Rootbound

We are the echoes of our ancestors’ deeds
There is no great forest that grew without first seeds
Our future selves, created by what we have done
It is not only in victory that a battle can be won
Our enemies are strong and vast
But no stronger are they than those in the past
Drink deep of wisdom learned
Make everything you have something you've earned

The runes are everywhere to see
Gallows gift, yet nothing is free
The echoes ring out, create a song of their own
You may be one but you are never alone
We are like lightning in a midst of storm
The sudden light in darkness born
Alive but for a moment then gone away
The actions done will forever stay

Rise now, my heathen kin, the Gods are watching as they've always been
Rise now, strong and proud, the world is like a field waiting to be ploughed
Carve the runes with designed intent, power is within, it is not given or lent
Rise strong, like the branches of Yggdrasil, may the runes forever mould to your will

We are the echoes of our ancestors’ deeds
There is no great forest that grew without first seeds
Our future selves, created by what we have done
It is not only in victory that a battle can be won
Our enemies are strong and vast
But no stronger are they than those in the past
Drink deep, of wisdom learned
Make everything you have something you've earned

Rise now, my heathen kin, the Gods are watching as they've always been
Rise now, strong and proud, the world is like a field waiting to be ploughed
Carve the runes with designed intent, the power is within, it is not given or lent
Rise strong, like the branches of Yggdrasil, may the runes forever mould to your will

Form the runes in your mind, design them together, use intent to bind
Will to power piece by piece Open your inner eye, breathe, release, release
He who has wronged me, he who has betrayed, cast thy eye upon him
Cast thy eye upon him