Aurora in the Fray (Version 2)

Verse 1 – male vocal

Iron frost upon the drum

Every heartbeat is a hum

Ancient horns resound through ice

Chain-smoked breath along the wall

War-sweat dripping on the call

Steel and steel in this dark night

Fires dying out of sight

Still we dance beneath the light

No one runs from this cold fight

Pre-Chorus – female whispered counter

Aurora, rise...

We're not done yet

Chorus 1 – full band with choral chant and Viking horns

Rise up through the winter's gate!

Take our place upon the stone!

Fire in every burning vein!

This is how we keep the light alive!

Rise up, rise up!

Aurora, dawn before us!

Verse 2 – male vocal

Bitter frost across our skin

Every scar begins to glow within

Iron fists against this dark and cold

Sweat on steel as daybreak crawls

Nothing leaves without a battle's toll

Candlelight through iron bars

Fading light upon the wall

Still we hold where shadows fall

This is how we keep it whole

Pre-Chorus – female whispered counter

Aurora, rise...

We're not done yet

Chorus 2 – full band with choral chant and Viking horns

Rise up through the winter's gate!

Take our place upon the stone!

Fire in every burning vein!

This is how we keep the light alive!

Rise up, rise up!

Aurora, dawn before us!

Bridge – sparse liturgical chant paired with breathy female whispered counter-melody

No one leaves behind what's yet to be

The dark begins to break apart

Every warrior finds a new heart

Hold the flame until the sun is real

Don't let go, don't lose the way

Keep our fire burning through the gray

Aurora rising in every part

This is who we've always been

Chorus 3 – full band with choral chant and Viking horns

Rise up through the winter's gate!

Take our place upon the stone!

Fire in every burning vein!

This is how we keep the light alive!

Rise up, rise up!

Aurora, dawn before us!

Outro – sparse liturgical chant paired with breathy female whispered counter-melody

Hold... the... flame.

Rise... up... together.

We... are... eternal.