[Intro – wind howls + war horns + oars hitting water]
Vindr kallar… (The wind calls…)
ROW.
[Verse 1 – harsh black-metal rasp]
Ice in my breath, iron in my hand,
Carve my fate in a frozen land,
Gods watch quiet from broken thrones,
I make my prayers with splintered bones
[Pre-Chorus – chant rising]
Blood to the wave, steel to the sky,
We don’t beg—we live, we die,
If the storm wants names tonight,
Let it learn to speak mine right
[Chorus – massive Viking choir]
OARS IN THE STORM, NAMES IN THE SNOW,
WE ROW THROUGH THE DARK WHERE THE COLD GODS GO,
SING TO THE THUNDER, BITE THE FOAM—
WE TAKE WHAT THE SEA WON’T GIVE!
OARS IN THE STORM, FIRE IN OUR BONES,
WRITE OUR SAGA IN SHATTERED STONES,
NO KING, NO CAGE, NO SILENT THRONE—
WE TAKE WHAT THE SEA WON’T GIVE!
[Verse 2 – tremolo riffs]
North wind howls through burning sails,
Every scar tells a living tale,
If I fall to the iron rain,
Carve my laugh in the hulls we claim
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Hammers ring in the beating heart,
Við sigrum eða við farum í myrkrið
(“We conquer or we go into the dark”)
If the gods won’t guide our way,
We’ll light the sea with funeral flame
[Chorus – faster, frostbitten]
OARS IN THE STORM, NAMES IN THE SNOW,
WE ROW THROUGH THE DARK WHERE THE COLD GODS GO,
SING TO THE THUNDER, BITE THE FOAM—
WE TAKE WHAT THE SEA WON’T GIVE!
OARS IN THE STORM, FIRE IN OUR BONES,
WRITE OUR SAGA IN SHATTERED STONES,
NO KING, NO CAGE, NO SILENT THRONE—
WE TAKE WHAT THE SEA WON’T GIVE!
[Bridge – half-time, ritual chant + drums]
Raise the shields—
Break the wave—
Sing our dead into the brave—
If we drown, we drown in flame—
North remembers every name
[Breakdown – Super Activation Moment]
ROW—
OR—
DIE!
[Final Chorus – choir + blast beats + war horns]
OARS IN THE STORM, NAMES IN THE SNOW,
WATCH OUR SHADOWS ON THE GLOW,
WE DON’T KNEEL TO FROST OR THRONE—
WE TAKE WHAT THE SEA WON’T GIVE!
OARS IN THE STORM, FIRE IN OUR BONES,
CARVE OUR SAGA IN BROKEN STONES,
NO KING, NO CAGE, NO SILENT THRONE—
WE TAKE WHAT THE SEA WON’T GIVE!
[Outro – oars slow, wind fades, distant chanting]
“Row on.”
AsheTheHyena
