“FERMENTED IN FROST”

(intro – cold wind, distant choir)

From cellar stone the silence weeps

Oak and shadow never sleep

Beneath the earth, beneath the skin

The ancient rite begins again

(verse 1)

Frozen hands, cracked by time

Iron days, soaked in grime

The sun has bled into the west

Night returns to claim the rest

Thirst like fire in the throat

Life a fraying, broken rope

We descend where echoes drown

To taste the dark beneath the town

(pre-chorus – melodic rise)

Raise the cup carved out of bone

We are never drinking alone

(chorus – fierce, melodic)

BEER! – FERMENTED IN FROST

BEER! – OF ANCIENT COST

BEER! – BITTER AS TRUTH

BEER! – BLACKENED YOUTH

(verse 2)

Hops like thorns across the tongue

Olden songs forever sung

Monks in fire, kings in mud

All are equal in the blood

Barrels breathing, slow and deep

Secrets that the earth must keep

Bitterness cuts clean and cold

A liquid oath, a war of old

(bridge – atmospheric, slow)

Snow falls on the brewery stone

Stars look down, indifferent, alone

No prayers spoken, no gods near

Only breath… and bitter beer

(chorus)

BEER! – FERMENTED IN FROST

BEER! – OF ANCIENT COST

BEER! – BITTER AS TRUTH

BEER! – BLACKENED YOUTH

(verse 3 – faster, tremolo)

The world decays in golden lies

Crowns of rust, blind prophet eyes

We drink not to forget the pain

But to remember who remains

Foam like snow on winter ground

In this silence we are bound

Not escape, not poisoned sleep

But a vow too deep to keep

(interlude – whispered, echo)

Brewed in shadow…

Cursed by light…

Born of earth…

And endless night…

(chorus – extended, triumphant)

BEER! – FERMENTED IN FROST

BEER! – FIRES THAT WERE LOST

BEER! – BITTER AS TRUTH

BEER! – BLACKENED YOUTH

(outro – melodic, fading)

When the barrels all run dry

And frozen winds erase our cry

The earth will know, the stone will hear

We lived, we bled…

And drank the bitter beer