Descend to the icy depths Of Nifelheim Far to the north in the underground Frozen in darkness she is bound Of ice and sorrow she is lord Of the realm and the home Of the dead sick Nord Hidden deep where we all must go Is the land of the dead in the ice and snow As she fell Broken and scarred One half is normal the other is death Crippled by judgment undeserved The fiend was created To govern the void Thrown from the halls Is the queen of twilight When we all die She will claim our souls Hel, goddess of the underground Mistress of the void Hel, sovereign of the mortal soul Bound with her lonely crown Done nothing wrong She was thrown Nonetheless from halls of Asgard Monster in the eye of the Allfather With spiteful discrimination tossed To rule the frozen wasteland Of the dead and hopeless As she fell Broken and scarred One half is normal the other is death Crippled by judgment undeserved The fiend was created To govern the void Mother of the sick And the broken Scarred by her fall As she takes her crown Hel, goddess of the underground Mistress of the void Hel, sovereign of the mortal soul Bound with her lonely crown Who is at fault Who shall we blame Locked in the kingdom That shares her name The pain of the wicked Is hers to dispense In the cold where the ice and snow Are immense Where there is no escape Shall she ever remain And the Allfather Sent her to govern the frozen domain Descend Descend To the icy depths Of Nifelheim Hel, goddess of the underground Mistress of the void Hel, sovereign of the mortal soul Bound with her lonely crown