[Intro] [staccato strings, driving drum beat, distorted guitar power chords] [Verse 1] [male vocals with grit, palm-muted guitar] Ride like a king Spinning steel rings Silver petals brush against the rising sun Coastal wind is wild hair braided down City gets to climbing up the hill until we've won Handlebars are horns of gold [Pre-Chorus] [strings swell, bass intensifies] Leather seat feels mighty cold Stories for the brave and bold [Chorus] [full band, soaring vocals] Back like a Viking Charging through the morning tide Back like a Viking There is nowhere left to hide Across the bridge we glide Shields up side by side [Instrumental Break] [distorted guitar riff, heavy drums, staccato strings] [Verse 2] [clean arpeggiated guitar enters] Across the bridge we glide Ride like a king Spinning steel rings Spinning steel rings Winds are flashing rubber tires bite into the clay South is in my skin iron in my veins Thirsty for the ending of a glorious time of day Handlebars are horns of gold [Pre-Chorus] Leather seat feels mighty cold Stories for the brave and bold [Chorus] Back like a Viking Charging through the morning tide Back like a Viking There is nowhere left to hide Across the bridge we glide Shields up side by side [Instrumental Break] [heavy orchestral strings, driving rock beat] [Bridge] [vocals drop to lower register, atmospheric synths] Across the bridge we glide Ride like a king Spinning steel rings [vocals build in intensity] Ride like a king Spinning steel rings Back like a Viking [Chorus] [falsetto ad-libs] Back like a Viking (oh-oh) Charging through the morning tide Back like a Viking There is nowhere left to hide Across the bridge we glide Shields up side by side Across the bridge we glide Ride like a king Spinning steel rings Spinning steel rings [Outro] [soaring vocal melody] Yeah [strings fade out] Spinning steel rings Spinning steel rings Spinning steel rings Shields up side by side
