Verse 1 The sun hangs low — the long night calls Frost in the fields, fire in our lungs We carve our names in ash and flame To stand unbent where shadows come Pre-Chorus (Half-Chanted) Hear them now — the ones before In breath and bone, they walk once more (Low chant beneath) Ljós í myrkri (Light in the darkness) Chorus (Communal / Powerful) Raise the fire — stand as one This is the turning of the year From ash to spark, from dark to dawn We face the night — no fear Hei — the wheel still turns Ho — the cold won’t hold We are here, we are whole At the edge of the winter soul (Backing chant) Við stöndum saman (We stand together) Verse 2 Roots sleep deep beneath the snow But earth remembers how to rise What falls away makes room to grow No end is true — it only shifts its side Pre-Chorus (Answered Chant) Blood and breath — borrowed flame We speak the lost, we speak their names (Answered softly) Endir er upphaf (An ending is a beginning) Chorus (Repeat, Heavier Drums) Raise the fire — stand as one This is the turning of the year From ash to spark, from dark to dawn We face the night — no fear Hei — the wheel still turns Ho — the cold won’t hold We are here, we are whole At the edge of the winter soul (Backing chant, stronger) Kuldinn heldur ekki (The cold will not hold) Bridge (Ritual Chant – Minimal, Stomp-Driven) Fire — frost Bone — seed What was lost Feeds what we need (Chant, low and steady) Eldur lifir (Fire lives) (Call) Hei — hei — stand (Response) Við stöndum saman (Final strike) Sól mun rísa (The sun will rise) Final Chorus (Full Power, Fewer Words) Raise the fire — hear the drums The longest night is almost done From death to life, from life we go Bound by blood, by flame, by snow Outro (Chanted, Fading into Drums) Sól mun rísa Ljós í myrkri Hei — the sun returns Ho — we stand as one
