[Verse 1]
I found your glove beside the gate
Red thread caught on the iron nail
The north wind pulled against the pines
But your small hand held back the gale
I have crossed the frozen river
I have slept beneath its roar
Every road that tried to take me
Turned me toward your kitchen door
[Pre-Chorus]
Let the winter split the timber
Let the black sea rise and fall
I have carved your name in patience
Where no axe can reach at all
[Chorus]
I won't leave when the harvest fails
I won't run when the roof gives way
I'll be there with these weathered hands
At the end of every day
Through the ash and the iron rain
Through the years that make us old
My love runs deeper than the fjord
And I will not let you go
[Verse 2]
You know the scar along my shoulder
You know the silence in my chest
Still you set a bowl before me
Still you give the tired man rest
If the longships call my number
If the mountains block the sun
I will turn my face back homeward
You are where my battles run
[Pre-Chorus]
Let the wolves cry past the timber
Let the cold test every wall
I will be the hand beside you
When the last bright embers fall
[Chorus]
I won't leave when the harvest fails
I won't run when the roof gives way
I'll be there with these weathered hands
At the end of every day
Through the ash and the iron rain
Through the years that make us old
My love runs deeper than the fjord
And I will not let you go
[Bridge]
If I lose the road, your voice will guide me
If I lose my strength, your touch will stay
No king, no storm, no grave between us
Can take this promise from my name
[Final Chorus]
I won't leave when the harvest fails
I won't run when the roof gives way
I'll be there with these weathered hands
At the end of every day
Through the ash and the iron rain
Through the years that make us old
My love runs deeper than the fjord
And I will not let you go
[Outro]
When the last fire sinks to embers
When the old songs fade from stone
I will find you in the silence
And you will never stand alone