Skol til de Døde

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

The fjords are old and cold

Wind bites the bone of the mountain

Old and cold and waiting

Beneath the ice a heartbeat stirs

Soon the veil grows thin again

Pre-Chorus

The ancestors are coming

Rising from the water

The ancestors are coming

They remember every name

Chorus

Skol to the honored dead

Skol to the ones who fell

We drink from the skulls of enemies

And we are not afraid

Skol to the honored dead

The feast of kin begins tonight

Verse 2

Mead runs dark and bitter

A hundred winters in one drop

I lift the hollow crown

To the ones who went before

Their laughter fills the hall again

And the fire answers low

Pre-Chorus

The ancestors are calling

From the roots of the ash

The ancestors are calling

Do you hear them in your blood

Chorus

Skol to the honored dead

Skol to the ones who fell

We drink from the skulls of enemies

And we are not afraid

Skol to the honored dead

The feast of kin begins tonight

Bridge

May we die in honor

May we rise in honor

May we drink in honor

In the hall where the brave ones wait

Breakdown

Skol

Skol

Skol to the fallen

Chorus

Skol to the honored dead

Skol to the ones who fell

We drink from the skulls of enemies

And we are not afraid

Skol to the honored dead

The feast of kin begins tonight

Outro

Skol

(Skol)

Skol

(Skol)