[Intro] (Mmm-mmm) [Verse 1] Porridge thick, meat on the spit Laughter loosens the knots we knit We drink to the ones whose names ride bone To the wives who carry a house alone To sons not met and daughters not seen To the luck that slipped where the blade had been A scar is a ledger that never lies We eat, we breathe, we ration our skies [Chorus] Bless the water that carried our weight Bless the wind that hurried our fate Bless the dark that kept us thin We live by the edge we’re standing in [Verse 2] Whetstone hymn on a tired edge Pitch in the seam, tar on the wedge The skald starts soft, smoke in his throat Threads of a saga knotted in note Every face in the amber bloom Is half a man and half a room [Pre-Chorus] If I am taken, take me clean Sword in hand, eyes between The last two beats that touch the dark Let the hall hear my name like a spark [Chorus] Bless the water that carried our weight Bless the wind that hurried our fate Bless the dark that kept us thin We live by the edge we’re standing in [Final Chorus / Lift] Raise, brothers, raise let the long hall ring Drum on the shields till the rafters sing If I fall tonight, let me fall free Doors of the golden hall open for me [Outro] No crown, no chain, no borrowed throne The wolfborn walks the road he owns If fate keeps score in iron and stone Mark me paid — I die my own
