RAGNAR’S DREAM [Intro – distant wind, ocean, low male choir] Beyond the edge Beyond the known There lies a world No man has shown [Low male chant] Sail… Sail… Into the unknown… [Verse 1] I stood where blackened waters meet The frozen stone beneath my feet They told me nothing waits out there But empty waves and dead men’s prayers Yet every night beyond the flame The western wind would call my name Not gold, not glory pulled me on I had to know what lies beyond [Pre-Chorus – drums slowly building] Let them say the sea will take me Let them say I’ll never return Every road begins with someone Who was never meant to learn [Chorus – huge male choir, guitars and war drums] SAIL BEYOND THE HORIZON! Where the old world disappears Through the storm and through the darkness We will leave behind our fears SAIL BEYOND THE HORIZON! Let the northern thunder roar If there is another world out there We will find another shore [Instrumental – Nordic drums, strings, heavy guitars] [Verse 2] We carved our names into the wood And swore we’d go as brothers should The raven circled overhead While mothers prayed beside the dead The sail went up, the coastline fell No man could know, no god would tell And somewhere underneath the foam The sea erased the road to home [Pre-Chorus] No stars above us No land behind Only the ocean And what we might find [Chorus – bigger] SAIL BEYOND THE HORIZON! Where the old world disappears Through the storm and through the darkness We will leave behind our fears SAIL BEYOND THE HORIZON! Let the northern thunder roar If there is another world out there We will find another shore [Breakdown – drums only, deep male voice] They called it madness. Good. Every man who changed the world Was called a fool By those too frightened To leave the shore. [Skald Rap Bridge – deep rhythmic male vocal, tribal drums] Born where the frost puts a blade to the skin Salt in the blood, let the voyage begin No crown on my head, no throne in my hall Just one little question that started it all What lies beyond where the cold waves end? Enemy waiting or stranger or friend? Storm at the bow and the night at our back Once you choose ocean, there ain’t no track Row when you’re broken, row when you’re blind Leave all the voices of cowards behind We didn’t come for a story retold We came for the places no eyes could behold So beat on the shield, let the black raven fly No man owns ocean, no king owns the sky And if I should fall where the cold waters gleam Remember my name… Remember the dream. [Instrumental Build – war drums accelerating] [Male Choir] Remember the dream… Remember the dream… [Female Nordic vocal enters] Beyond the sea… [Male Choir] Beyond the fear… [Female Vocal] Beyond the world we know… [Music cuts] [Deep spoken vocal] What lies beyond? [Silence] Let’s find out. [FINAL CHORUS – massive] SAIL BEYOND THE HORIZON! LET THE NORTHERN THUNDER ROAR! Through the storm and through the darkness We will find another shore SAIL BEYOND THE HORIZON! Hear a thousand voices call We would rather chase the unknown Than never leave these shores at all [Final Instrumental – huge guitars, Nordic strings, war drums] [Choir] Sail! Sail! Sail! Beyond the horizon! [Outro – music gradually disappears into ocean] [Deep male voice] They said there was nothing beyond the sea. They were wrong.
