[Intro]
Black pines whisper
Roots drink deep
The seeress wakes
From dreamless sleep

[Verse]
She walks where no sane hunter goes
With ash on lips and frostbitten toes
Her hair is white as winter bone
Her voice is older than the stone

She saw the moon before it rose
She heard the river name our woes
She held a skull and softly said
The sign is not for glory’s dead

[Pre-Chorus]
Listen now
Children of flame
The sky does not
Praise your name

[Chorus]
Seeress of the black pines
Tell us what the red light means
Is it wrath from ancient gods
Or warning from forgotten dreams

Seeress of the black pines
Raise your eyes and speak the doom
The moon is not a battle cry
It is a wound above the tomb

[Verse]
The chieftains laughed with iron teeth
They spat their oaths upon the heath
They called her crone and cursed her sight
And marched again into the night

But every raven turned away
No wolf would cross the blood-red clay
The horses screamed and broke their reins
As thunder rolled without the rains

[Pre-Chorus]
Listen now
Children of pride
The gods are not
On either side

[Chorus]
Seeress of the black pines
Tell us what the red light means
Is it wrath from ancient gods
Or warning from forgotten dreams

Seeress of the black pines
Raise your eyes and speak the doom
The moon is not a battle cry
It is a wound above the tomb

[Interlude]
I saw no feast in the halls of the brave
I saw no crown and no honored grave
I saw the sea climb over the stone
I saw the north left nameless, alone

[Build-up]
Turn from the blade
Turn from the fire
Turn from the hunger
Dressed as desire

Turn from the oath
Turn from the throne
Or bury your children
Under your own stone

[Chorus]
Seeress of the black pines
Tell us what the red light means
Is it wrath from ancient gods
Or warning from forgotten dreams

Seeress of the black pines
Raise your eyes and speak the doom
The moon is not a battle cry
It is a wound above the tomb

[Outro]
Black pines whisper
No hearts hear
The truth arrives
Too late, too near