Intro
(Hu! Ha! Hu! Ha!)
(Valhöll... Valhöll...)
Raise the raven banner over mountains of skulls
Cold wind at my back — I am Ragal Ironbull
Verse 1
Boots in the marrow-snow, marching where the frost bites cold
Wolf-hunger in the eyes, every story I was born to hold
Raised on the world-tree, weaned on the iron and the war
Sharpening my syllables — I carve the saga, settle the score
Sent a hundred southern men back as ash on the morning wind
Huginn at my shoulder telling Allfather where the storm begins
They mistook my silence for surrender at the harbor wall
Then the longships hit the shore like the thunder 'fore the gods fall
Pre-Chorus
And the sky goes red, and the cold goes deep (goes deep)
And the dead rise up from their frozen sleep
If they take me down on the bloody snow
Lift me on a shield where the gods can see
Chorus
Valhalla calling — can you hear the horns? (the horns!)
Carved out of winter, I was born for war (born for war!)
Shield-wall holding while the heavens fall (heavens fall!)
Valkyries riding, gonna carry me home (carry me home!)
So beat the drum, beat the drum till the mountains move
Valhalla calling and I'm answering soon
Verse 2
Ragnarök rumbling, Fenrir slipping the chain
Skies cracked open and the Bifröst breaking in flame
Thor with the hammer, splitting the serpent's spine
Norns at the loom, still weaving the thread of mine
I don't pray for mercy, I was never built to kneel
Carve my deeds in runestone, let the future read the steel
When the Allfather counts the brave at the end of all the war
I'll be standing at the gates with a thousand kills and more
Pre-Chorus
And the sky goes red, and the cold goes deep (goes deep)
And the dead rise up from their frozen sleep
If they take me down on the bloody snow
Lift me on a shield where the gods can see
Chorus
Valhalla calling — can you hear the horns? (the horns!)
Carved out of winter, I was born for war (born for war!)
Shield-wall holding while the heavens fall (heavens fall!)
Valkyries riding, gonna carry me home (carry me home!)
So beat the drum, beat the drum till the mountains move
Valhalla calling and I'm answering soon
Bridge
(Odin! Odin!) Open up the hall
(Skál! Skál!) Pour the mead for us all
(Hu! Ha! Hu! Ha!) Stomp until the mountains call
We are the Einherjar — and we never fall
(Valhöll! Valhöll!) Sing it to the sky
We were born to fight and we were born to die
Chorus
Valhalla calling — can you hear the horns? (the horns!)
Carved out of winter, I was born for war (born for war!)
Shield-wall holding while the heavens fall (heavens fall!)
Valhalla calling and I'm answering soon
Outro
(Valhalla calling... calling...)
Raise the horn one final time
(Valhalla calling... calling...)
I'll see you on the other side
