Alternative Lyrics to Well Known Songs 9 - Tyr's the God of Law

[Pre-amble: This is one in a series of posts which includes an alternative set of lyrics to a well known song.  Each post will also contain a short introduction to the topic at hand, and a brief explanation of the song itself.  A video of the original song will be included so that the reader can listen to the original song while reciting the alternative lyrics at the same time.]



The Song: Tyr's The God of Law (based on 'Wonderwall' by Oasis)
Living a life that is built in harmony with a set of principles and structure is going to be more productive than one which is lived without any kind of order at all.  It's a myth that world beating innovators are the kinds of people who are 'chaotic' and bohemian drunkards who wear dishevelled clothing.  Look at the great innovators and inventors throughout history and it becomes clear that these men had ordered lives that had a solid structure, routine, that they lived by.  Philo Farnsworth was well dressed, Arthur Schopenhauer was well known for following a rigid daily schedule (walking in the afternoon regardless of the weather), and Copernicus tested his results a phenomenal 77 times each(!) to ensure that they were accurate.  That shows dedication to a particular way of living and thinking: an ordered/structured way of living that allowed them to exercise their freedom within a particular framework.  Their discoveries are evidence of the kind of benefits that anyone can gain by having a little structure in their lives, a little self-created law and order.

The Norse God of (amongst other things) Social Order is Tyr.

This is called the Tiwaz rune.  It is the rune which represents Tyr.  It represents single-mindedness, drive, focussing on 'one thing' to the point where all other options either side are excluded.  Remember it whenever you are driving and see a similar road sign.

Here is a sound summary of Tyr's nature from a follower & practitioner of the Norse belief system:

'He is a god of martial skill, moral rectitude, honor, law, social order, bravery, and absolute justice. As shown in the story of how he lost his hand, he is a god who values the letter of one's word as the heart of honor (as opposed to the more Odinic view of the spirit of one's word as central to honor).

[..]The advantages of Tyr's approach to life are many. His unyielding, inflexible nature gives him great power and skill in battle. It gives him high standing in society, honor, and renown. It enables him to effect the binding of the Fenris wolf, and so save the worlds of gods and men from certain destruction. There are disdvantages to this approach as well, though. As mentioned in the section on wunjo, that which cannot bend can be broken. Great, unswerving focus can bring great strength, but it can bring many missed opportunities. To see only the road ahead is to not see those to the side. How the athling relates to, what the athling learns from the mysteries of Tyr is a matter of individual decision. But it is a decision the athling must face, for in making it the athling gains greater control over his own effectiveness in the world.'
(Source: http://www.uppsalaonline.com/uppsala/runes.htm)

Order and stability are great attributes that Tyr enables us to have.  Can you imagine what it would be like living in a chaotic world where there was no civil law, or social law, it would be like Somalia or Detroit, madness!  Then just think what life would be like without biological, or physical laws, or even logical laws, it would be a world of chaos, of madness, and of uncertainty.  Tyrs laws enable us to live a stable life, a structured life that unburdens us of chaos and madness, in which we can do Our Will.  That's what a little law, a little structure does to a life, it allows it to grow.  That's what Tyr gives us.

So whether it's a weekly routine for exercises, or a monthly routine for sorting your financial accounts, or a yearly routine for your allotments & wild-fruit picking (blackberries during August in the UK), or whatever it is, have a little order in your life; and importantly, make sure that 'you' choose them, that they are 'your' laws that you will stand by, just like Tyr did when he said he would give his right hand if Fenrir broke free of his bonds.

Tyr puts his hand in the mouth of the giant, ever-growing wolf Fenrir.

Play the music video above and sing along with the alternative lyrics given beneath.


# Tyr's The God of Law #
To day is gonna be the day that Tyr's laws will enable you,
to act how you wanna act now but you're deficient in the laws that will,
give you the rigid stability to live your life as you wanna do.
Gladly you take his book of laws and then go and regiment your life.This day and every other day you live your life so stoicly.
The growth of your life is proof that the rigid laws of Tyr have bettered thee.
And all the laws that Tyr did give are obliging.
And all the laws that Tyr did give are binding.
There are things that you could not have done without with Tyr and his book of laws.In all certainty,
it's Tyr's rigid laws that bettered thee.
So 'member y'all,
Tyr's The God of Law.

To day is gonna be the day that Tyr's laws will enable you,
to act how you wanna act now but you're deficient in the laws that will,
give you the rigid stability to live your life as you wanna do.
And all the laws that Tyr did give are obliging.
And all the laws that Tyr did give are binding.
There are things that you could not have done without with Tyr and his book of laws.In all certainty,
it's Tyr's rigid laws that bettered thee.
So 'member y'all,
Tyr's The God of Law.
In all certainty,
it's Tyr's rigid laws bettered thee.
So 'member y'all,
Tyr's The God of Law,
In all certainty,
it's Tyr's rigid laws bettered thee.
It's Tyr's rigid laws bettered thee.
It's Tyr's rigid laws bettered thee.
[End of lyrics.]