**[Intro]** (Soft humming, like wind through pines) *Ohhh-ohhh-ohhh...* *Can you hear the hoofbeats in the storm?* **[Verse 1]** Twilight cracks the frozen fjord, Odin’s whisper shakes the sword. Barefoot girls with braids like fire, Mount the clouds on steeds of wire. **[Chorus]** *Valkyrie! Valkyrie!* Blood-red cloaks and eyes so free. They’ll kiss your lips or steal your breath— Bless your life or choose your death. **[Verse 2]** One will weep for lovers lost, One will laugh and count the cost. Skuld’s loom weaves tight the thread, While Gunnr drinks the moonlit mead. **[Bridge]** *(Instrumental break: pounding bodhrán, nyckelharpa wail)* *Run, brave one, run—* The Ravens circle... *the choosing’s begun.* **[Verse 3]** Some they cradle, some they rend, Silver veils on wounds descend. Horned helms tilt to hear the cries, Of mothers watching children rise. **[Chorus]** *Valkyrie! Valkyrie!* Blood-red cloaks and eyes so free. They’ll kiss your lips or steal your breath— Bless your life or choose your death. **[Verse 4]** Dawn will find their saddles bare, Fog reclaims the hollowed air. But when the northern lights ignite, Look close... *you’ll see them ride tonight.* **[Outro]** *(Humming fades, distant horse whinny)* *Ohhh-ohhh-ohhh...* *Was that a wingbeat—or the wind?*
