[Intro] Ash settles on the broken crown Cold bells sleep beneath the ground [Verse 1] I crossed the field where the black pines lean Past iron gates and a river of green Your red thread hung from the old oak tree A final road was waiting for me The hall stood open, its rafters split Rain in the hearth where the fire once lit I carried your knife in my weathered hand And heard your name in the buried land [Pre-Chorus] No oath is lost beneath the stone No fallen heart walks on alone [Chorus] Raise the torch, let the dead behold We are the sons of the winter road Through the frost, through the ash, through the storm-torn sky We guard the gate where the old gods lie When the last drum fades and the ravens turn Our blood remembers, our fires burn [Verse 2] A wolf stood still by the chapel wall One pale eye watched as the snow began to fall I placed your ring in the mouth of the well And felt the deep give back what it held The sea was iron beyond the hill The oars were quiet, the tide stood still Yet under the keel, in the salt-black foam A voice from the dark called the exiles home [Pre-Chorus] No oath is lost beneath the stone No fallen heart walks on alone [Chorus] Raise the torch, let the dead behold We are the sons of the winter road Through the frost, through the ash, through the storm-torn sky We guard the gate where the old gods lie When the last drum fades and the ravens turn Our blood remembers, our fires burn [Bridge] I will not kneel to the empty throne I will not leave you beneath the stone If the world must end at the mountain’s seam I’ll carry your name through the final dream [Final Chorus] Raise the torch, let the dead behold We are the sons of the winter road Through the frost, through the ash, through the storm-torn sky We guard the gate where the old gods lie When the last drum fades and the ravens turn Our blood remembers, our fires burn [Outro] Ash settles on the broken crown But one small fire still walks us home
