I swore beneath the standing stones, Where ivy crowns the nameless dead, Where roots remember every oath The faithless kings forgot and fled. No gilded throne, no iron crown, No tyrant’s flame shall take this land. The sunlight lives within my ribs, And grows obedient to my hand. From moss and star, from thorn and seed, From elder bark and blooming breath, I am the oath the forest keeps Against the creeping frost of death. Greenfire in my chest ignites, A dawn that will not fade. Through shadowed curse and blighted night My ancient vow is blade. Let fiends and false gods taste the light The oldest roots defend, I stand where wild forever fights, And I will not bend. I’ve seen the rot that calls itself A savior wrapped in gold, I’ve heard the hollow hymns of men Whose mercy has been sold. But wind still sings in hidden groves, And rivers carve their way. The world is older than their lies, And it will not decay. From moss and star, from thorn and seed, From elder bark and blooming breath, I am the oath the forest keeps Against the creeping frost of death. Greenfire in my chest ignites, A dawn that will not fade. Through shadowed curse and blighted night My ancient vow is blade. Let fiends and false gods taste the light The oldest roots defend, I stand where wild forever fights, And I will not bend. Iron breaks. Stone endures. Light survives in hidden cores. Crush the abyss beneath the fern, Let holy branches twist and burn. By star and stag and sacred flame, The wild remembers every name. Let radiant wrath in leaves descend, Let summer answer harm. The wrath of bloom is mercy’s edge, The sun behind my arm. Greenfire in my chest ignites, A dawn that will not fade. Through shadowed curse and blighted night My ancient vow is blade. Let fiends and false gods taste the light The oldest roots defend, I stand where wild forever fights, And I will not bend. Greenfire! Dawn eternal! Verdant wrath infernal! Roots below and sun above so bright, Radiant steel, unyielding light! I am the shield of ancient breath, Life against devouring death!
