Verse 1 Raise up your cup to the sun-warm stone, To white roads running, clean and straight. We drink to land that stands its ground, And to the riders at the gate. When shadows crawl from crag and cloud, When strangers test our iron grin, We answer not with trembling words, But with a scream of wings on wind. Chorus Claw and crown, wing and rein, Risland rides through storm and flame. Feather, fang, and fearless heart, Every flight the same proud name. Hear them cry above the din: “Keep your fear, we’ll keep our sky.” Claw and crown, wing and rein, Risland lives, and Risland flies. Verse 2 A gryphon’s oath is not in ink, It’s talon-marked in blood and grit. No silk vow holds like leather strap, No courtly lie like this can fit. We do not beg the clouds for mercy, We take the high road, hard and true, And if the world won’t make us room, We make the world remember who. Chorus Claw and crown, wing and rein, Risland rides through storm and flame. Feather, fang, and fearless heart, Every flight the same proud name. Hear them cry above the din: “Keep your fear, we’ll keep our sky.” Claw and crown, wing and rein, Risland lives, and Risland flies. Bridge Let other kings hide behind walls, Let other lands pray shields will hold. We’ve got the bite of mountain dawn And riders brash and bright and bold. If thunder speaks, we answer back, If lightning strikes, we strike it blind, Because a gryphon doesn’t kneel And neither does the Rislani kind. Final Chorus Claw and crown, wing and rein, Risland rides through storm and flame. Feather, fang, and fearless heart, Every flight the same proud name. Hear them cry above the din: “Keep your fear, we’ll keep our sky.” Claw and crown, wing and rein, Risland lives, and Risland flies! Tag (optional, shouted) One more round for the sky-watch! One more roar for the riders!
