[Intro]
Before the first fire, before the first sea,
A raven crossed the winter tree.
The old words stirred beneath the stone,
And every god took up the throne.
[Verse 1]
Odin paid an eye for the runes in the root,
Hung where the cold winds cut him through.
Two black wings carried the names of the dead,
While wisdom burned in the words he read.
Thor raised the hammer, red beard in the rain,
Guarding the farms from the frost and the flame.
When Jörmungandr coiled at the edge of the world,
He stepped through the thunder, his weapon unfurled.
[Pre-Chorus]
From ash to ember, from oath into blood,
The wheel turns onward, as all things must.
[Chorus]
Raise the horn to the gods of the north,
To the storm and the sea and the ground we were born from.
When the last gate opens, when the wolf breaks free,
We will face our fate beneath the ash tree.
Raise the horn, let the ancient names ring,
For the price of a promise, for the crown of a king.
Through the fire of Ragnarök, through the darkened sky,
We will stand with the gods though we know we may die.
[Verse 2]
Frey held the harvest, the gold of the field,
A bright summer peace no winter could yield.
Freyja rode over the battlefield’s red,
Choosing the fallen, the brave and the dead.
Loki wore laughter like a knife in his hand,
A fox in the doorway, a spark in the land.
From one crooked bargain the cold future grew,
Yet even the trickster had debts to pursue.
[Pre-Chorus]
From ash to ember, from oath into blood,
The wheel turns onward, as all things must.
[Chorus]
Raise the horn to the gods of the north,
To the storm and the sea and the ground we were born from.
When the last gate opens, when the wolf breaks free,
We will face our fate beneath the ash tree.
Raise the horn, let the ancient names ring,
For the price of a promise, for the crown of a king.
Through the fire of Ragnarök, through the darkened sky,
We will stand with the gods though we know we may die.
[Bridge]
Heimdall hears the hoofbeats beyond the dawn,
The Bifröst trembles, the long night is drawn.
The wolf takes the sun, the sea climbs the shore,
The old world cracks—and becomes no more.
But beneath the ashes, a green branch will rise,
Two human hearts will greet the new skies.
No ending is empty, no oath is in vain,
The world turns its face to the sunlight again.
[Final Chorus]
Raise the horn to the gods of the north,
To the storm and the sea and the ground we were born from.
When the last gate opens, when the wolf breaks free,
We will face our fate beneath the ash tree.
Raise the horn, let the ancient names ring,
For the price of a promise, for the crown of a king.
Through the fire of Ragnarök, through the darkened sky,
We will stand with the gods though we know we may die.
[Outro]
The ravens return as the new morning grows,
And green through the ruin the world-tree shows.
The old songs fade, but their fire remains—
In the blood, in the stone, in the wind across the plains.