Ice and Iron

Intro

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Skål

Uh

Yeah

Chorus

I was raised on the ice and the iron

Raised on the ice and the iron

My shield is scarred my braids are tight

I sail for blood I sail for night

Raised on the ice and the iron

Verse 1

Father taught me how to hold a blade

Mother taught me how to lie

They gave me a boat and a bloodied oar

And a name I had to earn

Ravens circle when the longship moans

Sparrows scatter when the shield-wall groans

I don't flinch at a splintered jaw

I just sharpen what the sea forgot

Chorus

I was raised on the ice and the iron

Raised on the ice and the iron

My shield is scarred my braids are tight

I sail for blood I sail for night

Raised on the ice and the iron

Post-Chorus

Hey

Ho

Hey

Ho

Verse 2

They said a woman shouldn't row

So I rowed till my knuckles bled

They said a woman shouldn't raid

So I raided their harbor instead

Now the jarls they nod when I pass

And the thralls they stare at the deck

I wear my scars like a crown

And a hammer hangs from my neck

Chorus

I was raised on the ice and the iron

Raised on the ice and the iron

My shield is scarred my braids are tight

I sail for blood I sail for night

Raised on the ice and the iron

Bridge

Break the tide

Break the tide

Every wave a foe I've known

Every storm a test of bone

Break the tide

Verse 3

When I fall let the valkyries come

Let them carry my ribs to the hall

Let the mead run hot and the poets shout

That I stood when the mountains called

I don't want a stone with a gentle verse

I want a saga that spits

I want my daughters to lift an axe

And remember who taught them this

Chorus

I was raised on the ice and the iron

Raised on the ice and the iron

My shield is scarred my braids are tight

I sail for blood I sail for night

Raised on the ice and the iron

Outro

Raised on the ice and the iron

Skål

Yeah

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