[Intro]
[Long guitar build
Lone melody]
Cold wind on the hill
Ash in the air
Old runes in the soil
Something wakes there
[Verse 1]
Bare feet on the frost
Blood on the stone
I carry every name
Carved in my bones
Torches in a ring
Smoke in my lungs
Hear the hidden drums
Under my tongue
[Chorus]
Raise the crown of antlers high
Let the forest hear our cry (hey!)
We were never born to kneel
We were iron
We were steel
From the embers
From the pyre
Feed the roots and stoke the fire
Let the earth beneath us know
We rise
We roar
We grow
[Verse 2]
Black bark
Silver eyes
Stare through the night
Old gods in the dark
Hungry for fight
I don't fear the flame
I don't fear the fall
I was built from bark
Stone and alcohol (hey!)
[Chorus]
Raise the crown of antlers high
Let the forest hear our cry
We were never born to kneel
We were iron
We were steel
From the embers
From the pyre
Feed the roots and stoke the fire
Let the earth beneath us know
We rise
We roar
We grow
[Bridge]
Skies split open
Thunder speaks my name
Spit that omen
Right back at the flame
If the world turns
Let it turn through me
If the chains burn
Let them snap
Set us free (woah)
[Chorus]
Raise the crown of antlers high
Let the forest hear our cry
We were never born to kneel
We were iron
We were steel
From the embers
From the pyre
Feed the roots and stoke the fire
Let the earth beneath us know
We rise
We roar
We grow