01 Yggdrasil (Completed)

[Intro] [distorted electric guitar riff with syncopated palm muting] [drums enter with heavy kick and snare hits] [lead guitar melody enters with wide vibrato] [Verse 1] [gritty baritone male vocals] [bass and drums only, guitar accents on the one] Crossed the roads I've never dared to go Through mists that move like ghosts watching me below And there it stood unmoved by gods or time A tree that held the weight of every world of mine Its branches tore the stars from where they hung Its roots ran deep in darkness, older than the sun I felt the ground remember where I stood And knew that I was never small enough to be that good [Chorus] [full band, driving rhythm, belted vocals with harmonies] Let the roots show what the ages know Walk where only the oldest winds still blow Watch the nine worlds rise beneath its arms Where the gods themselves were born inside its bark Every root a road that has no end Yggdrasil will break you before it bends You are nothing here and yet you see it all Standing at the center of the rise and fall [Verse 2] [half-time drum feel, palm-muted guitar chugging] Deep below where ancient rivers bleed and freeze Something calls and fills and feeds on what the darkness needs High above a raven reads the wind for war Watching over everything that was and what's in store Three old women weave beside a well of bone Every thread of life that none will ever own Nothing here was born of chance or randomness Every root was laid before the first dawn's kiss [Chorus] [full band, high-energy] Let the roots show what the ages know Walk where only the oldest winds still blow Watch the nine worlds rise beneath its arms Where the gods themselves were born inside its bark Every root a road that has no end Yggdrasil has broken me before it bends I was nothing there and yet I saw it all Standing at the center of the rise and fall [Guitar Solo] [rapid alternate picking, legato runs, and pinch harmonics] [double-kick drum patterns] [Outro] [vocals return for final belted lines] [sustained power chords] Nine paths led away from where I stand Each one a world I cannot yet understand The wind fell still as if the tree drew breath And everything bent toward it like a prayer before death [final drum fill, feedback fade out]