Crown Of The Raven

Verse 1

White breath trails in freezing mountain air

Faded ink of wolves across my skin

Ravens watch the ash of broken crowns

While the tide of hate begins to thin

Longboats rot beneath the jagged cliffs

Iron hunger dies inside the gale

Seeing widows weep through hollowed eyes

Turns my rusted spirit cold and pale

Pre-Chorus

No more gold for burial mounds

No more silence in the grounds

Just the rhythm of the thaw

Ending every ancient law

Chorus

Rise beyond the smoke and thunder

Heal the earth we tore asunder

Not by conquest

Not by fear

I will hold the dawn right here

Greatest win is peace unspoken

Fixing what the world has broken

Victory is ending every war

Verse 2

I cast my burning torch into the sea

Standing where the bitter empires fell

Guarding children born to better skies

Freeing every captive from their hell

Blood no longer waters northern pines

Steel is melting into harvest tools

Wisdom is a harder path to walk

Than the jagged vanity of fools

Pre-Chorus

No more gold for burial mounds

No more silence in the grounds

Just the rhythm of the thaw

Ending every ancient law

Chorus

Rise beyond the smoke and thunder

Heal the earth we tore asunder

Not by conquest

Not by fear

I will hold the dawn right here

Greatest win is peace unspoken

Fixing what the world has broken

Victory is ending every war

Bridge

Shield against the biting wind

Mercy for the ones who sinned

Tearing down the high divide

Putting every sword aside

Forgive the debt

Forgive the blame

Forget the glory of the name

Guitar Solo

Chorus

Rise beyond the smoke and thunder

Heal the earth we tore asunder

Not by conquest

Not by fear

I will hold the dawn right here

Greatest win is peace unspoken

Fixing what the world has broken

Victory is ending every war

Chorus

Rise beyond the smoke and thunder

Heal the earth we tore asunder

Not by conquest

Not by fear

I will hold the dawn right here

Greatest win is peace unspoken

Fixing what the world has broken

Victory is ending every war