Oath of the Viking Woman

Lyrics

[INTRO – ABSOLUTE SILENCE] [ONE FLASH OF LIGHT] [FEMALE WARRIOR – DEEP, ANCIENT OLD NORSE WHISPER] Ek sé yðr, verið á varðbergi! Ek em í víking fyrir Valhöll! [THREE DEEP HEARTBEATS] [COMPLETE SILENCE – 3 SECONDS] [LOW GUITAR RUMBLE – TENSION BUILDS] [FEMALE WHISPER – DARK, THREATENING] Do you see me? Do you see my pain? Do you see the fire burning deep within my heart? [EXPLOSIVE DRUM HIT – FULL BAND ERUPTS] [VERSE 1 – LOW, MENACING FEMALE VOCALS; HEAVY PUNK RIFFS] Can you see my rage? Can you feel my pain? Hear the iron will that burns within my warrior heart! I know the price. I know the night. I know what war does to the living. But here I stand, my head held high! Not because I feel no fear— my pride has sealed the road behind! [VERSE 2 – FAST, RAW FEMALE PUNK VOCALS] I am not here because I do not know death! I am here because I will not betray my oath! I carry the pain! I carry the rage! Beneath my skin, my blood is burning like a flame! You call it madness! You call me insane! But I would lose myself if I turned back now! [SHORT, DISTANT MALE WAR CHANT] Óðinn! [INSTRUMENTAL – RAZOR-SHARP GUITARS, CRUSHING BASS, THUNDEROUS PUNK DRUMS; DARK NORDIC MELODY] [PRE-CHORUS – FEMALE VOICE RISES INTO A BATTLE SHOUT] Óðinn! Can you hear my oath? I stand right here— I WILL NOT RETREAT! [BRIEF DEEP MALE CHANT] Valhalla! [CHORUS – EXPLOSIVE FEMALE PUNK-METAL VOCALS, FULL BAND] I AM PROUD TO STAND HERE! PROUD OF THE PATH I CHOOSE! IF I FALL, I’LL FALL STANDING TALL, WITH PRIDE IN MY CHEST AND FIRE IN MY HEART! I DO NOT FEAR WHAT WAITS BEYOND THE END! I WILL NOT YIELD! I WILL NOT BREAK! WHEN MY FINAL BREATH IS GONE, LET VALHALLA KNOW WHO STOOD BEFORE ITS GATES! [INSTRUMENTAL ATTACK – DRIVING BASS, FURIOUS DRUMS, HEAVY PUNK RIFFS] [BREAKDOWN – INSTRUMENTS CUT; ONE SLOW HEARTBEAT] [FEMALE VOICE – QUIET, COLD, CERTAIN] You ask me why I will not turn back. Why I will not run. Why I do not tremble. You want me to fear death the way you fear it. But you cannot understand what it means to break my word. [COMPLETE SILENCE] I might still be alive. Perhaps. But would I still be me? [SHORT, DISTANT MALE CHANT] Valhalla! [VERSE 3 – SLOW, HEAVY, MENACING; GUITARS BUILD] I do not seek death. I will not kneel to it. I will not shed a tear just to make you understand. If death comes for me, it will find me awake— fire in my eyes, a storm inside my chest. I have made my choice. I know my oath. Even in the darkest night, I will not lose my honor! [INSTRUMENTAL BUILD – DRUMS ACCELERATE, GUITARS SURGE] [FEMALE WHISPER – DEADLY CALM] Beware. [ONE BEAT OF SILENCE] [FEMALE BATTLE CRY] I AM READY! [FINAL INSTRUMENTAL EXPLOSION – FULL-POWER VIKING PUNK] [FINAL CHORUS – FULL BAND, FIERCE FEMALE LEAD; ONLY BRIEF MALE CHANTS] I AM PROUD TO STAND HERE! PROUD OF THE PATH I CHOOSE! IF I FALL, I’LL FALL STANDING TALL, WITH PRIDE IN MY CHEST AND FIRE IN MY HEART! I DO NOT FEAR WHAT WAITS BEYOND THE END! I WILL NOT YIELD! I WILL NOT BREAK! WHEN MY FINAL BREATH IS GONE, LET VALHALLA KNOW WHO STOOD BEFORE ITS GATES! [FINAL PUNK ATTACK – GUITARS, BASS, THUNDERING DRUMS] [ALL INSTRUMENTS CUT OUT] [FEMALE VOICE – QUIET, PROUD, ALMOST WHISPERED] If I fall, I will not fall as one who ran away. [DEEP, DISTANT MALE CHANT] Valhalla… [FINAL FEMALE LINE – CLEAR, UNBROKEN] I was here. I stood here. And I was proud. [ONE FINAL WAR DRUM HIT] [COMPLETE SILENCE]