[Intro – low horns, distant wind] The snow is black. The storm remembers. [Verse 1] The crown is colder than the grave, a hollow gift no blade could save. From frozen ash the oath survives, a silent fire, still alive. Ravens circle broken spires, ash on wings, their eyes still fire. They watch me cross the dying land, a ruler shaped by frost and sand. [Pre-Chorus] The mountain holds its breath in ice, even the gods have paid their price. The frozen earth begins to breathe— the North remembers. So do I. [Chorus – Mashup Core] On the Throne of the Hollow North I stand, last echo ruling broken land. I am the heir of the Northwind’s roar, born from the silence after war. On shattered ice, on blood and flame, I rise to claim the ancient name. The storm won’t bow, the dead won’t sleep— I hold a vow I cannot keep. [Drop – drums & low choir] [Verse 2] The rivers freeze, yet still they bleed, old trees forget what they once believed. Steel is worn, the shields are torn, yet from the ruin, strength is born. The North devours its chosen heir, a crown of ice, a curse to bear. It knows my blood, it knows my name, and weighs my soul in ice and flame. [Pre-Chorus – rising] A crown of ice, a heart of fire, the wind itself names me the heir. [Chorus – Dual Identity] On the Throne of the Hollow North I stay, where all that lives has turned to grey. I am the heir of the Northwind’s roar, the one the endless winter bore. Where ravens rise, I stand alone, a final king of flesh and bone. The ice beneath the throne still seethes— the North still breathes. [Bridge – whispered / echo] If the North must fall, let it fall with me. If I fall too, let frost take me. If the fire dies, let darkness reign. If I rise still—let thunder name me. [Final Chorus – Massive] On the Throne of the Hollow North I break, a king forged only for winter’s sake. I am the heir of the Northwind’s roar, a storm no darkness can ignore. With steel in hand and winter sworn, I claim the crown the North once wore. [Outro – wind fading, single raven] The North is ending… but it lives through me.
