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My Lamp Trimmed Low (Iceland Winter)

from Viking Dreams by jimeddy

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Not all old Vikings got their wish, and died in battle. Some froze their asses off in lonely retirement in a sod cottage in the Icelandic highlands.

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My Lamp Trimmed Low (Iceland Winter) (March 5, 2022)


As autumn fades, and winter calls…My lamp trimmed low, my lamp trimmed low

The Iceland darkness early falls….My lamp trimmed low, yet burning


The seasons seem to race on by… My lamp trimmed low, my lamp trimmed low

They won’t be slowed, yet still I try….My lamp trimmed low, yet burning


As I grow old, and slack my pace…My lamp trimmed low, my lamp trimmed low

The winter’s chill I must embrace…My lamp trimmed low, yet burning



Br #1: The peat is stoked, but burns not bright; it dampers down at fall of night

The Iceland sun’s a shuttered light…It’s coldly trimmed, yet burning


Old battles flood my memory…My lamp trimmed low, my lamp trimmed low

I’m caught in violent reverie…My lamp trimmed low, yet burning


The sagas whisper rhymes to me…My lamp trimmed low, my lamp trimmed low

They remind me of our history…My lamp trimmed low, yet burning


As snowfall hides the grasses blades…My lamp trimmed low, my lamp trimmed low

The memory of the autumn fades….My lamp trimmed low, yet burning


Br. #2 My hands are cold and lacking touch; I barely now can grip my crutch

They seek my hearth’s flame, and as such…I keep it trimmed, yet burning

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from Viking Dreams, released March 14, 2022

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jimeddy Ann Arbor, Michigan

I no longer trade time for money, so I'm a lucky guy. Songwriter, music collector (at a pathological level); supporter of independent artists of all stripes. Open mic enthusiast, international traveler every chance I get. Forward in All Directions!

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