[Intro]
[Low horns, distant thunder]
[Voices layered, slow and ritual]
The stars grow thin
The fire dims
Old songs wake
From frozen throats
[Verse 1]
We felt it first in the quiet halls
When hearth-fires cracked and would not hold
When runes bled frost
And the sea-wolves howled
At moons that would not turn away
Every saga shivered
Every oath rang hollow
Like iron struck too soon
[Chant]
It comes
It comes
It comes for all
[Chorus]
This is the Wolf Time
When lies fall quiet
When crowns break
And gods look back
This is the Wolf Time
When blood remembers
When every debt
Is called at last
[Verse 2]
Long Fangs looked to their guns
And found them warm
Ancients stirred in iron sleep
Dreams burned away
The Rout stood silent
Counting breaths
Knowing no one would be spared
Not hero
Not king
Not wolf
Not even those once beloved
[Pre-Chorus]
No more waiting
No more choosing
Only truth
Only teeth
[Chorus]
This is the Wolf Time
When the pack stands bare
No saga left
To hide behind
This is the Wolf Time
When the sky cracks open
And the end
Learns our names
[Bridge]
[Voices drop low, reverent]
He does not return
To save us
He returns
To decide
Wolf King
At last you stand
The blade the Allfather trusted
Still in loyal hands
No more guessing
No more waiting
No more wondering
If we were wrong
[Spoken – Ancient Voice, vox-distorted]
I stood when all the fires failed
I remembered when none remained
Wolf King — I give you back your sons
Take this long night from my hands
[Call – Response]
Voice: What stands when all things fail?
Chant: The Rout
Voice: What answers the dark?
Chant: The Rout
Voice: What ends the age?
Chant: We do
[Final Chorus]
This is the Wolf Time
No songs remain
No victory
No retreat
This is the Wolf Time
Claw and frost
Fang and fire
We meet the end
On our feet
[Outro]
[Chant fades, single voice remains]
Let the stars remember
How we howled
