[Intro]
Red on white
Horn and snow
Red on white
What did they know

[Verse 1]
At the end of the hall stood a doorway
Framed in ribs of whale and deer
I found old antlers bound with sinew
Still dark where the cuts ran clear

The floor was marked by frozen circles
Ash pressed hard into the grain
A bowl of bronze lay split beside them
Filled with the memory of rain

[Pre-Chorus]
Not a hunt
Not a feast
Not the work
Of any beast

[Chorus]
Blood on the antlers
Red where the winter fed
Blood on the antlers
Names of the oath-sworn dead
They did not pray for thunder
They did not beg for flame
Blood on the antlers
They buried the rune with shame

[Verse 2]
I touched the horn and the room turned breathing
Men in furs stood around the stone
One by one they opened their fingers
Letting their warm blood run alone

A woman older than mountain weather
Lifted both hands to the ice
Her mouth made words I could not carry
But my bones knew every price

[Pre-Chorus]
Hide it deep
Seal the door
Feed the cold
And wake no more

[Chorus]
Blood on the antlers
Red where the winter fed
Blood on the antlers
Names of the oath-sworn dead
They did not pray for thunder
They did not beg for flame
Blood on the antlers
They buried the rune with shame

[Drum Break]
Ho
Ho
Bone to hide
Drum to stone
Ho
Ho
Leave it sleeping
Leave it alone

[Bridge]
But blood is not silence
And ice is not sleep
What the frightened hands buried
The hungry years keep

I felt my own palm open
On the edge of the horn
And the hall drank one red drop
As if I had been born

[Breakdown]
The antlers rang
The dark wall cried
A thousand sealed voices
Pressed from inside

[Final Chorus]
Blood on the antlers
Red where the winter fed
Blood on the antlers
Names of the oath-sworn dead
They did not pray for thunder
They did not beg for flame
Blood on the antlers
They buried the rune with shame

Blood on the antlers
Warm on the ancient white
Blood on the antlers
The hidden stone woke that night

[Outro]
Red on white
Horn and snow
Red on white
Now I know