Einherjer North Star 1. The Blood and the Iron The blood of the Gods Still fresh on my hands Defying the odds The Earth turn cold The tide of battle stands Still as the night Where every promise lands At the edge of the world The blood and the iron The earth and the sea The wind and the fire The nature in me The blood and the iron The sun and the seed The past and the present The future in me We're all in this darkness We're far off the track The Fiery Mountains Are calling us back Where's your horizon? Where's your light of day? Will the tide ever turn? We're all cast away The blood and the iron The earth and the sea The wind and the fire The nature in me 2. Stars Stars In the night sky In the darkness For eternity Echoes From the distant past As timeless As infinity Constant Ceaseless Paint the skies With scattered sparks All like fire In perfect arcs Constant Ceaseless Enduring Steadfast Guidance from afar On the canvas of the night In a symphony of stars Guidance from afar From the north of the night In a symphony of stars Pure black Crystal clear Behind the lights Across the skies High above The dying night In the twilight The dawning light Constant Ceaseless Enduring Steadfast Guidance from afar On the canvas of the night In a symphony of stars Guidance from afar From the north of the night In a symphony of stars 3. West Coast Groove Well, here we are Among the raging waves The great wide open Beyond the brave ones' graves Under the silver mountains Where the North Sea raves From the land of legends From the home of the braves The elemental strain The endless chase Stretches far and wide It's the golden grace Now let's set the stage For the Norsemen we are And let's stomp the pace Throughout this place Behold The West Coast groove We're the Norsemen We're marching on Now heed The West Coast groove We're the Norsemen Our course is true Well, here we are again To rock the tidal waves Still rugged and weathered As the North Sea crave We're brothers in arms We stand together As Nordic charms As dragons forever Behold The West Coast groove We're the Norsemen We're marching on Now heed The West Coast groove We're the Norsemen Our course is true 4. Ascension [Verse 1] Warm was the womb Safe the crib as we listen The perils in this prison Look to the rising sun Warm was the hearth And we abide, and we strive and toil Poor was the soil we abandoned And the strong consumed the weak Look to the sea Behind the veil over yonder Over the precipice of wonder Look to the sky Where the thunder rumble Over the precipice we tumble [Pre-Chorus] Do we delve too deep into the darkness? Into the mist, we stand face to face with the firestorm [Chorus] Ascension Favored by the gods, we ride (Ascension) We arise [Verse 2] We die en masse And we cry out for redemption With a bowl called hunger Famine is my blade We die not in vain As the strong increase momentum In pain we lament them The last goodbye We dive Into the well of wisdom The runes have truth to tell We advance, we excel We light a torch In the gaping maw Escaping the black morass As our blood thaw [Pre-Chorus] We will drag them out from behind the trees The holy light reveals and sow the seeds of the firestorm [Chorus] Ascension Favored by the gods, we ride (Ascension) We arise [Bridge] Plunged into war [Verse 3] Plunged into war Mutual assured destruction Perfection overkill By will of our own infliction We have loved and we have lost And we laugh as the world go under The runes, the sky asunder Burnt bridges we have crossed We ride Like kings into darkness On a fruitless trail Of those who died for us The hooves, they rumble Demand the gods' attention Not fearful nor humble The morning star ascension [Pre-Chorus] We shall eat and drink at the table of the kings They will know we come in the wake of a firestorm [Chorus] Ascension Favored by the gods, we ride (Ascension) Favored by the gods, we ride (Ascension) We arise 5. Higher Fire [Verse 1] To sacrifice To battle the will Pay the price Pale and still Clear the path For the hanged man Hear me now Turn the wheel The winds of time Runes reveal Wisdom and rhyme Clear the path To the gallows Hear me now [Verse 2] Learn the secrets Hear the past Make the future Make it last Clear the path For the wise man Me, here, now [Chorus] You stoke the flame Now watch it burn Speak its name Higher fire You stoke the flame Now watch it burn Play its game Higher fire [Chorus] You stoke the flame Now watch it burn Speak its name Higher fire You stoke the flame Now watch it burn Play its game Higher fire 6. Echoes in Blood [Verse 1] I remember this calm and peaceful place That ember, it flickers and light my mind ablaze My face, it crumbles like ripples in a pond This bond, it sings my echoes from beyond [Chorus] Echoes in blood Moments in time untold Echoes in blood Let the fire unfold [Verse 2] Liquid whispers in the wind They pinned me, thought and memory They resonate the ground, they flow from the boughs I'm bound by their tendrils in my sacred house [Chorus] Echoes in blood Moments in time untold Echoes in blood Let the fire unfold [Verse 3] My heart, it lingers in past forgotten fame Your name, the heroes remembered without shame My hands, they tremble no longer This knot, it loosens, and shows me I am stronger, stronger [Chorus] Echoes in blood Moments in time untold Fire, unfold What remains, my echoes in blood 7. Listen to the Graves [Verse 1] I travel the worlds Into the night I wander Reality is hurled Into darkness ponder Out of the light, into the dark Stare off the night, that doubtful spark I race my thoughts to the sound of times My memory wrought to repent my crimes [Chorus] Listen to the graves To the songs unsung Listen to the graves And to the shadows Listen to the graves And to the silence of souls Listen to the graves To the graves [Verse 2] The ravens unrest And the tide keeps rising The dramatic reveal Looming large on the horizon Erase my thoughts, I am leaving time The world is caught in the sickest rhyme It comes to pass, I close the book Raise the glass but beware the hook [Chorus] Listen to the graves To the songs unsung Listen to the graves And to the shadows Listen to the graves And to the silence of souls Listen to the graves To the graves [Bridge] Realities lost in the mists of time Fantasies bleeding in passionate rhyme Memories, the bridge of burning gold Casualties watch the madness unfold [Chorus] Listen to the graves To the songs unsung Listen to the graves And to the shadows Listen to the graves And to the silence of souls Listen to the graves To the graves 8. Chasing the Serpent [Verse 1] An endless circle, wide and deep What you sow, we will reap A deeper darkness, veils of sheer deceit The cycle stuck on repeat [Refrain] Behind the hammer, out there on the edge High upon that slippery ledge Beyond the runes, the phantom of our youth Follow the trail to the end [Verse 2] You are not blind yet you draw the bow I guess we're not supposed to know The truth within my heart and soul The horn resounds, no control [Chorus] Chasing, chasing, chasing the serpent Yet you are riding the wolf Chasing, chasing, chasing the serpent Over and over again [Verse 3] Open your eyes and look into the flames Why are we playing these games? The broken suffer, how did we come to this? Is there more to come from the abyss? [Refrain] Behind the hammer, out there on the edge High upon that slippery ledge Beyond the runes, the phantom of our youth Follow the trail to the end [Chorus] Chasing, chasing, chasing the serpent Yet you are riding the wolf Chasing, chasing, chasing the serpent Over and over again [Refrain] Behind the hammer, out there on the edge High upon that slippery ledge Beyond the runes, the phantom of our youth Follow the trail to the end [Chorus] Chasing, chasing, chasing the serpent Yet you are riding the wolf (The wolf) Chasing, chasing, chasing the serpent Over and over again