Before the Gods (2 ver.)

Verse 1

Cold wind off the fjord tonight

I saw your face and forgot the snow

One glance split my ribs apart

My blood ran hot as a forge

Odin watched me stumble dumb

I who never knelt for anyone

Pre-Chorus

Strike me down

Strike me now

I am yours

I am bound

Chorus

You are the storm I choose to face

You are the fire in frozen place

I claim you here before the gods

I claim you loud against all odds

Post-Chorus

Hey hey hey

Hey hey hey

Verse 2

Shieldmaiden eyes like glacier glass

You laughed and I lost my breath

Every saga I ever heard

Never told of a wound this sweet

My kin will curse my foolish name

Still I would sail a thousand seas

Pre-Chorus

Strike me down

Strike me now

I am yours

I am bound

Chorus

You are the storm I choose to face

You are the fire in frozen place

I claim you here before the gods

I claim you loud against all odds

Post-Chorus

Hey hey hey

Hey hey hey

Bridge

Hammer high

Hear me roar

One heartbeat

Then forevermore

Steel and salt and skin and sky

I would burn the whole world dry

Chorus

You are the storm I choose to face

You are the fire in frozen place

I claim you here before the gods

I claim you loud against all odds

Post-Chorus

Hey hey hey

Hey hey hey

Hey hey hey

Hey hey hey