[INTRO — spoken, cold, close-mic] Cold wind… [breath] Ice cuts deeper than the blade. [raspy gasp] This is where a wolf is born. [VERSE 1 — quiet, restrained power] Ice wind cuts like iron on the skin Children learn to bleed before they win Smoke from broken longhouses in the snow Every tale ends with someone laid below I was only one more hungry son Howling at the moon with a blood-worn blade Dreaming of a sky-fire far away Never knowing Russ had marked the day [PRE-CHORUS — tension rising] Voices in the blizzard called my name [raspy gasp] Not from hearthfire, not from flame Footsteps heavier than any man Golden eyes behind a gauntlet hand ⭐ [CHORUS — full power, hook repeated] From the ice, a wolf is born Fenrisian night, Fenrisian dawn From the ice, a warrior that never dies Fenrisian night, Fenrisian dawn [VERSE 2 —] Cast into the wild where the weak men die Blizzard claws raking at the sky Hunted in the snow by teeth and eyes Fenrisian wolves in the drifts that rise I broke a black-maned hunter with my hands Dragged its corpse across the frozen land Up to the Fang and the gate of stone To claim the path the Wolf King made my own [PRE-CHORUS — harsher, building energy,transformation] [breath] Every heartbeat louder than the last [raspy gasp] Human memories burning into ash Newborn hunger rising in my veins Only battle now can break these chains ⭐ [CHORUS — soaring, massive, ] From the ice, a wolf is born Fenrisian night, Fenrisian dawn From the ice, a warrior that never dies Fenrisian night, Fenrisian dawn [BRIDGE — rising, symphonic] Tribe to pack, and name to howl Old gods fading, new oaths reborn No way back to simple days Only war along the razor ways I looked up at the stars and knew Every death I owed would come due Yet in that dark, a promise shone Imperium vivat as my own ⭐ [FINAL CHORUS — colossal, anthem, max intensity, soaring vocals] From the ice, a wolf is born Fenrisian night, Fenrisian dawn From the ice, a warrior that never dies Fenrisian night, Fenrisian dawn From the ice, a wolf will rise Gloria luporum in the skies Fenris forged my fate in dawn Fenrisian night, Fenrisian dawn [OUTRO — fading, breathy, echo] [soft breath] Fenrisian dawn… A memory in the snow. [Fade out - ]
