[Intro] [low vocal register]Old gods breathing in the frost Ash in the beard Blood in the snow Torches carve scars in the dark[whispered vocals] [Verse 1] Antlers on the altar stone Crow bone hanging from my throat Children of the fjord stand silent Smoke claws patterns in their coats We paint runes on our own skin Black pitch Sweat and iron steam Drums pound hard like cracking ice As elders call the buried kings [Chorus] Under the northern fire We burn We break We bear your name Under the northern fire Take flesh Take fear Take flame Under the northern fire We scream We kneel We rise the same [Verse 2] Wolf hides stiff with frozen gore Eyes rolled white in trance-blind glare Circle tight The knives flash silver Ravens spiral in the air Heart on a stone Still warm Still twitching Steam curls up like a rising spear One last howl from a split black throat Then only wind And ringing ears [Chorus] [Bridge] [barked vocals]Oath on bone Oath on blade Oath on marrow Oath in grave Stamp the earth ’til the ice sheet shakes Give the sky Everything it takes [crescendo]Voices split the pine and shale Old mouths drinking every wail [Chorus]
