Intro
[Deep, gravelly voice — slow, deliberate]
Raise your horn… my brothers.
Let the fire crackle. Let the wind speak.
Verse 1
I have sailed where the black waves rise,
Where the storm splits open the skies.
Axes sharp and hearts of stone,
Far from hearth and far from home.
Ravens wheeled above the mast,
Marking where our shadows passed.
Blood on snow and salt on skin,
Still we stand. Still we grin.
Pre-Chorus (building)
Through frost and fire, through night and foam,
The sea our grave, the deck our throne.
[Chorus CHANT — loud, unified]
Raise your voice! Let banners fly!
Under thunder, under sky!
Drink to glory! Drink to war!
We are the sons of the northern shore!
Oar and axe! Shield and flame!
Gods remember every name!
Storm and steel! Hear us roar!
We are the north forevermore!
Verse 2
Through misty fjords and forests black,
No blade has ever turned us back.
Mountains shook when hammers fell,
We carved our sagas deep as hell.
Odin watched from his high hall,
Counting those who chose to fall.
Thor’s thunder cracked the frozen air,
And we met death without a prayer.
[Chorus stronger]
Raise your voice! Let banners fly!
Under thunder, under sky!
Drink to valor! Drink to foe!
We are the warriors of the snow!
Steel and shadow! Do or die!
Hear the wolves and ravens cry!
Storm and steel! Hear us roar!
We are the north forevermore!
[Bridge half-time, heavy, dramatic]
I have lost what I loved.
I have taken what I must.
Fire in the hall, brothers in dust.
Silver creeps into my hair,
Still I feel the ocean there.
When my bones lie cold and still,
The saga climbs the frozen hill.
[Pause — then erupt]
[Final Chorus biggest, repeatable]
Raise the horn! Raise it high!
Let it echo through the sky!
Fight and feast! Night is new!
The old gods walk in what we do!
Oar and axe! Fire and frost!
Gain the world — no matter the cost!
Sing it loud! Make it known!
We are kings without a throne!
Storm and steel! Blood and roar!
We are the north!
We are the north!
WE ARE THE NORTH FOREVERMORE!
Tonenico
