[Verse 1] I read the ash in bone I hear the wolves call home Under the cedar root Old names still glow Nine worlds in my mouth Salt on my tongue like vows Bury my fear in snow Watch the gate swing low [Pre-Chorus] Thor in the thunderhead Loki in my blood Odin took one good eye Still he saw enough [Chorus] Runes in the snow Runes in the snow Call it, and it shows Call it, and it shows Runes in the snow Runes in the snow If I speak your name The cold won't let me go [Verse 2] I left a coin for Hel At the black river bend Sleipnir on the mist Eight feet make me bend Valkyries over me Steel braid, pale and proud I don't fear the dark I wear it like a shroud [Pre-Chorus] Thor in the thunderhead Loki in my blood Odin took one good eye Still he saw enough [Chorus] Runes in the snow Runes in the snow Call it, and it shows Call it, and it shows Runes in the snow Runes in the snow If I speak your name The cold won't let me go [Bridge] When the sky cracks open And the long night bites I walk through the fire With a wolf in sight No gold for the living No peace for the proud Just the drum of the end-time Calling loud, calling loud [Final Chorus] Runes in the snow Runes in the snow Call it, and it shows Call it, and it shows Runes in the snow Runes in the snow If I speak your name The cold won't let me go Runes in the snow Runes in the snow Call it, and it shows Call it, and it shows
