[Verse 1] I had a round shield in hand And a home by the fjord Then the black smoke climbed Like a beast at the door I saw the roof beams fall I heard my Father call Now the ash sits in my hair Like winter after war [Pre-Chorus] I ran through fire With my name in my teeth I carried that scream Like a blade underneath [Chorus] Ashes in my lungs Blood moon in my veins I remember everything But it all feels the same Ashes in my lungs Cold where I should break I was born in the flame Now I do not wake (wake) [Verse 2] They came with ivory smiles And a kiss like a wound I rose from the graveyard mud Under a ruined moon No prayer in my mouth No pulse in my wrist Just old iron and hunger And a fist full of mist [Pre-Chorus] I should have died there With the cedar and flame But they made me forever And took away pain [Chorus] Ashes in my lungs Blood moon in my veins I remember everything But it all feels the same Ashes in my lungs Cold where I should break I was born in the flame Now I do not wake (wake) [Bridge] I still see the little door The red on the snow My Sister in the smoke And the place I called home If I close my eyes I can hear that night But the grief is a stone And I carry it right [Final Chorus] Ashes in my lungs Blood moon in my veins I remember everything But it all feels the same Ashes in my lungs Cold where I should break I was born in the flame Now I do not wake (wake) Ashes in my lungs I stand and I remain A shield for the dead With a heart made strange (strange)
