[Verse 1]
[M] The ravens fell silent
Over frost-bitten stone
[F] Valhalla stood still
As we carried him home
[M] His axe by the fire
His name on our tongues
[F] One brother departing
While the old oath was sung
[Pre-Chorus]
[M] Raise him up
To the black sky door
[F] Hear the hoofbeats
On the ash-blind shore
[Chorus]
The ravens fell silent
The ravens fell silent
One of our brothers goes
To the halls above
The ravens fell silent
The ravens fell silent
We lift his name in iron
We seal it with love
[Verse 2]
[M] Snow on his braid
And blood on his steel
[F] He drank from the horn
At the edge of the wheel
[M] We struck our shields hard
Till the pinewoods shook
[F] The wolves bowed their heads
At the sound of the hook
[Pre-Chorus]
[M] Raise him up
Let the fire roar
[F] He walks with thunder
Through the gods' own door
[Chorus]
The ravens fell silent
The ravens fell silent
One of our brothers goes
To the halls above
The ravens fell silent
The ravens fell silent
We lift his name in iron
We seal it with love
[Bridge]
[F] No grief is a chain
When the blade has sung true
[M] No death is the end
When the road breaks through
[F] We stand in the winter
[M] We stand as one
[F] Till the last dusk fades
[M] Till the last war's done
[Final Chorus]
The ravens fell silent
The ravens fell silent
One of our brothers goes
To the halls above
The ravens fell silent
The ravens fell silent
We lift his name in iron
We seal it with love