Two Ravens on the Standard
Two men found each other at the bottom of their own wars, when both of their whole lives were changing, and stood in each other's shield line. This is the ode. Brothers beyond blood, and a perch in Valhalla with two names on it.
Lyrics
We found each other at the bottom of our own wars
Two men with burned down houses and open doors
Everything we had built was asking to be left behind
And a man cannot change his whole life with no one at his side
You were remaking your world, I was remaking mine
And that is how two ravens end up standing in one line
Two ravens on the standard, brothers beyond blood
One keeps the watch, and one rides the flood
Carry the word to the ends of the empire
And always, always fly home
When they sing us into Valhalla, let them sing it true
There is a perch up in that high hall with my name next to you
I have stood in the shield line with the spears coming over
And the only thing I trusted was your shoulder at my shoulder
You took the left of me, where the wall is always thin
And I never once looked over, I just knew that you were in
We were not born brothers, no blood and no same name
Just two men the storm threw together, at the hour their whole lives changed
Two ravens on the standard, brothers beyond blood
One keeps the watch, and one rides the flood
Carry the word to the ends of the empire
And always, always fly home
When they sing us into Valhalla, let them sing it true
There is a perch up in that high hall with my name next to you
The night of the call, when the word went by a liar
You were standing at the standard, I was standing in the fire
And the empire learned the hard way what a goat can never do
So now the message rides on black wings, and one of those wings is you
If the word must cross the water, if the word must cross the foam
You are the one who carries it, and I am the one who holds the home
A man does not choose the hour his life turns over
He only chooses who is standing there when it does
You were standing there
And if you fall out there where I cannot see
Rise in my memory, brother, and ride home with me
And if I fall in the shield line, with the spears coming over
Do not leave the wall for me. Just stand. I will know it was you, standing there
Two ravens on the standard, brothers beyond blood
One keeps the watch, and one rides the flood
Carry the word to the ends of the empire
And always, always fly home
When they sing us into Valhalla, let them sing it true
There is a perch up in that high hall with my name next to you
One raven is a witness
Two ravens are a promise
We found each other when the old lives ended
That is the whole of the saga