The Empty Hall

Intro

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Mm-hmm

Verse 1

Cold fog on the fjord tonight

The hall is empty where you'd stand

Your axe still hangs beside the door

I trace the grain with trembling hands

Pre-Chorus

The sea keeps calling out your name

But the tide brings nothing back

Chorus

I'll stand upon the cliff alone

With salt and wind against my skin

I'll sing your name across the stones

Until the ravens carry it home

Post-Chorus

Home

Home

Carry it home

Verse 2

You left at dawn with shields and steel

You promised me the spring would mend

Now winter howls where you should be

And I am half of what we were then

Pre-Chorus

The valkyries took your war cry

But they left your shadow here

Chorus

I'll stand upon the cliff alone

With salt and wind against my skin

I'll sing your name across the stones

Until the ravens carry it home

Post-Chorus

Home

Home

Carry it [Bridge]

(Spoken)

They said a warrior's death is glory

But glory doesn't fill my bed

Doesn't warm the winter mornings

Doesn't bring you back to me I'll burn the boat and raise the mound

I'll carve your runes into the pine

And when the horns call me away

I'll find you on the other side

Chorus

I'll stand upon the cliff alone

With salt and wind against my skin

I'll sing your name across the stones

Until the ravens carry it home

Post-Chorus

Home

Home

Carry it home

Outro

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Carry it home