[INTRO] [Howling wind... cracking ice... distant wolf howl...] Hear the mountain... Feel the cold... Now face the hunt. --- [VERSE 1] I am Skaði, snow-shoe strider, summit seeker, storm abiding, Frost-born huntress, bowstring singer, eagle's shadow, silence gliding. Daughter born of mighty Þjazi, raised where frozen rivers flow, Every mountain knows my footsteps carved through ancient ice and snow. I crossed into Ásgarðr fearless, seeking justice, standing tall, None could shake my steady purpose, none could make my spirit fall. Picked my husband by his feet, yet fate can laugh at careful eyes, Even gods must learn that wisdom often wears a strange disguise. Wolf-track watcher, wind-path walker, never lost though storms arise, Read the snow like open pages, every footprint never lies. Every arrow leaves with purpose, every shot is clean and true, I don't waste a single heartbeat proving what I always knew. Cold has never been my enemy, winter forged my soul instead, Those who fear the frozen silence never hear what lies ahead. Stand too loudly in my valleys and the mountain learns your name, Stand with honor in my homeland and you'll leave the very same. --- [CHORUS] I am Skaði! Mountain, frost, and endless sky! I am Skaði! Watch my arrows swiftly fly! I am Skaði! Stand your ground against the cold! Those who master fear itself... Forge a spirit hard as gold! --- [VERSE 2] I have chased the elk through blizzards where the strongest turned around, Found my way where others wandered, guided only by the ground. Eagle circles high above me, wolf keeps watch beside my trail, Neither speaks a single warning, neither ever has to fail. Winter's Daughter, ice-heart tempered, frozen rivers know my stride, Avalanches break like whispers when I pass the mountainside. Every scar the frost has given taught another way to live, Hardship isn't there to break you, hardship teaches how to give. Give your courage to the moment, give your strength to those in need, Greatness grows from quiet actions far more than ambitious greed. I have watched proud hunters panic when the snowfall hid their track, Calm will guide you farther forward than the fear that pulls you back. Hear the forest breathing softly, hear the branches start to bend, Nature always speaks with purpose if you're willing to attend. --- [CHORUS] I am Skaði! Mountain, frost, and endless sky! I am Skaði! Watch my arrows swiftly fly! I am Skaði! Stand your ground against the cold! Those who master fear itself... Forge a spirit hard as gold! --- [VERSE 3] Do not pray for easier winters, pray your spirit stronger grows, Only those who walk through hardship truly learn what courage knows. Face the darkness without trembling, face the hunger, face the frost, Every lesson earned through struggle makes no sacrifice a loss. Honor isn't forged in comfort, neither wisdom, neither might, Both are hammered into being through the longest, coldest night. When you stumble, rise with patience, every failure leaves a trail, Track it like the seasoned hunter, let no hard-won lesson fail. Walk with purpose, speak with meaning, let your arrows always fly, Not to wound the weak or helpless, but defend what's true and right. When your final winter finds you and the snows have claimed the land, Meet my gaze without a shiver, bow and rise on steady stand. Then we'll climb the silent summits where the endless north winds sing, For the strongest souls are tempered... By the heart of endless winter. --- [FINAL CHORUS] I am Skaði! Winter's strength is born in me! I am Skaði! Cold has set my spirit free! I am Skaði! Stand unbroken through the storm! Honor keeps the fire burning... Even where the world is worn.
