On black shore gravel I saw the wolves come near Three eyes in the moon-skin Three breaths of fear The runestone stood there Split by old blue rain My father’s name on it Burned through the grain I touched that scarred word And the night leaned close The pack went silent Like they knew the oath Runestone wolves, runestone wolves Mark the road for me Runestone wolves, runestone wolves Bite the dark to set me free Runestone wolves, runestone wolves I will not break in snow Runestone wolves, runestone wolves Carry my name below My spear had fallen At the fjord-mouth bend My shield was split oak My luck near end Then one old she-wolf Sat where the rune was cut She looked through my bloodline And all I’d become Her throat gave thunder Her paws held ground I heard my dead kin In the shape of that sound Runestone wolves, runestone wolves Mark the road for me Runestone wolves, runestone wolves Bite the dark to set me free Runestone wolves, runestone wolves I will not break in snow Runestone wolves, runestone wolves Carry my name below I fed them no meat I offered my fear I gave them my warning My last bright year They circled the stone ring Then bowed their gray heads Like kings in the winter Guarding the dead Runestone wolves, runestone wolves Mark the road for me Runestone wolves, runestone wolves Bite the dark to set me free Runestone wolves, runestone wolves I will not break in snow Runestone wolves, runestone wolves Carry my name below Runestone wolves, runestone wolves I am the oath they know
