[Intro]
Under roots where shadows crawl
We hear the buried fathers call
The ash tree drinks the winter rain
And wakes the oath of blood again

[Verse]
We came with frost upon our hair
With wolf-skins wet from mountain air
We came with iron, grief, and bread
To feed the spirits of the dead
The oldest carved the rune of shame
And spoke the traitor’s cursed name
The youngest raised a shaking blade
And learned the price the fathers paid

[Pre-Chorus]
By bark and bone
By sky and grave
No heart shall bend
No hand shall save

[Chorus]
The Oath Beneath the Ash Tree
Binds the living to the slain
The Oath Beneath the Ash Tree
Turns the snow to blood and rain
We swear by root, by wrath, by fire
By every son and every sire
Until the last red dawn we see
We keep the oath beneath the ash tree

[Verse]
Across the ridge, the others came
Their torches carried the same flame
Their voices cursed our mother’s line
Their knives were wet with bitter wine
No god descended, no wind cried
Only the moon burned open wide
And in its light, both clans became
Two wolves devoured by one name

[Pre-Chorus]
By tooth and thorn
By axe and pyre
We feed the feud
We crown desire

[Chorus]
The Oath Beneath the Ash Tree
Binds the living to the slain
The Oath Beneath the Ash Tree
Turns the snow to blood and rain
We swear by root, by wrath, by fire
By every son and every sire
Until the last red dawn we see
We keep the oath beneath the ash tree

[Instrumental]
Low horns answer through the pines
Fiddle cuts like funeral signs
Drums beat slow, then rise in rage
Chains are passed from age to age

[Bridge]
What is a child but kindling wood
When elders teach the taste of blood
What is a name when carved in hate
A key, a curse, a closing gate

[Breakdown]
Swear it
Bleed it
Carry it
Feed it
Name it
Raise it
Never release it

[Build-up]
The ash leaves fall like burning eyes
The red moon watches from the skies
And every vow that leaves the tongue
Turns old revenge forever young

[Chorus]
The Oath Beneath the Ash Tree
Binds the living to the slain
The Oath Beneath the Ash Tree
Turns the snow to blood and rain
We swear by root, by wrath, by fire
By every son and every sire
Until the last red dawn we see
We keep the oath beneath the ash tree

[Chorus]
The Oath Beneath the Ash Tree
Is a chain no blade can cleave
The Oath Beneath the Ash Tree
Is the lie we still believe
We swear by root, by wrath, by fire
By every grave and funeral pyre
Until the world forgets the sea
We keep the oath beneath the ash tree

[Outro]
Under roots where shadows crawl
The oath has swallowed one and all