[Intro] This song's roots came from @IiID1ky411 song by the same name. I just tweaked the lyrics a little and added a little seasoning. Check out the original on SUNO! [low jouhikko drone; distant field-recorded raven calls "caw caw" heard intermittently from surrounding trees and overhead, sparse and free-timed; heavy bass riff enters before vocals] [Verse 1] [Prophetic soothsayer Delivery] [raven "caw caw" is heard naturally layered] Ravens keep what Odin knows (Raven: caw caw) Thought has wandered, memory sleeps beneath the snow Raven calls from the forsaken cross One among you has bound himself to loss Black wings placed on banners, flying through the grey Will they flap for victory or hang for the grave today (Raven: caw caw) [Chorus] [vocal-forward mix, restrained guitar harmonies, driving groove; occasional distant raven calls emerge naturally from the surrounding space between musical phrases] The raven knows (Raven: caw caw) The raven sees The raven never lies The raven's dance (Raven: caw caw) The raven knows the woven cloth Watches while each thread pulls taut Bring the thunder — Bring the fall The Raven's Dance (Raven: caw caw) Hear the call The Raven's Dance (Raven: caw caw) The raven never lies Dance with me tonight beneath these northern skies [Verse 2] Silent flight over fields left dry and cracked Heavy rain finds the fisherman's back Raven's Dance upon the deck, the old men laugh and grin Forgotten gods still breathe the season's wind Raven's Dance over the hanging trees tonight Circling the fallen, circling the fight [Bridge] [delivered like a prophesy] A daughter's woven it in a single day Living prophecy bound within by fate That raven flies west and never once looks back Thought takes wing, memory vanishes to black The Raven's Dance (Raven: caw caw - caw caw) [Final Chorus] [Raven field recording caws are layered thick] The raven knows The raven sees The raven never lies The raven's dance The raven knows the woven cloth Watches while each thread pulls taut Dance with me — The Raven's Dance Bring the thunder — Bring the fall Play the mort — Hear the call Dance with me — The Raven's Dance The raven never lies Dance with me tonight beneath these northern skies caw) [Outro] [the mix drops back to the low jouhikko drone; sparse raven calls recede into the trees, returning to the atmosphere of the intro] We dance tonight!
