Valhalla Lament

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Pre-Chorus
Hear the ravens stitch the dusk,
Hear the sea hold back its rust
Name by name we keep you near,
Not with pity only fierce.

Chorus
Raise it high raise it loud!
Steel to the storm, head unbowed!
Tou are gone yet you won:
VALHALLA calls, and you run!
Raise it high raise it proud!
We don’t beg we VOW!
Burn the night, sing the sun
VALHALLA calls, and you run!

Verse 2
We lay you down with a wolf-keen prayer,
Ash on the knuckles, salt in the hair.
Your shield is scarred like the mountain’s face,
Your helm still hungry for the chase.
All the roads you broke with stride,
All the fear you hurled aside
Let the fire take what it may,
It cannot take your final say.

Pre-Chorus 2
Not goodbye we speak until,
Till the doors of that high hall fill
With the footfall of the brave,
With the roar of those we save.

Chorus
Raise it high raise it loud!
Steel to the storm, head unbowed!
You are gone yet you won:
VALHALLA calls, and you run!
Raise it high raise it proud!
We don’t beg we VOW!
Burn the night, sing the sun
VALHALLA calls, and you run!

Bridge
If tears must fall, let them fall like rain
On fields you walked through blood and flame.
If grief must bite, let it bite like frost
A sharp reminder of what we’ve lost.
But hear us, brother / sister, hear our breath:
We do not fear your kind of death.
You’ve only crossed a wider sea
And left your courage here with me.

Final Chorus
Raise it high raise it loud!
Clap of thunder stand unbowed!
You are gone yet you won:
VALHALLA calls, and you run!
Raise it high raise it proud!
Old gods witness WE AVOW!
Burn the night, sing the sun
VALHALLA calls… and you run!

Outro
Fire takes flesh, but not the name
Not the oath, not the fame.
Rest in iron, rest in light
Until we meet in the mead-hall’s fight.

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Verse 1 Cold on the blade, cold on the brow, We bear you homeward silent now. Shield to the sky, boots to the earth, Smoke carries stories of your worth. Your laugh was thunder, your oath was iron, You lit the hall like a burning pyre. Now candles tremble, the mead tastes thin Yet no true warrior’s song can end. Pre-Chorus Hear the ravens stitch the dusk, Hear the sea hold back its rust Name by name we keep you near, Not with pity only fierce. Chorus Raise it high raise it loud! Steel to the storm, head unbowed! Tou are gone yet you won: VALHALLA calls, and you run! Raise it high raise it proud! We don’t beg we VOW! Burn the night, sing the sun VALHALLA calls, and you run! Verse 2 We lay you down with a wolf-keen prayer, Ash on the knuckles, salt in the hair. Your shield is scarred like the mountain’s face, Your helm still hungry for the chase. All the roads you broke with stride, All the fear you hurled aside Let the fire take what it may, It cannot take your final say. Pre-Chorus 2 Not goodbye we speak until, Till the doors of that high hall fill With the footfall of the brave, With the roar of those we save. Chorus Raise it high raise it loud! Steel to the storm, head unbowed! You are gone yet you won: VALHALLA calls, and you run! Raise it high raise it proud! We don’t beg we VOW! Burn the night, sing the sun VALHALLA calls, and you run! Bridge If tears must fall, let them fall like rain On fields you walked through blood and flame. If grief must bite, let it bite like frost A sharp reminder of what we’ve lost. But hear us, brother / sister, hear our breath: We do not fear your kind of death. You’ve only crossed a wider sea And left your courage here with me. Final Chorus Raise it high raise it loud! Clap of thunder stand unbowed! You are gone yet you won: VALHALLA calls, and you run! Raise it high raise it proud! Old gods witness WE AVOW! Burn the night, sing the sun VALHALLA calls… and you run! Outro Fire takes flesh, but not the name Not the oath, not the fame. Rest in iron, rest in light Until we meet in the mead-hall’s fight.

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