[Verse 1]
Stone in my hand
Salt in my scars
Waves carve their names
On the ribs of my ship
Cold cuts the breath
But it wakes up my heart
Every bruise on this coast
Taught me how not to slip
[Pre-Chorus]
I hear my father in the thunder
I hear my mother in the rain
Every storm that tried to break me
Spoke my name
[Chorus]
This is my blood in the fjord
My cry in the wind
My shadow on mountains
Where stories begin
I carry this shore in my bones
Like a banner held high
I am the roar of this homeland
I am the Northern sky
[Verse 2]
Smoke from the hearth
Clings to my clothes
Old words and laughter
Live deep in the seams
Names on the stones
Under heather and snow
Rise up in silence
And march through my dreams
[Pre-Chorus]
I feel their hands upon my shoulders
Pull me forward when I fall
All the ghosts that walk beside me
Keep me tall
[Chorus]
This is my blood in the fjord
My cry in the wind
My shadow on mountains
Where stories begin
I carry this shore in my bones
Like a banner held high
I am the roar of this homeland
I am the Northern sky
[Bridge]
If I sail past every sunrise
If I fall on foreign ground (hey!)
Lay my heart back in these waters
Let it sing
Let it drown
For every road that pulls me farther
Every harbor
Every tide
I am rooted in this thunder
I was forged on this side
[Chorus]
This is my blood in the fjord
My cry in the wind
My shadow on mountains
Where stories begin
I carry this shore in my bones
Like a banner held high
I am the roar of this homeland
I am the Northern sky