Verse 1:
I rode through forests black as ink,
Where wolves wait at the river’s brink.
Axes sang and shields did shiver,
Yet my heart refused to quiver.
I crossed deserts, dry as bone,
The sand like glass beneath my own.
Sun burning high, blood on my hands,
But I stood, proud on distant lands.
Verse 2:
The mountains called, their peaks like spears,
I fought my fears through endless years.
Rivers ran red, the nights were long,
Still I pressed, steadfast and strong.
I drank with kings, I bled with foes,
I counted none of my defeats or woes.
The ravens watched, the gods all sighed,
But I walked on, with nothing to hide.
Chorus / Rally:
Raise your horns! Sing the fight!
Steel and shadow, fire and night!
Through storm and flame, we carve our name,
No chains, no kings, no one to blame!
Verse 3:
I’ve seen the dark before the dawn,
Felt the loss when all hope was gone.
Yet in the ruins, I still laughed,
The wind my friend, the sword my path.
Treasure taken, comrades lost,
Every gain weighed with its cost.
Still I march, still I roam,
For every road will lead me home.
[Bridge (slow, epic build)]
Oceans wide, and mountains tall,
I’ve faced the rise, I’ve braved the fall.
Legends whispered in the snow,
Of a lone wolf who would not bow.
[Final Rally / Battle Cry:]
Raise your horns! Drink it deep!
The night is ours, the fire we keep!
Sing it loud! Sing it proud!
Through blood and storm, we stand unbowed!
Oar and axe! Fire and frost!
Gain the world, whatever the cost!
Sing it once! Sing it again!
To the end, to the night, to men!
[Outro]
Even when my eyes grow dim,
Even when my limbs grow thin,
The saga lives, the hall will know
The warrior who would never bow.
Tonenico
