
Runes of Fate
[Instrumental Intro] (Low frame drums, distant horn or war-horn swell, soft Celtic flute in the background, faint wind over stone.) [Female Spoken Word] (Soft, echoing, like from a stone circle) The stones have waited. The runes remember what you fear to know. [Melodic Verse: Male Singing] (Oooh, in the circle...) The standing stones encircle me Carved with signs of destiny Each line of power, cut in bone A whispered future, half unknown The mist curls low around my feet As fate and fear in silence meet [Verse 2 – Female Lead Vocal] (Singing, airy and mysterious, als Stimme der Runen) We are the letters of the sky The threads that never truly die In every symbol, joy and pain The rise, the fall, the loss, the gain We show the paths that you may take But not the choices you will make [Pre-Chorus – Duet Vocals] (Energie baut sich auf, Drums dichter, Flöte intensiver) (Male) My hands are shaking, touch the stone! (Female) The truth was never yours alone! (Male) The future calls, in burning light! (Female) Can you accept what’s carved in night? [Chorus – Duet Vocals] (Drive, großer melodischer Drop, episch und dunkel) These Runes of Fate before my eyes! Cut through the veils of all my lies! In every symbol, a hidden key To what I was and what I’ll be! The circle turns, the choices wait Written in the lines of fate! [Instrumental Break] (Driving bassline, frame drums, keltische Flötenmelodie, später leicht nordische Hörner; hypnotisch und vorwärtsdrängend.) [Melodic Verse: Male Singing] (Ahhh, what do they show...) I see a battle in the rain I taste the ash of distant pain A hand I lose, a hand I hold A love that slips from out my fold The runes reveal, but never say If I can change the woven way [Pre-Chorus – Duet Vocals] (Male) My hands are shaking, touch the stone! (Female) The truth was never yours alone! (Male) The future calls, in burning light! (Female) Can you accept what’s carved in night? [Chorus – Duet Vocals] (Maximaler Druck, mehr Chöre im Hintergrund) These Runes of Fate before my eyes! Cut through the veils of all my lies! In every symbol, a hidden key To what I was and what I’ll be! The circle turns, the choices wait Written in the lines of fate! [Breakdown] (Beat fällt weg, nur tiefe Pads, leise Flöte, fernes Donnergrollen. Ein leises, eintöniges Schlagen eines Runensteins.) [Female Spoken Word] (Sehr nah, ruhig, aber ernst) The runes reveal the doors. You are the one who walks through them… or not. [Build-up] (Frame drums rollen an, Bass schwillt, Hörner bauen Spannung auf.) [Final Chorus – Duet Vocals] (Etwas offener, mehr Hall, wie im freien Feld) These Runes of Fate before my eyes! Cut through the veils of all my lies! In every symbol, a hidden key To what I was and what I’ll be! The circle turns, the choices wait Written in the lines of fate! [Outro – Instrumental] (Drums sterben langsam ab, nur Flöte und Wind um Steine, ein letztes tiefes Pad.) [Female Spoken Word] (Flüsternd, ausblendend) The stones are silent. For now. [End]

