The Hall Remembers Us

I was not raised by a silver hand
I learned from winter in broken land
Wind cut deep and the nights ran long, so
I made my pain into battle song

No crown found me, no road was clear
I built my step through ash and fear
The weak men talked while the strong moved slow
I planted roots where none would grow

No man can steal what scars have made
No storm can drown the oath I gave
The whore remembers us
The names carved deep in dust

When torches fade to smoke
Still our bones hold trust
The hall remembers us
When steel and blood are done
All gods keep the echo of every worthy son

I buried doubt in the frozen ground
Then rose when thunder came around
Each hard year made my shoulders wide
Each lost road taught me how to stride
They wanted ease

I wanted truth
The old world tempered all my youth
Now when I speak, the hollows still

They know my hand was shaped by will
No man can steal what scars have made
No storm can drown the oath I gave

The hall remembers us
The names carved deep in dust
When torches fade to smoke
Still our bones hold trust

The hall remembers us
When steel and blood are done
All gods keep the echo of every worthy son

If I fall tonight, lay no tears on stone
Raise the horn once high, then send me home
If I stand at dawn, I return with flame
If I die in snow, remember my name

The hall remembers us
The names carved deep in dust
When torches fade to smoke
Still our bones hold trust

The hall remembers us
When steel and blood are done
All gods keep the echo of every worthy son

The hall remembers
The hall remembers