BLOOD ON THE FJORD [Intro – immediate heavy guitar riff, driving drums] [Verse 1] Longships cut through morning grey Silent shadows cross the bay Cold steel resting in our hands No one speaks as we see land Mist is rising from the sea Every man knows what will be One last breath before the shore One last call to Odin— Then we row [Music pulls back – drums only] The shoreline waits The water stills [Deep male voice] Odin… See your sons. [WAR HORN] [Drums stop] [Warrior Shout] SHIELD WALL! [Massive sound of shields locking together] [Warrior Shouts] SHIELDS UP! HOLD THE LINE! [Heavy guitar riff enters] [Verse 2] Boots sink deep into the sand Brother standing close at hand Wood and iron, side by side No open ground and nowhere to hide Through the mist we see them come Hundred feet begin to run Every shield becomes a wall If one man breaks— We all may fall [Warrior Shout] HOLD! [Arrows heard in the distance] [Commander] DRAW! [Short silence] LOOSE! [Sound of arrows] [Commander] AGAIN! DRAW! LOOSE! [War horn] [Commander] SHIELD WALL… ADVANCE! [Pre-Chorus – drums accelerating] Step by step Shield by shield We push them back across the field No man runs No man stands alone Today your brother Brings you home [Commander] CHARGE! [CHORUS – massive guitars and warrior gang vocals] BLOOD ON THE FJORD! SMOKE IN THE SKY! STAND WITH YOUR BROTHER UNTIL ONE OF US DIES! BLOOD ON THE FJORD! NO ROAD BEHIND! SHIELD AGAINST SHIELD WE HOLD THE LINE! [Gang Vocals] HOLD! THE! LINE! [Lead Vocal] Whatever waits upon this shore— [Entire Choir] WE FACE IT SIDE BY SIDE! [Heavy instrumental riff] [Verse 3] Now the shield wall starts to bend I watch a brother meet his end He falls without a final word His name is lost beneath the swords Another takes his empty place Blood and rain across his face No time to mourn, no time to grieve The living fight— The dead don’t leave [Heavy half-time section] [Warrior] LEFT SIDE! HOLD! [Shield impacts] [Warrior] PUSH! [Gang Vocals] PUSH! [Warrior] PUSH! [Gang Vocals] PUSH! [Warrior] BREAK THEIR LINE! [Massive guitar hit] [Second Chorus] BLOOD ON THE FJORD! SMOKE IN THE SKY! STAND WITH YOUR BROTHER AND LOOK DEATH IN THE EYE! BLOOD ON THE FJORD! HEAR THE BATTLE CRY! SHIELD AGAINST SHIELD WE HOLD THE LINE! [Gang Vocals] HOLD! THE! LINE! [Instrumental Battle Section – heavy guitars and drums] [War horn sounds again] [Gang Vocals] FORWARD! FORWARD! FORWARD! [Music becomes increasingly chaotic] [Sudden silence] [Breakdown – clean electric guitar, distant fire] [Lead Vocal – quiet] The battle ends before the night No enemy remains in sight Their banners burn beside the sea They call it victory… But not to me I count the faces that remain Then count the ones I’ll never see again We came ashore as sixty men The ships will carry fewer home again [Quiet male voice] Was it worth the blood? [Long pause] [Lead Vocal] Ask the dead. [Slow guitar enters] [Bridge] We came for honor We came for fame Now every victory Has someone’s name Carved into wood Remembered in stone A hundred men may win a war But every widow Loses one [War horn – distant and mournful] [Build – drums slowly return] [Male Choir – low] Hold the line… [Lead Vocal] For every brother left behind [Choir] Hold the line… [Lead Vocal] For every son who won’t return [Choir – louder] HOLD THE LINE… [Lead Vocal] For every name we’ll carry home [Full Band Building] We remember! [Music cuts] [Deep male voice] Odin… Remember them. [Single distant war horn] [FINAL CHORUS – colossal] BLOOD ON THE FJORD! FIRE IN THE SKY! WE STOOD WITH OUR BROTHERS WE WATCHED OUR BROTHERS DIE! BLOOD ON THE FJORD! WE PAID THE PRICE! SHIELD AGAINST SHIELD WE HELD THE LINE! [Gang Vocals] HOLD! THE! LINE! [Lead Vocal] THEY MAY CALL THIS VICTORY— [Entire Choir] WE REMEMBER WHO IT COST! [Final Heavy Guitar Section] [Gang Vocals] HOLD THE LINE! HOLD THE LINE! HOLD THE LINE! [Final guitar chord] [Outro – waves, distant burning wood] [Quiet Lead Vocal] Tomorrow they’ll sing of victory. They’ll speak of the land we took. [Pause] We will speak of the men… who never left this shore. [Very distant war horn]
