41 Universe - Asa Bay

A reggae and dub reimagining of “One Rode to Asa Bay” by Bathory, featuring reworked lyrics and a completely new reggae/dub arrangement. This is an unofficial fan-made AI music reinterpretation created for creative and entertainment purposes. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Bathory or the original artists. 🎵 Style: Reggae / Dub 🤖 AI-generated music ✍️ Reworked lyrics 🔥 Inspired by: “One Rode to Asa Bay” — Bathory --- LYRICS One man came riding through the woods Down to Asa Bay Where the dragon ships had crossed the sea And sailed so far away He came to see the stranger That everybody talked about A foreign God from distant lands With a cross he carried proud They said he came from over the sea With gold around his neck Speaking words nobody knew And giving orders by the deck He came with men in armor And robes of purple and white No smell of beer upon their clothes Just flowers day and night And the man who carried the cross Said, "People, listen well Your souls can now be saved, my friends From burning down in Hell Just build a house for our Lord And leave your old ways behind Take the water, speak the vows And peace you soon will find" But a man stood proud with his hammer And said, "That ain't for me We got the gods of our fathers And they've watched over the sea We've lived beneath their shadows We've sailed beneath their sky You can keep your foreign God But our old gods won't die" Then men came down in armor And the hammer man was gone They said he fought the stranger's men But could not carry on And those who wouldn't pay their coin Were beaten and bound tight While all around Asa Bay They worked from morn till night So build that house, Asa people Build it white and tall Every stone and every timber Every hand must give it all The sun went down on tired backs The sweat ran like the rain But the foreign cross kept rising While the people bore the pain And after two hundred days The house stood in the sky Big enough for dragon ships To rest beneath its side And all the people gathered To watch the building stand They looked upon the foreign God That had come across the land But outside of all the people An old man watched the sea He raised his hand against the sun And wondered what he'd see His eyes could see the dragon ships Still sailing through the blue And far beyond the forest trees Old voices still rang true He heard the call of Odin He heard it in the breeze Like thunder from the olden days Rolling through the trees He turned his face up to the sky And whispered words unknown For even when the old gods hide They never leave their home Now the house of the foreign God Is standing by the bay Perhaps they'll leave our people now Perhaps they'll go away But somewhere deep inside the woods A crow began to call "People of Asa, take it slow This ain't the end at all" Oh, Asa Bay, Asa Bay The wind is blowing free The cross may stand upon the hill But the old gods cross the sea Oh, Asa Bay, Asa Bay Let the old drums play The story's only just begun It ain't the end today --- If you enjoy unusual reimaginings of classic songs, subscribe to 41 Universe Music for more AI covers, genre experiments and alternative versions of familiar songs. 002 #Reggae #Dub #AICover