[Intro][Double-kick burst, tremolo guitars and shouted gang response.]

[Verse 1 - Male Lead Odin]
Odin struck the table, every cup went still,
Meat fell from the knife-edge, smoke crawled up the sill.
He named the wolf, the serpent, the fire in the sea,
Then looked upon the dead and said, “You belong to me.”
No father in the high seat, no host with open hand,
Only the commander of a doomed and crowded land.
The rafters heard the sentence, the benches heard it too,
Glory lost its gilding when the order cut through.

[Chorus]
No guest, only sword, no rest, only war,
No open road behind you, no latch upon the door.
No guest, only sword, no feast without a field,
Every healed wound is a weapon concealed.
You were not brought here for reward,
No guest, no guest — only sword.

[Verse 2 - Female Lead Valkyrie]
The Einherjar rose slowly, not with rebel song,
But with the kind of silence that says the lie was long.
One man touched his closed-up throat, one man dropped his horn,
One man asked what holy means when mercy is stillborn.
The Valkyrie stood in the middle, frost across her braid,
Knowing every lifted soul had sharpened Odin’s blade.
He spoke her oath back word for word, polished, cold and bright,
And every syllable turned into a chain of light.

[Chorus]
No guest, only sword, no rest, only war,
No open road behind you, no latch upon the door.
No guest, only sword, no feast without a field,
Every healed wound is a weapon concealed.
You were not brought here for reward,
No guest, no guest — only sword.

[Guitar Solo][Fast twin-guitar lead rides the tagelharpa motif.]

[Bridge]
What is a hero when his death is leased?
What is a feast if it feeds the beast?
What is a god who can never lose,
Yet steals from mortals what they did not choose?

[Bridge 2]
The hall rang hard, the doors stayed sealed,
And truth stood naked in the training field.

[Breakdown]
No guest.
No rest.
No door.
No reward.

[Breakdown 2]
No oath.
No lord.

[Shouted]
Only sword.

[Final Chorus]
No guest, only sword, no rest, only war,
No open road behind you, no latch upon the door.
No guest, only sword, no feast without a field,
Every healed wound is a weapon concealed.
You were not brought here for reward,
No guest, no guest — only sword.

[Gang Vocals Coda]
The golden hall has spoken, and the spoken word is war,
No guest, no guest — only sword.

[Outro][All instruments stop after a shouted “Only sword.”]