Stand Before The Gods

[Intro] The road is ended... The fire still burns... [Verse 1] I've crossed the storm, I've borne the blade, Every promise that I made. I have stumbled, I have bled, Still I walked the path ahead. Every scar became my guide, Honor standing at my side. If this breath should be my last, I would not rewrite my past. [Pre-Chorus] No fear... No lies... I'll meet the old gods... Eye to eye... [Chorus] I'll stand before the gods! With nothing left to hide! Every oath and every scar... I'll wear with pride! I'll stand before the gods! Head held to the sky! If this is my final dawn... I'm ready now to die! [Verse 2] Óðinn asks what truth I found, What wisdom came from sacred ground. Did I seek though roads were long? Did I choose the harder song? Thor will ask what I defended, When the peace of home was threatened. Did I stand when fear drew near? Or disappear when death was here? [Chorus] I'll stand before the gods! With nothing left to hide! Every oath and every scar... I'll wear with pride! I'll stand before the gods! Head held to the sky! If this is my final dawn... I'm ready now to die! [Verse 3] Týr will weigh each given word, Every oath that I assured. Did my honor hold its place, When temptation showed its face? Frigg asks how I loved my own, How I made a house a home. Freyja asks if joy was mine, If I let my spirit shine. Njörðr asks if guests were fed, If I shared my daily bread. When the Norns cut life's last thread, I'll have nothing left unsaid. [Dual Guitar Solo] [Drum Solo] [Bridge] Let them question... Every deed... Every hope... Every need... I won't tremble... I won't run... My life's work... Is already done... [Key Change] [Final Chorus] I'll stand before the gods! With nothing left to hide! Every oath and every scar... I'll wear with pride! I'll stand before the gods! Head held to the sky! When they ask me who I was... I'll answer... I lived. [Extended Guitar Solo] [Outro] The gates stand open... The fire calls... I walk... Without regret...