Cathedral in the Fjords (Version 2)

Verse 1

Saltwater dripping from my boots into the ice

Fjords are empty where the glaciers used to rise

I walk these streets alone with nothing but a song

Echoes of the city swallowed by the dawn

Amber light is fading through the cathedral spire

Viking ghosts in silver on the stone above the fire

We carved our names in runes where the water used to be

This was our place, and this will set me free

Pre-Chorus

Can you feel it rising from the dark below?

Every step I take into the morning's glow?

Something tells me we won't be kept down here long

Something calls us up to where the northern lights belong

Chorus

Rise, rise, across these ancient stones

Where the frost will turn our names to thrones

Rise, rise, with every single breath

This is where we find our endless death

Verse 2

Shadows crawling on the walls like blackened ivy

Every tower humming low beneath my fingers in the sky

We're not forgotten here in this frozen light of day

Only shadows know what's gone away

Ice is breaking slow behind the fjords at night

Steam is rising off the piers where our grandfathers used to fight

I'll find their names up there, on the stars above the sea

This was their war, and I will take it back with me

Pre-Chorus

Can you feel it rising from the dark below?

Every step I take into the morning's glow?

Something tells me we won't be kept down here long

Something calls us up to where the northern lights belong

Chorus

Rise, rise, across these ancient stones

Where the frost will turn our names to thrones

Rise, rise, with every single breath

This is where we find our endless death

Bridge

I won't be held down by what's gone from sight

I'll ride this northern tide into the fight

Every step I take across these stones of old

Leaves one more echo on this dark and ancient fold

Let the silence swallow all that we've been told

And rise, rise with it like the morning sun through gold

Chorus

Rise, rise, across these ancient stones

Where the frost will turn our names to thrones

Rise, rise, with every single breath

This is where we find our endless death