[Verse 1]
I came from the black pine shore
Boots full of salt and stone
My father gave me a broken blade
Said, "Bring me back a name"
Cold mist crawls on the shields
Oars bite through the gray
We do not bow to the tide
We make the tide obey
[Pre-Chorus]
Hear that low horn call
Feel the deck begin to shake
Brother, lock your jaw
Tonight the wolves awake
[Chorus]
Iron fjord, take me in
Iron fjord, let the blood begin
We rise, we rise, we rise tonight
(We rise tonight)
Iron fjord, hold my oath
Iron fjord, I will come back home
With a song of steel
In my throat
[Verse 2]
At dawn we kissed the ash
At dusk we split the blue
Each man kept his sorrow
Folded in his boot
The longships cut the foam
Like knives through winter skin
I saw my name in the smoke
And followed it in
[Pre-Chorus]
Hear that low horn call
Feel the deck begin to shake
Brother, lock your jaw
Tonight the wolves awake
[Chorus]
Iron fjord, take me in
Iron fjord, let the blood begin
We rise, we rise, we rise tonight
(We rise tonight)
Iron fjord, hold my oath
Iron fjord, I will come back home
With a song of steel
In my throat
[Bridge]
If I fall on foreign ground
Bury me by the bay
Put my axe beside my hand
And send my fear away
[Final Chorus]
Iron fjord, take me in
Iron fjord, let the blood begin
We rise, we rise, we rise tonight
(We rise tonight)
Iron fjord, hold my oath
Iron fjord, I will come back home
With a song of steel
In my throat
(Oh-oh, in my throat)