[Verse 1] Black wings rake the ridge Cold steel waking in the dawn Nine sisters in silver Cutting through the mountain fog A trumpet cracks the silence A red seam burns the sky They rise off the ridgeline With frost in their eyes [Pre-Chorus] Hear the ground shake Hear the chains break Every fallen name Rises with the flame [Chorus] Hooves hit hard, let the ridge ring out. Black wings drop in, no room for doubt. Lock your shields, hear the longship call. Fallen names rise, we take them all. [Verse 2] Horses cut through shadow Hooves split the blackened air Crests like sparks in dry grass Flashing as they tear Spear tips throwing blue-white Armor lost in mist They gather the broken With a hard, grave kiss [Pre-Chorus] Hear the ground shake Hear the chains break Every fallen name Rises with the flame [Chorus] Hooves hit hard, let the ridge ring out. Black wings drop in, no room for doubt. Lock your shields, hear the longship call. Fallen names rise, we take them all. [Bridge] When the last horn sounds And the world goes still They cross the broken veil By oath and by will No more fear No more bone-deep night Only halls of gold And a hundred braziers bright [Final Chorus] Hooves hit hard, and the sky gives way. Black wings come down like a raid at day. Iron to iron, we hold our ground. Every lost voice comes roaring back loud. Hooves hit hard. The ridge answers back. Names hit the gates like a war drum crack. Raise up the fallen, let the whole hall ring— No more silence now, let the dead ones sing.
