Rune-Carved Redoubt

[Intro]
[Verse]
Frozen waves beat the sand
Foreign feet touch our land
Iron prows cut the spray
Light of gods fades away
I am the wall of oak
Rising from the battle smoke
[Pre-Chorus]
Standard high in the air
Woven with a silver hair
Runes of old start to glow
Watching as the shadows grow
[Chorus]
Hold the shore, bleed the sea
Let the village elders flee
Crimson tide, golden gate
I will challenge every fate
Shield is cracked, spirit whole
Heaven claims a warrior's soul
[Post-Chorus]
Odin, take her home
Through the white and heavy foam
Odin, take her home
To the halls where heroes roam
[Verse]
Steel bites through the mail
Hear the dying invaders wail
Broken bones in the mud
Salt is mixed with cooling blood
Raven wings block the sun
Work of death is nearly done
[Pre-Chorus]
Snow-dusted armor shines bright
In the dying of the light
Grandmother's spirit is near
I have cast away my fear
[Chorus]
Hold the shore, bleed the sea
Let the village elders flee
Crimson tide, golden gate
I will challenge every fate
Shield is cracked, spirit whole
Heaven claims a warrior's soul
[Bridge]
Nyckelharpa weeps for the lost
I will never count the cost
Lur is sounding from the peak
Words the Valkyries will speak
Glory waits within the fire
Rising on a funeral pyre
[Solo]
[Verse]
Armor heavy, vision red
Walking 'mongst the pile of dead
One girl stands against the fleet
Refusing to accept defeat
The fjord is locked in ice
Blood is the only price
[Chorus]
Hold the shore, bleed the sea
Let the village elders flee
Crimson tide, golden gate
I will challenge every fate
Shield is cracked, spirit whole
Heaven claims a warrior's soul
[Hook]
Valhalla waits for me
Beyond the bitter sea
Valhalla waits for me
Finally I am free
[Outro]