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Hear now the howl of the iron north wind
Over the bones of forgotten kings
Where dragon-fire carved a scar in the earth
A rider came with a doom in his skin
Steel in his hand, runes on his blade
Down in the dark where the gold lay coiled
Fáfnir hissed on a grave of iron
Blood hit stone and the caverns boiled
Flames of the Valkyrie, wild and raging
Crown of fire on a fate-bound sky
Oaths like chains in the hands of heroes
Gold like poison that will not die
He bathed in blood of the dying dragon
Felt hard armor beneath his skin
Birdsong twisted to riddling whispers
Warning of curses that breathe within
He took the hoard and the single ring
Cold bright circle of coiled despair
Rode from the hill in a blaze of glory
Never once feeling the noose he'd wear
Far to the east in a ring of fire
Brynhild slept in her battle mail
Valkyrie bound by a god's hard judgment
Dreams like thunder behind her veil
He spurred his steed through the roaring furnace
Ash and sparks in the horse's mane
Cut through a wall made pure of lightning
Spoke her name in the burning rain
Flames of the Valkyrie, wild and raging
Crown of fire on a fate-bound sky
Oaths like chains in the hands of heroes
Gold like poison that will not die
She woke with war in the whites of her eyes
Read his saga in scars and breath
They pledged to meet beyond every sundering
Past any fire and even death
He gave her the ring, she gave him honor
Swore by sword-edge and open sea
Then rode away with the world behind him
Leaving his heart in her custody
In a gold-lit hall a shadow gathered
Curse in the curve of a gleaming horn
He drank and memory warped like water
Love un-threaded, forgotten, torn
He wed Gudrun in woven splendor
Bound by a family's silent snare
While far away in her flame-ringed tower
Brynhild waited in empty air
Flames of the Valkyrie, wild and raging
Crown of fire on a fate-bound sky
Oaths like chains in the hands of heroes
Gold like poison that will not die
Gunnar's eyes burned on Valkyrie stories
Hungry for bride and the fire-ringed fame
Witchcraft coiled around brother-blood
Shapes were traded with whispered name
Sigurd rode wearing Gunnar's visage
Back to the blaze of Brynhild's land
Once more the flames bowed back before him
Once more she offered her armored hand
Cold white steel lay between their bodies
Sword for a wall he would not break
He never touched her, yet truth lay bleeding
Under the silence he could not shake
Later in feasting she saw the treasure
Ring of her vow on Gudrun's hand
One hard glance and the lies fell open
All their deceit stood tall as a brand
Flames of the Valkyrie, wild and raging
Crown of fire on a fate-bound sky
Oaths like chains in the hands of heroes
Gold like poison that will not die
Her love turned spearhead, sharp and deadly
Cut through Gunnar in frozen breath
"Kill the man who has killed my honor
Or take my curse to a coward's death."
Oath-bound chains held his bloody fingers
So they chose the brother without such ties
Young Guttorm walked with a drawn blade trembling
Into the room where the dragon-slayer lies
Steel found ribs of the sleeping legend
Red tide roared on the chamber floor
Sigurd rose in a burst of fury
Split young Guttorm in two with his sword
Then he fell where the shadows gathered
Dragon's blood on the woven sheet
Gold-born curse in his fading heartbeat
Thunder quiet at his feet
Flames of the Valkyrie, wild and raging
Crown of fire on a fate-bound sky
Oaths like chains in the hands of heroes
Gold like poison that will not die
Brynhild stood in the wrecked-up morning
Ash in her throat where triumph burned
Saw her vengeance lying shattered
Saw her world forever turned
She called for pyres to scrape the heavens
Spears and shields for a towering bed
"Lay me beside him in dragon's shadow
Bind me now to the man I've bled."
Smoke climbed high over broken kingdoms
Ravens wheeled in a sooted ring
The cursed hoard dragged down its keepers
Skalds still sing of the Valkyrie's flame