[Verse 1] Minas Tirith wakes in white Seven gates against the night Pippin stands by stone and flame Swearing oaths in Denethor's name A far horn sounds from the plain Ash on shield and smoke like rain The Black Ships cut the river’s skin And fear runs thin through every inn [Pre-Chorus] Then from the eastern gate A standard lifts in light Old words remembered Hold the wall tonight [Chorus] The White Tree rises The White Tree rises From ash and grief and flame The White Tree rises The White Tree rises And none forget that name [Verse 2] Rohan comes with grass and reed Golden hair and thunder speed Éomer rides where crows had fed And the fields remember the dead Merry clings to a shield below Small hand, fierce heart, ready to go He sees the king in helm and fire And grief becomes a lifting choir [Pre-Chorus] Then from the eastern gate A standard lifts in light Old words remembered Hold the wall tonight [Chorus] The White Tree rises The White Tree rises From ash and grief and flame The White Tree rises The White Tree rises And none forget that name [Verse 3] On the Pelennor the captains met Steel and mud and broken sweat Mûmaks crashed like moving hills And the trumpets cut through grief and wills Then the witch-king rode so high And the blade of doom met sky A shieldmaiden stood and said What no man said before he bled [Bridge] Then south the road grew long and bare With two who walked through shadow there To crack the blackened gate apart And carry fire in a hidden heart When Eagles came on wind and dawn The dark lord's hand was overthrown The mountain bowed, the towers cried And all the valley felt the tide [Final Chorus] The White Tree rises The White Tree rises The crown is forged in flame The White Tree rises The White Tree rises And Gondor speaks that name [Outro] So sing of sword and stone and prayer Of dust and banners in the air For night was long, but day was won When the White Tree faced the sun
