[Intro] Do not wake Do not rise Close your mouth Beneath the ice [Verse 1] The final rune burned through the chamber Black as pitch on a white seal-skin Every name carved round me trembled Every breath was drawn within I heard the world above me cracking Heard the village bells begin Not in warning, not in mourning Only morning entering in [Pre-Chorus] So I knelt Where the old ones kneeled Put my palm Upon the seal [Chorus] The last rune sleeps Under water, under stone The last rune sleeps Not forgotten, not alone If my voice must be the binding If my breath is what it keeps Let the world wake in the morning While the last rune sleeps [Verse 2] The dark beyond the doorway gathered Thin as smoke and sharp as sleet It spoke with every voice I wanted Laid my home before my feet Mother singing in the doorway Father calling from the quay Warm bread wrapped in linen cloth And a child I’ll never see [Pre-Chorus] I loved them all That made it clear Love was the knife That held me here [Chorus] The last rune sleeps Under water, under stone The last rune sleeps Not forgotten, not alone If my voice must be the binding If my breath is what it keeps Let the world wake in the morning While the last rune sleeps [Instrumental Climax] Haa Deep stone Haa Cold throne Haa One name Haa One flame [Bridge] I did not shout the ancient warning I did not curse the hungry deep I sang as women sang before me Low enough to lead to sleep Not a spell of war or conquest Not a cry for gods to hear Only one long human breathing Held against the mouth of fear [Build-up] The rune grew dim beneath my fingers The chamber lowered like a tide The ravens screamed above the fjord ice And the first dark turned aside [Final Chorus] The last rune sleeps Under water, under stone The last rune sleeps Not forgotten, not alone If my voice must be the binding If my breath is what it keeps Let the world wake in the morning While the last rune sleeps The last rune sleeps With my name beneath the sea The last rune sleeps And the north breathes quietly [Outro] Do not wake Do not rise I am the song Beneath the ice