[Verse 1] Three nights In a hall of stone Whispered lies In a giant’s home Torch smoke Curling like a serpent tongue Old blood On the walls where the runes were hung Cold cup Of a drink too bright Red gold In the flicker of firelight His one eye Fixed on the sacred foam Three vats And a hunger that called him home [Chorus] Odin drinks the sky In three slow gulps of flame Every drop A word A wound Every breath A name Wisdom burns his throat Poison crowns his head From this bitter Bloody flight The living speak the dead [Verse 2] He twists Into storm and feathered bone Black wings Clawing at the thinning dome Behind him The bellow of a broken oath Great wings Of the one he had overthrown Ash smoke On the breath of gods Iron On the teeth of frauds He rises Where the high hall waits Mouth full Of the fate of future skalds [Chorus] Odin drinks the sky In three slow gulps of flame Every drop A word A wound Every breath A name Wisdom burns his throat Poison crowns his head From this bitter Bloody flight The living speak the dead [Bridge] Some falls Down on the fields of men Tainted On the roofs of their dens Thin brew Mixed with soil and shame They sip And stammer the sacred names But some He spills in the house of spears Bright stream Caught in the crafted jars of seers Strong taste For the few who dare To bleed truth With a sharpened tongue laid bare [Chorus] Odin drinks the sky In three slow gulps of flame Every drop A word A wound Every breath A name Wisdom burns his throat Poison crowns his head From this bitter Bloody flight The living speak the dead [Outro] So sing If the dregs are all you own Or howl If the strong cup chills your bones Every line Is a feather from that night Every word Falls dark from Odin’s flight
