Vikings Oath

Lyrics

[Intro - low thunder, distant war horns, cinematic strings swelling, eerie shamanic chants in the shadows]
Oooooh—
Hear the wolves in the blackened frost,
Hear the dead beneath the ice,
We were born where the sun was lost,
In the blood of sacrifice.

[Verse 1 - crushing down-tuned guitars, pounding toms, sinister choir accents, gritty shouted vocals]
We came from the edge of the world,
From the wind that bites like steel,
With our scars like banners unfurled,
And a hunger none can heal.
Ash on the tongue, and fire in the eyes,
We march through the storm with no disguise,
Stone in our hearts, and iron in our breath,
We sing to the old gods, we kneel to death.

[Pre-Chorus - tension rising, tribal drums, layered male/female chants, strings climbing like a curse]
By rune and blade, by oath and flame,
We call the night to speak our name,
No mercy given, none to spare,
The cold north wind is our prayer.

[Chorus - explosive full band, massive choir, gang shouts, orchestral hits, savage anthemic hook]
We are the oath that never breaks,
Blood in the snow, the sea still shakes,
Raise up the axe, let the heavens fall,
We are the wrath that answers the call.
No fear, no peace, no mercy shown,
We carve our fate in frost and bone,
When the blackened skies begin to bleed,
Viking hearts will never yield!

[Verse 2 - syncopated riff, dark cinematic strings, spoken-shout cadence, shamanic backing chants]
Through ravaged fjords and midnight rain,
We heard the ravens scream our fate,
Every wound became a chain,
Every loss became a gate.
We drank from the well of ancient wrath,
We followed the smoke along the path,
To the halls where the fallen feast,
To the mouth of the endless beast.

[Pre-Chorus - heavier, double-kick drive, choir more desperate, rising dissonance]
By rune and blade, by oath and flame,
We call the night to speak our name,
No mercy given, none to spare,
The cold north wind is our prayer.

[Chorus - wider, more brutal, layered screams and choir, guitars doubled, drums at full war pace]
We are the oath that never breaks,
Blood in the snow, the sea still shakes,
Raise up the axe, let the heavens fall,
We are the wrath that answers the call.
No fear, no peace, no mercy shown,
We carve our fate in frost and bone,
When the blackened skies begin to bleed,
Viking hearts will never yield!

[Bridge - stripped to toms, ritual drums, ghostly choir, chanting male voices, cavernous atmosphere]
Odin, hear the iron vow,
Thor, strike down the broken sky,
Let the crowned flames bow now,
Let the weak and false ones die.
We are ash and we are stone,
We are the storm that comes alone,
From the deep where silence reigns,
We rise again... we rise again...

[Guitar Solo - searing lead over orchestral swells, battle chants in the background, escalating tension]
Ahh—
Ride the lightning through the pain,
Hear the axes in the rain,
Every scream is a sacred drum,
Every wound is where we come from!

[Final Chorus - biggest and darkest, choir at full force, gang vocals, massive breakdown hits between lines]
We are the oath that never breaks,
Blood in the snow, the sea still shakes,
Raise up the axe, let the heavens fall,
We are the wrath that answers the call.
No fear, no peace, no mercy shown,
We carve our fate in frost and bone,
When the blackened skies begin to bleed,
Viking hearts will never yield!

[Outro - fading choir, distant horns, ritual chants, cold wind and reverb-drenched vocals]
Never yield...
Never kneel...
By blood and ash...
We are made real...
Oooooh—
We are the oath...
We are the storm...