Names in the Winter Stone

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

I found the old stones where the long fires burned

Ash on my fingers

Names that the winter erased from the wall

Someone carved them deep

So the wind would remember

Pre-Chorus

Who were they

Where did they march from

Did anyone sing them to sleep

Chorus

Heroes of the past

You are not forgotten

Heroes of the past

I carry your banners still

Through the frost and the flame

I will call out your names

Heroes of the past

Heroes of the past

Verse 2

My grandmother told me of riders who came

Bells in the valley

She said they were taller than towers of stone

Iron and oath

And a song they would hum going home

Pre-Chorus

Who were they

What did they leave us

Why does the mountain still grieve

Chorus

Heroes of the past

You are not forgotten

Heroes of the past

I carry your banners still

Through the frost and the flame

I will call out your names

Heroes of the past

Heroes of the past

Guitar Solo

Verse 3

Now the drums wake the valley again

Bright are the arrows

Old men are standing

Young ones are sworn

We are the answer they never could hear

Pre-Chorus

Rise now

Rise from the quiet

Rise for the ones who fell here

Chorus

Heroes of the past

You are not forgotten

Heroes of the past

I carry your banners still

Through the frost and the flame

I will call out your names

Heroes of the past

Heroes of the past

Bridge

Sing me the long road

Sing me the sorrow

Sing me the morning that comes after war

I am their daughter

I am their echo

I am the promise they died fighting for

Breakdown

Hold the line

Hold the line

Hold the line for them

Chorus

Heroes of the past

You are not forgotten

Heroes of the past

I

Instrumental Interlude

Verse 4

I walked to the hill where the council once stood

Wind in the heather

They argued for hours and sharpened the steel

Brothers and strangers

Bound by a promise they sealed

Pre-Chorus

Who were they

What did they believe in

Who did they kiss at the gate

Chorus

Heroes of the past

You are not forgotten

Heroes of the past

I carry your banners still

Through the frost and the flame

I will call out your names

Heroes of the past

Heroes of the past

Post-Chorus

Raise them high

Raise them high

Raise the names into the sky

Raise them high

Raise them high

Never let a memory die

Verse 5

The scholar unrolled a map that was torn

Lines like a river

He said there were armies that never came home

Letters unsent

And a bride who kept waiting alone

Pre-Chorus

Who were they

Did anybody hold them

Did the harvest come in without them

Chorus

Heroes of the past

You are not forgotten

Heroes of the past

I carry your banners still

Through the frost and the flame

I will call out your names

Heroes of the past

Heroes of the past

Guitar Solo

Verse 6

Now the blacksmith is hammering iron again

Sparks on the anvil

Daughters are lifting the shields from the wall

Sons of the fallen

Marching wherever they call

Pre-Chorus

Ride now

Ride into the thunder

Ride for the ones who never came back

Chorus

Heroes of the past

You are not forgotten

Heroes of the past

I carry your banners still

Through the frost and the flame

I will call out your names

Heroes of the past

Heroes of the past

Opera Duel

(Male vocalist)

Long is the winter

Long is the night

(Female vocalist)

Short is the sorrow

Short is the fight

(Male vocalist)

I will not kneel

I will not run

(Female vocalist)

Then stand with me now

And see it done

(Both)

We are the morning

We are the sun

Bridge

Tell me the old creed

Tell me the burden

Tell me the reason the strong ones all fall

I am their daughter

I am their answer

I am the voice that was never heard at all

Breakdown

Stand and hold

Stand and hold

Stand and hold for them

Guitar Solo

Chorus

Heroes of the past

You are not forgotten

Heroes of the past

I carry your banners still

Through the frost and the flame

I will call out your names

Heroes of the past

Heroes of the past

Chorus

Heroes of the past

You are not forgotten

Heroes of the past

I carry your banners still

Through the frost and the flame

I will call out your names

Heroes of the past

Heroes of the past

Finale

We are the children of iron and snow

We are the answer

We are the names that the wind learned to know

We are the banners

We are the heroes

We are the heroes of the past

Outro

For them

For them

For the heroes of the past

For them

For them

Sing the heroes of the past

Instrumental Outro