Row the Longboat

Intro

Mm

Mm-hmm

Ooh

Verse 1

Frost on the doorframe

Mother's hands still holding mine

The fjord is calling me out

To salt and sky and bitter wine

I kissed the threshold twice

Once for memory once for fear

The oars are waiting in the dark

My boots are wet with last night's tears

Pre-Chorus

Shield against my back now

Wind against my face

I will not look backward

I will not lose my place

Chorus

Row the longboat row

Through the gray and rolling sea

Row the longboat row

The gods are watching over me

Row the longboat row

I left my home to set it free

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

Row row row

Verse 2

Father stood in silence

Tall as pine against the snow

He carved my name into the beam

So the house would always know

I took the iron and the courage

Took the runes carved in my hand

Every stroke a promise

Every wave a foreign land

Pre-Chorus

Shield against my back now

Wind against my face

I will not look backward

I will not lose my place

Chorus

Row the longboat row

Through the gray and rolling sea

Row the longboat row

The gods are watching over me

Row the longboat row

I left my home to set it free

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

Row row row

Bridge

The ravens circle overhead

Odin's whispers in the spray

I carry home inside my chest

No matter how far I stray

No matter how far I stray

Chorus

Row the longboat row

Through the gray and rolling sea

Row the longboat row

The gods are watching over me

Row the longboat row

I left my home to set it free

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

Row row row

(Oh-oh-oh)

(Row row row)