[Intro]
[Twin guitars, French horn and pipe organ proclaim the complete broken-horn theme.]

[Verse 1]
The capital awoke beneath a white eclipse,
Ice filled the wells and sealed the harbour ships.
The Deepest Cold came pouring through the ground,
Freezing men upright without a sound.
Haldren stood crowned upon the western tower,
Convinced the storm would sanctify his power.
He raised the horn torn centuries before—
And called the last old dragon into war.

[Pre-Chorus]
From every southern road, the people came,
With ledgers, farming hooks and jars of flame.
Above their ranks, against the colourless dawn,
Vaelgrim flew with half his strength withdrawn.

[Chorus]
The last dragon above the North, broken horn against the sky,
Every wingbeat shook the snow from every buried lie.
The last dragon above the North knew one of us must die,
Not for a crown or promised throne, but those who stood nearby.
Raise no statue higher than the truth he carried forth—
Remember the last dragon above the North.

[Verse 2]
The Regent’s engines cast their chains below;
Barbed iron caught his wing and dragged him low.
I climbed the tower under shattered stone,
The rusted sword felt lighter than my bones.
Haldren swung the stolen horn like steel:
“You cannot govern what the crowds can feel.”
I caught his strike; my father’s weapon split—
Half crossed the floor, half stayed within my grip.

[Chorus]
The last dragon above the North, broken horn against the sky,
Every wingbeat shook the snow from every buried lie.
The last dragon above the North knew one of us must die,
Not for a crown or promised throne, but those who stood nearby.
Raise no statue higher than the truth he carried forth—
Remember the last dragon above the North.

[Guitar Solo]
[Rapid twin leads follow Vaelgrim through chain fire before resolving into the upward truth motif.]

[Confrontation - Haldren and Ivar]
[Haldren]
“Break me, and every province turns to flame.”
[Ivar]
“You struck the spark, then taught them whom to blame.”
[Haldren]
“They need one beast to keep their ranks aligned.”
[Ivar]
“Then see the one your polished laws designed.”

[Combat Break]
I drove the broken blade beneath his chain.
The stolen horn fell ringing from the height;
Vaelgrim caught it in the failing light.

[Breakdown]
Below the tower, the nameless winter climbed,
A living cold released before its time.
It filled the streets with figures pale and still;
No mortal furnace had the fire to kill.

[Last Oath - Vaelgrim and Ivar]
[Vaelgrim]
“The seal requires the flame my life contains.”
[Ivar]
“There must be roads beyond the old kings’ chains.”
[Vaelgrim]
“Write this correctly, little keeper’s son:
I choose the end. I am not overcome.”

[Choir]
Eldr lifir, sannindi standa.
Horn brotit, gæt vár enn.

[Build-up]
He climbed beyond the arrows and the snow,
Beyond the roofs where northern tempests blow.
His wounded wings drew blood across the day;
The stolen horn burned golden where it lay.
He turned once toward the people in the square—
Not asking worship, only that they care.

[Final Chorus I]
The last dragon above the North became a second sun,
Every scale a burning word, each wound a truth made known.
The last dragon above the North spent all that kings had shunned;
His fire sealed the nameless cold before the day was won.
Raise no crown above the truth, let every child look forth—
Remember the last dragon above the North.

[Final Chorus II]
The last dragon above the North, broken horn restored in flame,
No royal book will chain him, no decree erase his name.
The last dragon above the North did not die for kingly fame;
He chose the lives below him and the oath the people claimed.
The truth is a fire no winter can kill—
And his fire burns within the northern mountains still.

[Climax]
Vaelgrim folded both his wings around the storm.
Gold crossed blue.
Fire crossed cold.
The sky became one word no censor could remove.

[Instrumental Break]
[Full band and orchestra reprise themes from tracks one, six, eight and twelve.]

[Outro]
At dawn, red snow lay quiet on the square.
One blackened scale came turning through the air.
I caught it where the broken sword had lain—
And heard no dragon heartbeat rise again.