Crown of Iron and Ash

Verse

Snow falls quiet on the longship's bow

The banners tearing, I release them now

Iron shoulders, ash upon my tongue

The war drums fading where the fjord is done

Your hand let go beneath the standing stone

Nine ravens circle where the seeds are sown

I leave the throne to rust beneath the pine

The crown was heavy, but the road is mine

Pre-Chorus

Can you hear the horn across the frozen tide

Every ending walking arm in arm with light

Something in the cold says rise again

Chorus

Crown of iron and ash

Falling embers in the last

Goodbye burning like the dawn

Everything I loved lives on

Wear the fire, lose the throne

Walk the fields I've always known

Crown of iron and ash

Rising from the last

Verse

The wolves are singing where the wall came down

Bare feet crossing what was once my ground

I traded scepters for the open sky

Watched the empire learn to say goodbye

The river carries what the fire spared

A thousand torches for the ones who cared

No throne can hold the weight of what we lose

But every ash still knows the fire it grew

Pre-Chorus

Can you hear the horn across the frozen tide

Every ending walking arm in arm with light

Something in the cold says rise again

Chorus

Crown of iron and ash

Falling embers in the last

Goodbye burning like the dawn

Everything I loved lives on

Wear the fire, lose the throne

Walk the fields I've always known

Crown of iron and ash

Rising from the last

Bridge

Let the mountain keep my name

Let the north wind take the blame

I was never meant to stay

I was made to burn away

Every kingdom turns to dust

Every ember earns our trust

This is not the end I feared

It's the dawn I've waited years for

Chorus

Crown of iron and ash

Falling embers in the last

Goodbye burning like the dawn

Everything I loved lives on

Wear the fire, lose the throne

Walk the fields I've always known

Crown of iron and ash

Rising from the last