Ballad of the White Wolf’s Road (The Witcher)

[Instrumental Intro] [lute arpeggio, soft foot stomps, low fiddle drone] [Verse 1] A coin for the road and a sky full of crows Snow on the hedges where the cold wind goes Two blades resting by a travel-scarred coat Steel for the living and silver for ghosts [Refrain] Raise your cups, let the firelight grow Sing for the hunter who walks where we won’t go When night runs long and the wild horns blow Call for the White Wolf, steady and slow [Verse 2] Quen like a lantern, steady on the skin Aard breaks the bracken where the dusk leans in Yrden circles where the dead still tread Igni’s ember for the teeth of the dread [Refrain] Raise your cups, let the firelight grow Sing for the hunter who walks where we won’t go When night runs long and the wild horns blow Call for the White Wolf, steady and slow [Verse 3] Axii whispers at the crossroads stone Griffin shadows pass with a hollow moan Noonwraith weeps by the barley and well Drowners claw black mud down in the dell [Refrain] Raise your cups, let the firelight grow Sing for the hunter who walks where we won’t go When night runs long and the wild horns blow Call for the White Wolf, steady and slow [Bridge] [flute answers the lute, hand drum fades to heartbeat] Names like comets through the winter and rain Yennefer’s violet storm, Triss’s gentle flame Kaer Morhen’s stones hold the weight of a vow Old paths remember the footprints somehow [Final Refrain] [crowd joins softly] Raise your cups, let the firelight grow Sing for the hunter who walks where we won’t go If the Wild Hunt rides and the red lights glow Stand with the White Wolf, steady and slow Oh, steady and slow Oh, steady and slow [Instrumental Outro] [lute arpeggio resolves, flute echoes, room hush]