[Intro – Spoken, over instrumental] Rust on my heartbeat... Cold steel halo on my brow... You call this living— I call it war machine. [Verse] Cracks in the faith I swore I drag these chains like questions across a bleeding floor Breath tastes like gasoline You call this living, I call it war machine Teeth on the trigger, hand shaking but it never lets go I wear my past like armor, bent, black, and full of ghosts Faces in the smoke line up, every promise that I broke They try to pull me under— I turn the grip into a choke [Pre-Chorus] Every scar, a northern star Every doubt, another flame I feel the thunder in the marrow Calling out my name Every fear, a sharpened spear Every whisper, just a dare I taste the storm behind my teeth Drowning out the prayer [Chorus] Valhalla in my veins Fire in my bloodstream Tearing at the cage—yeah If this is where I fall Then bury me standing in the middle of the rage Valhalla in my veins I was born for the blade and the break If everything burns, I’ll be laughing I was never yours to save [Bridge – Low, building] I hear drums in the distance Pounding under skin Footsteps of the fallen Marching me back in I’m not running from the darkness I’m the shadow that remains Crown of rust, eyes of embers Pouring thunder through my veins [Final Chorus – Double-time, chant] Valhalla in my veins (veins) Fire in my bloodstream (stream) Tearing at the cage If this is where I fall Then bury me standing in the middle of the rage Valhalla in my veins Born for the blade and the break If everything burns, I’ll be laughing— I was never yours to save Valhalla in my veins.