CHILDREN OF THE STORM

[Intro] (distant thunder • ritual drum • female whisper) Sjá mig… Sjá mig… Í eldinum… Í storminum… (heavy distorted guitar slowly fades in) ⸻ [Verse 1] We were born beneath black water skies Raised where the frozen river dies No gods answered when we called their names Only lightning Only rain The old world drowned in burning snow And no one came to lead us home So we carved our faith in ash and stone And learned to stand alone ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] Cold blood Broken stars Northern shadows in our hearts We still hear the thunder calling From beyond the dark ⸻ [Chorus] We are the children of the storm Lost but never broken Voices carried through the north By words the dead have spoken We are the fire in the cold The last ones still becoming When the sky begins to fall You will hear our drums still coming ⸻ [Post-Chorus] (tribal male choir) Hey-ja! Hey-ja! Norðr! Norðr! Eldr! Eldr! ⸻ [Verse 2] Cities crumble into static dust Kings and machines both turn to rust But somewhere underneath the noise The old songs still survive I saw the ravens cross the flame Like spirits searching for a name And in the silence after war I heard the mountains roar ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] Old gods New scars Still breathing through the dark Every wound becomes a story Every scar becomes a mark ⸻ [Chorus] We are the children of the storm Lost but never broken Voices carried through the north By words the dead have spoken We are the fire in the cold The last ones still becoming When the sky begins to fall You will hear our drums still coming ⸻ [Bridge] (everything cuts except deep drums and Eira whispering) Sjá mig… Sjá mig… Stormr lifir… Í blóðinu… (male choir slowly rises) Storm… Storm… Storm… ⸻ [Breakdown] (massive guitars + guttural vocals) We buried fear beneath the ice We gave our pain a thousand lives And when the modern world collapsed The old blood survived ⸻ [Final Chorus] (huge layered choir) We are the children of the storm No longer afraid Every fallen soul before us Echoes in our veins We are the fire in the cold Still burning through the night And when the last sky finally dies We will still rise ⸻ [Outro] (wind • ravens • distant female chant fading into static) Hey-ja… Norðr… Hey-ja… Stormr…