The First Snow Fell in Alterac
(Dwarven voice left almost inaudible)
Tell my son I found the titan bones
(A shield hits stone—once )
(Orcish voice right almost inaudible)
Tell the wolf I guarded the sacred ground
(A wolf howls—fading )
(Both voices overlapping)
I found I guarded
(A Lur horn note—Eb The mountain breathes )
Echoes ring where the hammer fell
Seeking bones beneath the sacred dell
We carved our runes on the mountain's spine—
Never asking whose blood was in the stone
Shaman cries where the wolf makes her lair
Frostwolf spirits grieving in the air
The drums pound out a mournful sound—
Defending every inch of sacred ground
(Dual voices left and right)
I carved my name into the mountain's heart
The mountain already knew my name
(Both center unison)
We both called it home
(Silence Two seconds )
Oh let the first snow fall on Alterac
Cover the red that stains the white and black
Where wolf and ram lie silent in the drift
And frozen tears are the only gift
Bury the axe and bury the horn
In the deep first snow of Alterac
(Spoken kneeling in the snow)
I am not here to bury either name
I am here because I came too late
I will cover you I will remember you
Not as a dwarf Not as an orc
As someone who called this valley home
(Final Chorus a cappella then orchestra enters)
Oh let the first snow fall on Alterac
Bury the axe and bury the horn
(Lur horn—Eb stretched to silence Wind Then nothing )