[Opening – breath, wind, low drum] Hnh… Hnh… Hnh… [Verse 1 – spoken / sung, low] Born of frost Born of stone Raised where the weak Die alone Blood remembers What words forget Oaths are carved In bone and breath [Chant – Call and Response] Lead: Who stands fast? Chorus: We stand fast. Lead: Who does not flee? Chorus: We do not flee. [Verse 2 – steady, ritual cadence] Steel in hand Ice in vein Every gain Bought with pain No soft ground No safe lie Live with honor Or learn to die [Chant – Rising] All: Stand. Hold. Break the cold. Stand. Hold. Do as told. [Bridge – whispered, overlapping voices] Fenris watches. Fenris waits. Fenris does not forgive mistakes. [Verse 3 – heavier drums, deeper voice] The wolf that bends Is already dead The path is walked By the unled No crown given No fate spared Only the strong Are worthy here [Ritual Chorus – Slow, Heavy] All: Fenris takes. Fenris takes. Fear. Flesh. False oaths break. Fenris takes. Fenris takes. Only what The strong can make. [Interlude – stomping, breath, howl held back] Hnh— Hnh— Hnh— [Final Verse – solemn, resolute] If we fall We fall forward If we die We die sworn Let the world Crack its teeth On the line We hold beneath [Final Chant – Repeated, Fading] All: Stand fast. Hold fast. Stand fast. Hold fast. Fenris takes. Fenris takes. [Outro – single voice, distant] We were never meant to last. We were meant to endure.
