[Intro]
One eye in water. One eye gone.
The mirror cracked, but still looked on.

[Verse 1]
I came to the well where root-roads meet,
With frost in my beard and guilt at my feet.
No raven spoke from shoulder or ash,
Only ice where the dark wells flash.
I asked for signs of wolf and flame,
For giant ships and the last god's name.
But water showed no foreign hand,
It showed my own on a butchered strand.

[Pre-Chorus]
A son for wisdom, a son for law,
A child made rope in the gods' own jaw.
What have I guarded? What have I won?
A shining hall with blood for a sun.

[Chorus]
Odin at the cracked mirror,
Sees no monster drawing nearer.
Only Asgard, cold and clearer,
Odin at the cracked mirror.

[Verse 2]
I saw the feast where laughter bled,
I saw the blind god and Balder dead.
I saw the serpent, stone, and bowl,
I saw law eat its maker whole.
The enemy wears no single face,
It learns our tongue, it takes our place.
When mercy leaves the golden gate,
Even gods become their fate.

[Chorus]
Odin at the cracked mirror,
Sees no monster drawing nearer.
Only Asgard, cold and clearer,
Odin at the cracked mirror.

[Instrumental Break][Uneven 5/4 drums circle under clean guitar and bowed tagelharpa answering each other.]

[Bridge]
Wisdom is not the price I paid,
If wisdom cannot stay my blade.
Prophecy is a starving guide,
When fear becomes the horse we ride.

[Build-up]
I hear the horn, but far away.
I hear the wolves begin to pray.
I hear the stone bowl overflow.
I hear my kingdom answer: snow.

[Final Chorus]
Odin at the cracked mirror,
Sees no monster drawing nearer.
Only Asgard, cold and clearer,
Odin at the cracked mirror.
Odin at the cracked mirror,
Names the cut and knows the bearer.

[Outro]
One eye closed. One truth remained.
The hand that bound him forged the chain.