[TITLE] ÓÐINDRA — ALL-MOTHER OF RAVENS [INTRO — distant whisper / ritual ambience] (low throat chants) (ravens in distance) (slow horn drone) The hall remembers... The storm watches... [VERSE 1 — calm sovereign female vocal] I gave an eye to the frozen deep Where memory sleeps beneath the stone The old winds spoke The ravens came And I returned no longer alone Snow on iron Ash on flame Kings have fallen beneath my gaze Still the wolves walk at my side Still the storm recalls my name [PRE-CHORUS — choir enters softly] Step lightly... The old hall wakes... [CHORUS — heavier drums / massive restrained choir] You stand within my hall... Prove you belong Not by crown Not by blood Not by the songs men sing The ravens watch The wolves decide And the storm remembers all [VERSE 2 — deeper and more intimate] Many came with pride in hand Many sought the throne by force Most were broken by their own weight Before they reached the ancient doors Steel may answer steel in time Yet wisdom judges long before For battle shows what silence hides And truth walks slowly through this war [PRE-CHORUS — larger choir / thunder building] Stand steady... Or be forgotten... [CHORUS — full mythic weight] You stand within my hall... Prove you belong Not by fury Not by fear Not by empty victory The ravens watch The wolves decide And the storm remembers all [BRIDGE — almost spoken / minimal instruments] I have watched kingdoms drown in pride I have seen gods brought low Still the snow falls upon these stones Still the old fires glow (low choir echoes) The hall remembers... [FINAL CHORUS — slow descending power] You stand within my hall... Prove you belong Walk with honor Speak with truth Or the storm shall know your name The ravens watch The wolves decide And the All-Mother remains [OUTRO — fading ritual ambience] (ravens) (wind through hall) (low horn fading) The storm remembers...
