[Intro]
The valley shakes
The ravens cry
Black wings burn
Against the sky

[Verse]
Shield on shield and blade on blade
Morning breaks in iron shade
Snow is torn by charging feet
Drums and heartbeats pound as one beat

Axes flash through freezing breath
Every prayer is bent toward death
Clans collide where rivers sleep
And the first red harvest runs deep

[Pre-Chorus]
Raise it high
Never yield
Raven banner
Over field

[Chorus]
The raven banner falls
And the mountain hears our calls
Black wings broken in the storm
No more shelter, no more form

The raven banner falls
Blood is running down the walls
What we worship, what we name
Turns to ash inside the flame

[Verse]
Spears like winter rain descend
Brother finds a childhood friend
Neither speaks and neither turns
Only steel remembers, burns

A chieftain roars with splitten shield
Seven wounds and none will heal
He sees the banner start to sway
Like night surrendering to day

[Pre-Chorus]
Raise it high
Hold the line
Raven banner
Darken time

[Chorus]
The raven banner falls
And the mountain hears our calls
Black wings broken in the storm
No more shelter, no more form

The raven banner falls
Blood is running down the walls
What we worship, what we name
Turns to ash inside the flame

[Solo]
[Breakdown]
Down
Down
The black cloth kisses ground
Down
Down
No victory in the sound

[Bridge]
When the banner met the snow
Every warrior seemed to know
Something older watched us bleed
Something fed on clan and creed

[Chorus]
The raven banner falls
And the mountain hears our calls
Black wings broken in the storm
No more shelter, no more form

The raven banner falls
Blood is running down the walls
What we worship, what we name
Turns to ash inside the flame

[Outro]
The valley shakes
The ravens cry
Black wings fall
But men still die