Unmoved, Unbroken, Ever Standing

(Instrumental intro ~3 minutes) Across the granite spine of the earth she rises Wind-carved valleys beneath iron skies Frost crowns the rivers that wander her body Ancient and silent, she watches the years Storms may hammer the bones of her mountains Seas may claw at the roots of her shore Yet she stands, unbroken and endless A throne carved in cold forevermore Through winter’s breath the currents wander Life moves unseen beneath the stone No crown, no master, no final ending The wild earth answers only her own Rise, o timeless northern land Unbowed beneath the turning sky Through fire, frost and endless ages Your silent kingdoms never die Rise through storm and silent night Unmoved while fleeting empires fall The rivers run, the winds remember And you endure beyond them all Glaciers wander like ancient spirits Grinding their runes in fields of stone Forests whisper in patient thunder Roots entwined with the bones of time She does not plead with passing seasons She does not kneel to fleeting kings The pulse of life flows deep within her An endless tide that breathes and sings Listen… Beneath the frost, beneath the thunder The quiet current moves unseen The endless flow of earth and breathing A path that was, and always has been No fear of ruin, no need for glory No fleeting throne of mortal claim Only the turning of sky and water And stone that remembers every name Rise, eternal northern land Your frozen crown outlives the years Storms may rage across your valleys Yet none shall bend what time reveres Rise beyond the fall of ages Where wind and river carve their way Unmoved, unbroken, ever standing While worlds are born and fade to grey Still she stands beneath the heavens Cold… patient… and forever free.