[Intro] Crack in the white Cry in the deep Wake not the door Wake not the sleep [Verse 1] Above me, the fjord began to shudder A thunder without any cloud The ice that held the winter’s secret Split with a long blue sound Through the cracks I saw the morning Thin and silver, far away Ravens turned like broken runes Against the coming day [Pre-Chorus] The seal grew weak The water stirred The first cold leaned Toward the final word [Chorus] When the ice opens Hold the song inside your chest When the ice opens Give the hungry dark no rest If the world is only breathing By a thread of blood and stone When the ice opens I will bind the rune alone [Verse 2] The chamber filled with moving shadows Faces pressed against the seam Not the dead, but what came before them Wearing pieces of their dreams It offered me my mother’s doorway Offered summer on the hill Offered years I had not lived yet Offered hands that loved me still [Pre-Chorus] But every gift Had frost beneath And every kiss Had winter teeth [Chorus] When the ice opens Hold the song inside your chest When the ice opens Give the hungry dark no rest If the world is only breathing By a thread of blood and stone When the ice opens I will bind the rune alone [Drum Build] Low drum, low drum Under the sea Low drum, low drum Bind it to me [Bridge] I took the scarf from around my shoulders Laid it down on the rune Smoke and thyme and mother’s fingers One small warmth beneath the moon I took the raven carved by father Pressed it hard against the slate Wood cracked open, black as feathers And the stone became a gate [Breakdown] Not open Not broken Not taken Not spoken [Final Chorus] When the ice opens Hold the song inside your chest When the ice opens Give the hungry dark no rest If the world is only breathing By a thread of blood and stone When the ice opens I will bind the rune alone When the ice opens Let the ravens cross the sky When the ice opens Let my name go where names die [Outro] Crack in the white Cry in the deep I gave the stone What it must keep