[Intro] Red light climbs the frozen tide Ravens wheel where old gods hide Cold wind crawls through shield and bone Tonight the north wakes not alone [Verse] Over the fjord, the heavens bleed Across the ice, the wolves take heed The elder carved the rune in stone A debt of blood must now be known The black pines bow, the torches flare A warning burns in midnight air From broken oaths and buried names The moon returns to feed the flames [Pre-Chorus] Hear the horn from the mountain wall Hear the dead in the longhouse call No king can sleep, no child can dream Beneath that red and rising gleam [Chorus] Omen over the fjord Raise the axe, unsheathe the sword Blood moon calling from the sky Old betrayals never die Omen over the fjord Wake the clans and praise the horde But every oath and every scar Will lead us where the ashes are [Verse] Two banners stir in bitter rain Two clans remember ancient pain One crown was split, one brother slain One lie became a chain The seers fall down with blinded eyes They taste the iron in the skies They cry no glory waits ahead Only snow made warm and red [Pre-Chorus] Hear the drums in the burial ground Hear the roots drink every sound The gods are silent, stone, and far While men mistake a curse for war [Chorus] Omen over the fjord Raise the axe, unsheathe the sword Blood moon calling from the sky Old betrayals never die Omen over the fjord Wake the clans and praise the horde But every oath and every scar Will lead us where the ashes are [Bridge] Not for honor Not for land Only blood upon the hand Not for heaven Not for throne Only ghosts around the stone [Breakdown] Beat the hide Brand the flame Speak the traitor’s cursed name Beat the hide Sharpen steel Let the sleeping hatred kneel [Chorus] Omen over the fjord Raise the axe, unsheathe the sword Blood moon calling from the sky Old betrayals never die Omen over the fjord Wake the clans and praise the horde But every oath and every scar Will lead us where the ashes are [Outro] Red light climbs the frozen tide No one runs and none can hide The moon has opened heaven’s wound The saga starts beneath its doom