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
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