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Lyrical Contest - Immigrant Song, Led Zeppelin

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Original Lyrics by Led Zeppelin:

Ah, ah

We come from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow

The hammer of the gods
Will drive our ships to new lands
To fight the horde, 
singing and crying
Valhalla, I am coming!

On we sweep with threshing oar
Our only goal will be the western shore

Ah, ah

We come from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow

How soft your fields so green
Can whisper tales of gore
Of how we calmed the tides of war
We are your overlords

On we sweep with threshing oar
Our only goal will be the western shore

So now you'd better stop and rebuild all your ruins
For peace and trust can win the day
Despite of all your losing


IamDreamfire's Created Lyrics:

Ah, ah

Down by the river where the water runs red
My warrior soul he's gone as dead

My flashback of the odds
crawls beneath the torn threads
From these badlands
a tale I shroud 
Reeper coos, done me proud!

Down I come with sword and all
But no one lived to see my own downfall

Ah, ah

Down by the river where the water runs red
My warrior soul he's gone as dead

How sweetly you begged thee
to spare my evermore
How you witnessed falling grace 
Displaced my sacred role 

Down I come with sword and all
But no one lived to see my own downfall

About now it is caught
Points pricking I never got
I'm the one who's ragged and worn 
despite of all my using
There's a contest to rewrite lyrics to a metal, rock or punk song. Link to original Zeppelin is at the top- they are EPIC. Here's a wicked cover of it too from the recent movie "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" done by the singer of NIN www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljbBay…

p.s. I won the contest yipppeeee
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UltraSaiyan419's avatar
I liked the lyrics you added. Very poetic.