Winter Swallows Their Praise

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

I rode past the palisade

Where watchfires gutter in the rain

My father's sword across my back

A stranger taught me every stain

Pre-Chorus

The horn sounded twice

The gate groaned wide

The horn sounded twice

Chorus

Oath of the iron crown

Blood on the banners I raise

Oath of the iron crown

Winter will swallow their praise

Winter will swallow their praise

Verse 2

A girl in the tower wept

She pressed a ring into my palm

The old king's sorcerer slept

And dreamed of kingdoms going calm

Pre-Chorus

I climbed through the frost

I broke every ward

I climbed through the frost

Chorus

Oath of the iron crown

Blood on the banners I raise

Oath of the iron crown

Winter will swallow their praise

Winter will swallow their praise

Bridge

Swear it on the stone

Swear it on the dead

Swear it on the throne

That I will not forget

Guitar Solo

Chorus

Oath of the iron crown

Blood on the banners I raise

Oath of the iron crown

Winter will swallow their praise

Winter will swallow their praise

Chorus

Oath of the iron crown

Shatter the silence they made

Oath of the iron crown

I am the debt that they paid

I am the debt that they paid