Iron roots twist through frozen veins
Ravens croak where old kings lay slain
Thy hearth-smoke curls to midnight's eye
(oh the snows will sigh)
Thou shalt carve thy path through frost-bit stone
Yet north winds whisper we're not alone
We drink from the same storm
Our blood turns the mead warm
Fires drown in endless night
(Hammer upon ancient light)
We drink from the same storm
Stars bleed through the warhorn
Ash to ash beneath the pale
(Our shadows carve the tale)
Thy banners crack where glaciers moan
Yet wolfpack howls through marrow and bone
We drink from the same storm
Our blood turns the mead warm
Fires drown in endless night
(Hammer upon ancient light)
We drink from the same storm
Stars bleed through the warhorn
Ash to ash beneath the pale
(Our shadows carve the tale)
Axe-song hums in frosted breath
What the hand spills the whetstone keeps
(stone keeps)
We drink from the same storm
Our blood turns the mead warm
Fires drown in endless night
(Hammer upon ancient light)
We drink from the same storm
Stars bleed through the warhorn
Ash to ash beneath the pale
(Our shadows carve the tale)
Sagas bloom in rime-cracked earth
(thine eyes hold the aurora's worth)
Every grave an unborn verse
(ash to ash beneath the pale)