Runeforge

Lyrics

[Intro - Old Norse chant]
Aldri skal merkene dø
(The signs shall never die)
[Verse 1]
I carve these marks into stone at midnight
While your towers reach up toward empty skies
My fingers bleed with ancestral memory
Each line holds power from a thousand years
Before your walls rose from barren ground
I kept the old ways burning bright
[Chorus]
Ancient signs upon my blade
Power flows through time unchanged
Marks of those who came before
Breaking chains forevermore
[Verse 2]
Your books can't hold what flows in my veins
The earth remembers what you try to hide
My blood speaks languages long forgotten
Each symbol burns through your hollow words
The old ones laugh at your shallow faith
While I draw strength from deeper wells
[Chorus]
Ancient signs upon my blade
Power flows through time unchanged
Marks of those who came before
Breaking chains forevermore
[Bridge]
[Harsh tremolo riffs]
Your truth is young
My truth is carved in stone
[Building intensity]
[Solo]
[Nordic folk melody transitions into furious black metal]
[Final Verse]
I stand beneath stars that know no master
Your walls will crumble back to dust
The signs I bear were here at the beginning
And they will remain when you are gone
The old ones rise with each mark I draw
Your time grows short as mine grows strong
[Chorus - Final]
Ancient signs upon my blade
Power flows through time unchanged
Marks of those who came before
Breaking chains forevermore
[Outro - fade to Nordic drums]