De Bolt ' Westward Runes'

[Verse 1] Salt on the iron wind Timbers begin to groan Oaths carved in frozen grain Names that the crown disowned Smoke from the eastern fires Ash in the harbor light We cut from tethered cleats And vanish into night [Pre-Chorus no lyrics] [Chorus] Westward Cross sails run Past where the maps all end Carved in the keel below Maps that the old ones send Hold to the northern Star Read what the runes have shown No king can chart this course The way is of De bones [Verse 2] Ships against the tide Cold spray across the bows Voices of buried time Guide us through as De sea growls Stone signs in hidden lines Etched where the shoreline breaks Native elders kept Before the world awakes [Pre chorus no lyrics] ]Chorus] Westward Cross sails run Past where the maps all end Carved in the keel below Maps that the old ones send Hold to the northern Star Read what the runes have shown No king can chart this course The way is of De bones [Guitar Solo ] [Bridge – slower, heavy] Hands met on foreign shores Not written, but understood The old blood recognized And answered as it should [Pre chorus] Throne behind us now No judge upon the sea Only the turning stars And what we choose to be [Final Chorus] Westward Cross sails run Past where the maps all end Carved in the keel below Maps that the old ones send Hold to the northern Star Read what the runes have shown No king can chart this course This path is ours alone [Outro] We sail beyond their rule With sacred truth as the only guide. Svanr Skohl