[Intro]
Raise the cup. Lower the eyes.
Foam turns black where honor dies.

[Verse 1]
"Bragi, sweet mouth, thin as reed,
You praise the brave and starve the deed.
Idunn, keeper of orchard shade,
You know what bargain beauty made.
Njord, sea-king, salt in your beard,
Bought by peace, then married to fear.
Freyr, gold-lord, sword laid down,
Love left rust inside your crown."

[Pre-Chorus]
The ale went sour; the table leaned,
The gods heard names they kept unclean.
He tapped the cup with a burial nail,
And carved their secrets into ale.

[Chorus]
Names in the ale, names in the ale,
Every god turns ghostly pale.
Drink what you swore, choke what you sell,
Names in the ale ring clear as a bell.

[Verse 2]
"Thor, loud hammer, red of hand,
You roar at giants, then flee their land.
Odin, gallows, whisper-thief,
You trade your sons for borrowed belief.
Frigg, white mother, woven thread,
You begged all things, but missed one dead.
Tyr, one-handed, oath once bright,
Your silence fed the wolf that night."

[Chorus]
Names in the ale, names in the ale,
Every god turns ghostly pale.
Drink what you swore, choke what you sell,
Names in the ale ring clear as a bell.

[Bridge]
No sword can cut a spoken name,
No shield can hide a hall from shame.
The smallest truth, once thrown in flame,
Will eat through gold and frame.

[Breakdown]
Say it.
Swallow it.
Seal it.
Follow it.

[Final Chorus]
Names in the ale, names in the ale,
Every god turns ghostly pale.
Drink what you swore, choke what you sell,
Names in the ale toll under the veil.
Names in the ale, names in the ale,
First snow falls on every tale.

[Outro]
The benches scraped, the axes rose,
And Loki bowed to all his foes.
