tale
From the coasts of the west to sarkland
To the marshlands and the forests of the east
High adventures : great riches and wine
Blood shed : great battles and feasts
My stone firm in mother earth through rain and time
Read Sea Wolf's tale
Sea Wolf was written by Quorthon.
Sea Wolf was produced by Boss (Bathory).