[Intro]
Ashes rise where the oath was broken
Names are carved but never spoken

[Verse]
In the hall where the rafters burned
The wheel of vengeance slowly turned
A brother drank from a poisoned horn
A crown was stolen before the morn

The traitor smiled with a silver tongue
While funeral bells in the rafters hung
He kissed the blade, he blessed the lie
And watched the old king bleed and die

[Pre-Chorus]
Now the sons of the sons still remember
Every ember, every ember
Now the daughters of grief still cry
Underneath the iron sky

[Chorus]
Ashes of the betrayer
Black on the northern snow
Ashes of the betrayer
Where the red moon starts to glow

Ashes of the betrayer
Carried by the storm
We were born from broken honor
We were raised to be the thorn

[Verse]
One clan fled to the cliffs of stone
One clan claimed the stolen throne
One swore truth by the raven’s wing
One crowned a murderer king

Through winter nights and starving years
The children learned the taste of tears
The lullabies were blades in song
Saying wait, the hour is long

[Pre-Chorus]
Now the drums in the deep woods answer
Like a fever, like a cancer
Now the old wound opens wide
And the dead walk at our side

[Chorus]
Ashes of the betrayer
Black on the northern snow
Ashes of the betrayer
Where the red moon starts to glow

Ashes of the betrayer
Carried by the storm
We were born from broken honor
We were raised to be the thorn

[Bridge]
Was it truth or was it hunger
Was it justice dressed as thunder
Was the tale made sharp by time
Was revenge the oldest crime

[Breakdown]
Swear by fire
Swear by bone
No false king shall keep the throne
Swear by iron
Swear by grave
Blood remembers what we gave

[Chorus]
Ashes of the betrayer
Black on the northern snow
Ashes of the betrayer
Where the red moon starts to glow

Ashes of the betrayer
Carried by the storm
We were born from broken honor
We were raised to be the thorn

[Outro]
Ashes rise and blind the seer
The past is smoke, but rage is clear