[Intro] [Verse 1] The bell beneath the frozen lake Calls through the iron winter air We carve our names in splintered oak And leave the living world to stare [Pre-Chorus] The mountain opens, stone by stone A crown of cinders waits below [Chorus] Raise the blackened banner high Let the old kingdoms fall From the ash, our voices climb Past the last pale wall [Verse 2] The ravens gather on the pines Where torchlight stains the drifts of snow I hear the buried monarchs rise And feel their cold procession grow [Bridge] No dawn can claim this hollow throne No hand can close the ancient gate We cross the field of shattered shields And meet the silence without fear [Chorus] Raise the blackened banner high Let the old kingdoms fall From the ash, our voices climb Past the last pale wall [Outro] The bell sinks quiet under ice The mountain keeps what we became
