Raven and the Sailing King (Version 2)

Verse 1

Eight long winters since I lost my right hand

Left it floating on the tide at Aesir's command

The Allfather promised if I'd speak the truth

He'd take a son instead — but Odin don't get through

I was raised to count every god who fell

Skulduggery in Asgard, war horns by all

Fenrir bound and Sigyn's steady eye

Still my own brother died — not someone else's lie

So I built the ship with bones of fallen gods

No wood or sail that could carry such load

I carved a raven from Ymir's frozen jawbone

Fed it fish from rivers where our names were thrown

The bird took to the storm and left before the tide

Carrying my dead brother on his back for pride

Now I'm floating, watching every kingdom fall

Every promise Odin made — he paid with all

Chorus

No more silence when the wind blows cold

I sail for every king that's lost control

Raven speaks what Odin dare not tell

The sailing king is dead before he sells

Verse 2

Heimdall's shield cracks at sunset, dark comes through

Valhalla walls don't hold — it was never true

Tyr paid with his hand the same way I did pay

I traded my arm for every god who stays

I see it all now from where I stand alone

Baldur dying in winter, Loki's careful tone

Frigg kept her silence — every tear a debt

Odin keeps his face still, but the cost was set

I'm not afraid to tell what the gods can't speak

Every kingdom falls when its own future weeps

Chorus

No more silence when the wind blows cold

I sail for every king that's lost control

Raven speaks what Odin dare not tell

The sailing king is dead before he sells

Bridge

Heimdall's still standing — but his wall won't hold

Odin knows it, I know it — the end is old

No kingdom stands forever if its gods are false

I traded my arm for this truth, nothing more than usual

Outro