RAGNAR’S PIT OF SNAKES - Viking Music & Dark Norse Folk | Viking Spirit

The end of a king is the beginning of a saga. This viking music composition, "Ragnar’s Pit of Snakes," tells the legendary story of Ragnar Lothbrok in his final hour. Captured by King Aella of Northumbria and cast into a pit of vipers. He did not beg for mercy. He did not weep. He laughed. Subscribe to ‪@Vikingspirit_ms86‬ [Verse 1] Rain on rough stone Mud in my beard Iron at my back Yet they fear my breath Not my hands Crows line the gallows Waiting for scraps Kings hide in cloaks While an old wolf laughs in the dark [Chorus] In Ragnar’s pit of snakes I sing I sing I sing No sword No painted shield Only my scorn to bring In Ragnar’s pit of snakes My death is all you see But I die as the storm And you rot as the reeds [Verse 2] They drag me forward Down to the maw Torch smoke and hissing Coils like rivers Cold and blind “I have walked farther Than your fathers dreamed” I tell their pale priest “Your heaven is smaller than my smile” [Chorus] In Ragnar’s pit of snakes I sing I sing I sing No sword No painted shield Only my scorn to bring In Ragnar’s pit of snakes My death is all you see But I die as the storm And you rot as the reeds [Bridge] Hear me Northumbria Your sons will wear my name Your fields will drink my blood Then drown beneath my waves My bones feed bitter roots My words feed winter fires Tell them an old man laughed As their god watched and tired (ha!) [Chorus] In Ragnar’s pit of snakes I sing I sing I sing No sword No painted shield Only my scorn to bring In Ragnar’s pit of snakes My death is all you see But I die as the storm And you rot as the reeds [Outro] [Drums fade Voice alone] The piglets will remember The king who squealed today My sons will come with thunder And you will beg the snakes to stay #VikingMusic #VikingSpirit #RagnarLothbrok #NorseMythology #VikingHistory #DarkFolk #PaganFolk #WarDrums #Northumbria #IvarTheBoneless