Colder Than My Hearth

[Verse 1]
Ash on my tongue
Black in the snow
My hall is a grave
Where the warm winds go
No wolf in the yard
No smoke in the sky
Only broken shields
And a child’s last cry
[Pre-Chorus]
I knelt in the ruin
I bit through the pain
I took what was left
And I learned their names
One by one
I carved them deep
Now the dead wake up
When I cannot sleep
[Chorus]
Colder than my heart (colder than my heart)
I carry the spark
Colder than my heart
I will tear them apart
Hear my oath
Hear my roar
I was a man
Now I’m war
[Verse 2]
I crossed the fjord
With a split-beam blade
Their tracks in the mud
And the blood they made
I found their fire
I found their feast
I found my rage
At the edge of the beast
Every gate I break
Every lie they built
I bring the winter
And I bring the guilt
[Pre-Chorus]
I knelt in the ruin
I bit through the pain
I took what was left
And I learned their names
One by one
I carved them deep
Now the dead wake up
When I cannot sleep
[Chorus]
Colder than my heart (colder than my heart)
I carry the spark
Colder than my heart
I will tear them apart
Hear my oath
Hear my roar
I was a man
Now I’m war
[Bridge]
One last ember
Under my ribs
One last home
That the dark now ribs
I don’t ask mercy
I don’t ask why
I only ask
Who will die?
[Final Chorus]
Colder than my heart (colder than my heart)
I carry the spark
Colder than my heart
I will tear them apart
Hear my oath
Hear my roar
I was a man
Now I’m war
Colder than my heart (colder than my heart)
No peace left to start
Colder than my heart
Till their kingdom falls apart

Viking rock with pounding toms, battle chants, and blaring horn lines; verse rides a driving stomp and low roar, pre-chorus tightens with gang shouts and held drone, chorus opens wide with fist-raise chants and horn stabs, bridge drops to a lone voice and frame drum before the final surge. Rugged male vocals, doubled shouts on the hook, short delay throws on key lines, smoke-rising transitions, cold and epic mix., rock