Verse 1 (male voice)
Em
Under steel grey dawn and raven sky,
C
He came with night in his hair,
G
Eyes like the fjord when the storm rides high,
D
Hands that had known no care.
Em
She walked where the barley bowed like gold,
C
Sun in a river of hair,
G
Fate hummed low as the tales of old,
D
And drew them unaware.
---
Chorus (duet)
Em
Freyja, weave your golden thread,
C
Bind the dark to the bright;
G
Let the moonlight lay its crowns on their heads,
D
And keep them through the night.
Em
Blessed be the lovers, fate-made and sworn,
C
Cat-footed, feathered wing;
G
Under her eye a new day is born,
D
And the skalds will sing.
---
Verse 2 (female lead, harmonize male)
Em
He spoke of ships and battles won,
C
Of winter’s hush and kin,
G
She answered with the rising sun,
D
And laughter like an inn.
Em
Her fingers traced runes on a stray wild bone,
C
She offered him the ring,
G
Freyja smiled from her gold-laced throne,
D
And tightened fate’s own string.
---
Pre-Chorus (soft; both)
Am
There’s a road of starlight, a road of thorn,
C
There’s bargain, blood, and bread;
Am
But Freyja lays her hand, and new fate’s born—
D
A ribbon from her thread.
---
Chorus (stronger; full)
Em
Freyja, weave your golden thread,
C
Bind the dark to the bright;
G
Let the moonlight lay its crowns on their heads,
D
And keep them through the night.
Em
Blessed be the lovers, fate-made and sworn,
C
Cat-footed, feathered wing;
G
Under her eye a new day is born,
D
And the skalds will sing.
---
Bridge (spoken/chant over drone; optional solo instrument)
Em (hold)
She rides with cats and falcon’s cry,
C (hold)
She gathers vows from sky to sea;
G (hold)
No thread she spins can love deny,
D (hold)
No chain can bend what must be free.
(Soft chant)
“Come, take the gift. Come, keep the vow.”
---
Verse 3 / Story close (duet, tender)
Em
Years like the tide wore soft the shore,
C
They built a low-lit hall,
G
Dark hair greyed by the hearth’s warm roar,
D
Gold-braid fell darker than all.
Em
Children played where barley bowed like gold,
C
Their laughter braided the light,
G
Freyja’s thread in each hand she’d hold,
D
A blessing for the night.
---
Final Chorus (lift, harmonies soar)
Em
Freyja, weave your golden thread,
C
Bind the dark to the bright;
G
Let the moonlight lay its crowns on their heads,
D
And keep them through the night.
Em
Blessed be the lovers, fate-made and sworn,
C
Cat-footed, feathered wing;
G
By her grace their hearts are worn,
D
And still the skalds sing.
---
Outro (gentle reprise)
Em — C — G — D — Em (let ring)
Whispered: “Freyja’s fold, keep them whole.”
