[slow, deliberate singing voice]
[distant wind, low drum, lone violin]
[Verse 1]
Beneath a restless sky,
The mountains never bow.
The ocean never dries.
The sea keeps every secret.
I crossed the frozen water.
I slept beneath the snow.
I carried what was left of me
Where only ravens go.
The wind knew every wound.
The cold knew every name.
But deep beneath the winter,
The old fire stayed the same.
[Pre-Chorus — drums begin building]
When the night grows cold,
It holds my sorrow.
It holds my pain.
The darkness knows my name.
The darkness knows my name.
[Chorus — huge drums + soaring violin]
Hear the north.
Hear the north.
Calling through the ancient snow.
Hear the north.
Hear the north.
Where the fallen walk below.
If the old gods see me standing,
Let them know I came this far.
Hear the north.
Hear the north.
Hey-ya…
[Post-Chorus — drums + Nordic vocal]
Hey-ya…
Hey-ya…
Hear the north.
Hey-ya…
Hey-ya…
Hear the north.
[Verse 2 — darker, storytelling]
I have seen the morning
After battles no one sings.
I have watched the ravens circle
While the winter buried kings.
I have sailed beyond the headlands.
I have followed stars alone.
Every shore became a memory.
But Every mountain led me home.
Pre-Chorus — stronger]
The sea remembers.
The mountains knows my name.
It holds my sorrow.
It holds my pain.
I hear the dead behind the wind.
hear them call my name.
And deep beneath the winter,
The old fire stayed the same.
[Chorus]
Hear the north.
Hear the north.
Calling through the ancient snow.
Hear the north.
Hear the north.
Where the fallen walk below.
If the old gods see me standing,
Let them know I came this far.
Hear the north.
Hear the north.
Hey-ya…
Hey-ya…
[Bridge — violin alone, voice almost spoken]
The sea remembers.
The mountains know.
The ravens carry stories
To places I will never go.
And when my road is over,
When my footsteps leave the snow,
Let the north remember
That I walked this road
They lead ne home.
[Deep drums enter]
[Final Chorus — massive]
Hear the north.
Hear the north.
Calling through the ancient snow.
Hear the north.
Hear the north.
Where the fallen walk below.
If the old gods see me standing,
Let them know I came this far.
Hear the north.
Hear the north.
Hey-ya…
[Post-Chorus — drums + Nordic vocal]
Hey-ya…
Hey-ya…
Hear the north.
Hey-ya…
(Hey-ya…)
Hear the north.
Hey-ya…
(Hey-ya…)