[Intro – low spoken voice, chains dragging] You named me monster before I learned the word. You feared the ending... then taught me how to bring it. [Verse 1 – rapid chopper flow] I am Fenrir, fang in the fate, Wolf at the threshold, weight at the gate. Born with a prophecy nailed to my name, Before I drew blood, you branded the blame. Fed by the gods, watched while I grew, Smiles in the hall, but I saw through you. Every soft word had iron beneath, Every kind hand kept count of my teeth. You saw the future, panicked and planned, Measured my neck with a trembling hand. Called it wisdom, called it defense, Fear dressed up like intelligence. I was not wicked, I was not stained, I was a child when you wanted me chained. You made the cage, you tightened the wire, Then stared in shock when the wolf learned fire. [Pre-Chorus – crew chant] CHAIN HIM! BIND HIM! KEEP HIM DOWN! [Chorus – roaring crew] I AM FENRIR! I am the bite at the end of your reign! I AM FENRIR! You forged every link, now remember the chain! You feared what I’d be, so you taught me the way! Now howl with the wolf at the end of the day! I AM FENRIR! And the gods made the monster they prayed would stay chained! [Verse 2 – faster] First came Læding, I snapped it apart, Dromi came next, same fear in its heart. Then came Gleipnir, soft as a thread, Built from impossible things and dread. Footfall of cats and the beard of a queen, Roots of a mountain no eye had seen. Breath of a fish and the spit of a bird, Pretty little ribbon wrapped round your word. I smelled deception, I knew your game, So I asked for a hand to answer the claim. Týr stepped forward, steady and grim, Only one god I believed among them. He placed that hand where my jaws could close, Knowing the cost that the bargain chose. When the ribbon held and the laughter came, I took his hand, but he kept his name. [Beat break – chain snap, single drum hit] [Verse 3 – controlled, bitter] Týr, I remember. Do you? You were the one who brought me meat, Sat close enough that trust felt sweet. Not like the others watching the door, Counting the years till I became war. So when you lied, it cut past bone, Not just your hand. I lost my own. Something inside me died that day, And teeth were all that remained to say. Do not call vengeance sudden rage, You wrote each line, you built each cage. You fear the wolf that prophecy drew? Then tell me, Allfather... who made it come true? [Chorus – harder] I AM FENRIR! I am the bite at the end of your reign! I AM FENRIR! You forged every link, now remember the chain! You feared what I’d be, so you taught me the way! Now howl with the wolf at the end of the day! I AM FENRIR! And the gods made the monster they prayed would stay chained! [Verse 4 – maximum-speed chopper] Ragnarök rising, the fetters will split, Stone under claw and the sky over it. Sunlight swallowed, the old order torn, Not because evil was waiting unborn. You built the road with every restraint, Turned fear into law and suspicion to fate. Óðinn, you saw me devouring you, But never once asked what your terror would do. One eye open, one eye blind, Seeing the end but missing the line. You knew the wolf would swallow the king, Never considered who tightened the string. You thought the chain could silence the doom, Buried the seed, then watered the bloom. So when I rise and your banners fall, Remember the pup you chained in the hall. [Bridge – drums and low chanting] Not evil. Not cursed. Not born for hate. You feared the wolf... and fed the fate. [Final Verse – slower at first, accelerating] I am the consequence walking free. I am what fear demanded of me. I am the answer your wisdom ignored, The unpaid debt at the edge of the sword. I loved once. Trusted once. Ate from your hand. Then learned what honor meant when none of you could stand. So when the final fetter sheers, And my howl rolls through nine worlds’ ears, Do not ask why. Do not ask when. Remember the chain. Remember me then. [Final Chorus – full crew, war horns] I AM FENRIR! I am the bite at the end of your reign! I AM FENRIR! You forged every link, now remember the chain! You feared what I’d be, so you taught me the way! Now howl with the wolf at the end of the day! I AM FENRIR! NO GOD MADE THE WOLF— [beat cuts] —but every god helped make the rage. [Outro – spoken, distant chain breaking] You called me the end. I call myself the answer.
