Rage, Flame, and My Name

Lyrics

[INTRO – ABSOLUTE SILENCE] [A SINGLE DISTANT FEMALE BREATH] [A SUDDEN FLASH OF LIGHT] [LOW, MYSTICAL FEMALE WARRIOR VOICE – ANCIENT, COMMANDING] Ek sé yðr, verið á varðbergi! Ek em í víking fyrir Valhọll! [THREE HEARTBEATS] [COMPLETE SILENCE] [A DEEP MALE CHOIR EMERGES FROM THE DARKNESS] Valhalla... Valhalla... [VERSE 1 – SLOW, LOW, CONTROLLED RAGE] Look into my eyes! Tell me what you see! The fire? The fury? The fear you want in me? Look at my hands! They tremble with rage! Look at my heart! It is tearing through its cage! I KNOW THIS PAIN! I KNOW THIS NIGHT! BUT I WILL NEVER SURRENDER MY PRIDE! [INSTANT EXPLOSION – DISTORTED GUITARS, BASS, THUNDEROUS DRUMS] [VERSE 2 – FERAL FEMALE PUNK SCREAM] YOU THINK I DO NOT FEEL?! YOU THINK I DO NOT BLEED?! YOU THINK THERE IS NO FEAR BENEATH THIS SKIN?! THEN LOOK AT ME! I AM THE RAGE! I AM THE SCAR! I AM THE WOUND THAT NEVER HEALED! I AM THE WOMAN WHO KNOWS WHAT WAR CAN STEAL! AND STILL I STAND! STILL I CHOOSE! I WILL NOT LIVE BY DENYING WHAT I AM! [HARD STOP – EVERYTHING CUTS OUT] [WHISPERED FEMALE VOICE] Do you hear that? That silence? That is the sound of everything I could lose. [SOFT FEMALE CHOIR – ETHEREAL, TENDER] Close your eyes... The night is calling... [DEEP MALE VOICES – DISTANT, RITUALISTIC] Valhalla... Valhalla... [PIANO-LIKE ORCHESTRAL STRINGS – FRAGILE AND HAUNTING] [FEMALE VOICE – ALMOST BREAKING, BUT NEVER WEAK] I have loved. I have lost. I have carried more than you will ever know. And if tomorrow takes my name... Let the wind remember I was never tame. [ONE HEARTBEAT] [SECOND HEARTBEAT] [THIRD HEARTBEAT – MASSIVE DRUM IMPACT] [BREAKDOWN – THE STORM RETURNS] I AM NOT READY TO BECOME A MEMORY! I AM NOT MADE OF STONE! BUT I WOULD RATHER FACE THE DARKNESS STANDING THAN ABANDON EVERYTHING I CALL MY OWN! [MALE VIKING CHOIR – THUNDEROUS] STAND! [WOMAN – EXPLOSIVE] I STAND! [MALE CHOIR] FIGHT! [WOMAN] I FIGHT! [MALE CHOIR] REMEMBER! [WOMAN – RAW, FURIOUS] REMEMBER MY NAME! [INSTRUMENTAL CHAOS – PUNK-METAL RIFFS, DOUBLE-KICK DRUMS, ORCHESTRAL STRINGS] [CHORUS – HUGE, MELODIC, HEARTBREAKING] I AM PROUD TO STAND HERE! EVEN WITH FIRE IN MY VEINS! EVEN WITH A HEART THAT BREAKS BENEATH THE PAIN! AND IF THE SKY SHOULD FALL TONIGHT, I WILL NOT HIDE! I WILL NOT RUN! I WILL STAND BENEATH THE DYING SUN! AND IF MY FINAL BREATH IS ALL THAT I CAN GIVE, LET IT BE KNOWN: I DID NOT TURN AWAY FROM THE LIFE I CHOSE TO LIVE! [ALL INSTRUMENTS CUT OUT] [SOFT FEMALE VOICE – TENDER, INTIMATE] And if I fall... Let the wind hold me. Let the earth remember me. Let the stars carry what remains of me. [ETHEREAL FEMALE CHOIR] You are not forgotten... You are not alone... [DEEP MALE CHOIR – GENTLE, ANCIENT] Valhalla... [THE WOMAN TAKES A BREATH] [FEMALE VOICE – QUIET, CERTAIN] I know where I stand. I know what I believe. And I know what I cannot betray. [LOW GUITAR STRING BEGINS TO RESONATE] [BUILD-UP – SLOW WAR DRUMS, DISTANT CHANTS, RISING STRINGS] [THE WOMAN WHISPERS] I am still here. [ONE MASSIVE DRUM HIT] [FINAL CHORUS – FULL BAND, MAXIMUM POWER] I AM PROUD TO STAND HERE! I AM THE STORM! I AM THE FLAME! LET HEAVEN AND EARTH REMEMBER MY NAME! I WILL NOT BREAK! I WILL NOT BEND! MY OATH WILL STAND UNTIL THE END! AND IF THE GATES OF VALHALLA OPEN BEFORE MY EYES, I WILL WALK THROUGH THEM WITH MY HEAD HELD HIGH! NOT BECAUSE I WANTED DEATH! BUT BECAUSE I NEVER BETRAYED MY LIFE! [FINAL INSTRUMENTAL EXPLOSION] [EVERYTHING STOPS] [FEMALE VOICE – SOFT, ALMOST A TEAR] I was here... [MALE CHOIR – WHISPERED] Valhalla... [FEMALE VOICE – ONE LAST BREATH] And I was proud. [ONE FINAL WAR DRUM] [ABSOLUTE SILENCE]