Lyrics
[Intro]
Raise the iron, lock the door
Salt on skin, boots on the floor
[Verse 1]
You wear the red thread round your wrist
I taste the storm where the blade once kissed
Your breath counts time by the shield-wall drum
Say my name once—watch the cold blood run
No crown, no priest, no borrowed vow
Your hands are the only law here now
We meet like rivals beneath the beam
Two wild hearts in a warlord’s dream
[Pre-Chorus]
Come closer, brave one, don't kneel yet
Let every scar pay off its debt
[Chorus]
Grip me like a battle standard
Pull me through the smoke
Love is not a gentle harbor
It is the oath we broke
Your mouth says fight, your eyes say stay
We burn the map away
Tonight we raid the silence
And take the night by force
[Verse 2]
Black wool, silver rings, rain at the gate
You laugh like a wolf when I tempt our fate
The longhouse shakes when you cross the room
A spark in the dark, a promise of doom
I bring no flowers, I bring no lies
Just a steady hand and a storm in my eyes
If you want the truth, then stand your ground
Put your heartbeat where the drums are loud
[Pre-Chorus]
Come closer, brave one, don't kneel yet
Let every scar pay off its debt
[Chorus]
Grip me like a battle standard
Pull me through the smoke
Love is not a gentle harbor
It is the oath we broke
Your mouth says fight, your eyes say stay
We burn the map away
Tonight we raid the silence
And take the night by force
[Bridge]
Slow—hear the floorboards crack
Your fingers leave their mark
No retreat, no turning back
Two fires inside the dark
[Breakdown]
Hail the hand that holds me fast
Hail the vow that cannot last
Hail the heat beneath the mail
Hail the one who makes me fail
[Final Chorus]
Grip me like a battle standard
Pull me through the smoke
Love is not a gentle harbor
It is the oath we broke
Your mouth says fight, your eyes say stay
We burn the map away
Tonight we raid the silence
And take the night by force
[Outro]
At dawn, the shields will line the wall
But your mark remains beneath it all
