This is a song about my favorite character from ASOIAF (book not show, because as awesome as the show is, and they've done a great job converting GRRM's byzantine and sometimes meandering plot to the screen, they totally fucked up the Iron Islanders. IMHO, but anyway...).
lyrics
Long ships and black sails lift into the moonless night
A storm of axes and nothing left, the world's our birthright
Blood spilling on the decks within the eye of the storm.
what is dead shall never die, we are the iron born.
Born of the sea, to the old ways, with blood and song
A God of the deep, with fire and sword, who drowned the world
Bless me with stone, bless me with steel, and I rise again.
We don’t sow, we don’t pay, with gold.
…We pay the Iron Price
The green lands are weak and corrupt, the south is ours to reave
A silent hunter, bloody knives, down from the north we sweep
Take the riches, in flesh and gold, cut down the young and old
What is dead, shall never die, forever down below
credits
from Intergalactic Bastard,
released August 1, 2018
U.S. Bennett - Rhythm Guitar, Bass Guitar, & Vocals
Larry Bennett - Lead Guitar, Vocals
Paul Sears - Drums
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