©2026 Echo Grove Music. All rights reserved. Lyrics written and owned by Echo Grove Music. ⋆⁺₊⋆ ☽ ✩ ☾ ⋆⁺₊⋆ [Intro, Spoken, deep and slow, ceremonial] Hljóðs bið ek Silence I ask, of all who would listen Of a kin long gone, of a blood not lost Man ek, I remember the old order, before the villages [Verse 1] Between the fjörðr and the fjall lay Álfheimr in the border-lands where the light-folk built their halls of glass and mortal-kind came to love them [Verse 2] Álfr the king took a mortal bride Álfi his son took another The line ran long through kings and queens half-in-light, half-in-blood, half-in-secret [Chorus, low male chorus swells in] Álfablóð rennr, the old blood runs in the daughters born of two worlds Álfablóð rennr, the old blood runs and the flugdrekar remember [Verse 3] In the days before the new gods came before the villages walled themselves from wild the sky-serpents knew the Álfar-blooded and bore them upon their backs to war [Verse 4] Then came new tongues and iron laws and the Álfar withdrew to their green halls The lineage thinned, the mothers hid and taught their daughters not to shine [Chorus] Álfablóð rennr, the old blood runs in the daughters born of two worlds Álfablóð rennr, the old blood runs and the flugdrekar remember [Verse 5] In a Viking village on the edge of ice a woman was born with hair like snow The villagers called her witch, and worse but her mother knew the older word [Verse 6] They meant it for the beast, a witch's price An Álfablót turned upside down They thought to feed him and end their fear but he bent low, and knew his kin [Bridge, spoken, low and heavy] Hlýðið mér, hlýðið mér Hearken to me, hearken to me The old blood is not dead It rides again above the fjords [Final Chorus, full swell] Álfablóð rennr! Álfablóð rennr! The old blood runs, the old blood remembers Álfablóð rennr! Álfablóð rennr! and Álfheimr sings through her still [Outro, chanted, fading] Man ek, I remember... Man ek, I remember... I remember...
