Five Years Ago – A Tribute On April 12, 2020, Mattjö’s father passed on to join his ancestors. Just a few months later, on October 13, his birthday, we released the track "Fjörbann (Life-Ban)". 🎶 This song evokes the imagined voices of Viking women, waiting for their husbands to return from distant expeditions — a poetic allegory for life’s journey and the uncertainty of its end. 🌊⚔️ Mattjö chose to write the lyrics in English rather than Old Norse, so that everyone could understand them immediately. Using kenningar (Norse poetic metaphors), he crafted this piece as a tribute to his father — a warrior and a poet. 📜 🔍 Here's the decoded text, written in collaboration with Jules Piet: Lyrics – "Fjörbann" I wish I could ask you to stay You always rose the steed of the bay (🚢 ship) They long ago crafted your fate May the Norns change what’s engraved Are you sleeping in the plain of Aegir? (🌊 the ocean floor) Or feasting in the hall with the Æsir? ( Valhalla) It seems that after the last sword song (⚔️ battle) You had a final ride to where you belong 🐎 Every night I look to the track of the moon (🌙 sky) The swan of blood sings we won’t meet that soon (🪶 raven/crow) The weeping of the clouds drowns the rock of fear (💧💔 heart) The mead of the son of Bur will be poured for heroes here (🍯 Odin’s poetic mead) 💫 To all those who have lost, who wait, who remember — this song is for you. #Fjörbann #InMemory #VikingPoetry #Kenningar #MattjöHaussy #Hrafngrimr #Odin #LifeJourney