Rite of Copper Dawn (version 2)

Verse

Iron sky turning gold on the fjell's spine

Bjorn's spearhead glowing like the sun's own line

Shield rings rattling as the drumline breaks

Warriors' shadows stretching out in smoke and heat

Your hand finds mine through the ring of fire

Embers catch our breath like a thousand tiny hearts

We are the storm that the old gods forgot

Carving names into the frost and what it's made for

Pre-Chorus

Can you hear the keg doors burst open wide

Every warrior born to chase the light

This is the moment that the mead was meant for

Raise your hands, let the rite devour us whole now

Chorus

Rite of copper dawn, run with the pack through fire

Golden horns blaring over a thousand hearts on desire

Spill the ale and raise our fists to the sun's first ray

We were born to burn and never fade away

Verse 2

Your voice cuts loud above the battle horn

Beneath your armor I still hear you, unbroken

Ash falls soft where the morning is breaking open

This is the only kingdom worth a warrior's death for

Your eyes catch mine across the firelit crowd

Same old myth but this time it's real, no doubt

Iron and lightning, blood on the blade

I'd rather die like this than live without a name

Pre-Chorus

Can you hear the keg doors burst open wide

Every warrior born to chase the light

This is the moment that the mead was meant for

Raise your hands, let the rite devour us whole now

Chorus

Rite of copper dawn, run with the pack through fire

Golden horns blaring over a thousand hearts on desire

Spill the ale and raise our fists to the sun's first ray

We were born to burn and never fade away

Bridge

Maybe tomorrow the frost will come again

Maybe this is all we have — let it end

But right now I don't care about forever

Right now only the fire feels like home, like heaven

Chorus

Rite of copper dawn, run with the pack through fire

Golden horns blaring over a thousand hearts on desire

Spill the ale and raise our fists to the sun's first ray

We were born to burn and never fade away