[Verse 1]
Carved in bone
Red ash on my tongue
Feoh, my father
First spark in the lung
Blood-soaked bark
Old oaks watching slow
Weight of the hoard
Cracks in the gold
[Pre-Chorus]
Hands in the dirt
I draw that rune
Line by line
I’m dragged to the root
[Chorus]
Feoh, thy Father, brand my skin
All I cling to
All that owns me
Tyr, thy Directions, pull the string
Cut me open
Point me, choose me
Manu in the marrow, ING in the flame
Name by name
Unmake me, remake
[Verse 2]
North wind laughing
Steel in the sky
Tyr on the crossroad
One hand, one eye (hey!)
Footsteps echo
Down a spine of stone
Runes start humming
Buried in bone
[Pre-Chorus]
Torch in my chest
It eats the air
ING keeps burning
I’m almost there
[Chorus]
Feoh, thy Father, brand my skin
All I cling to
All that owns me
Tyr, thy Directions, pull the string
Cut me open
Point me, choose me
Manu in the marrow, ING in the flame
Name by name
Unmake me, remake
[Bridge]
[Guitars drop to a low, grinding chug, eerie high feedback sustained]
Voice over voice
(screamed) I am the question
(growled) I am the law
(screamed) Bound to the branch
(growled) Teeth in the thaw
Circle of ash
Circle of teeth
Sixteen cuts
Under the wreath
[Breakdown]
Tyr!
Carve me a path through the war (war!)
Feoh!
Feed every fear to the core (core!)
ING!
Light up the pyre below
Manu!
Raise me, erase me, let go
[Chorus]
Feoh, thy Father, brand my skin
All I cling to
All that owns me
Tyr, thy Directions, pull the string
Cut me open
Point me, choose me
Manu in the marrow, ING in the flame
Name by name
Unmake me, remake
[Outro]
[Tempo slows, guitars ring out]
Feoh, my father
Tyr, my road
Manu, my maker
ING, my glow (woah)