[Verse 1]

Stone face dog, swirling fog

Gates open on the dark, dark night

Standing stone, skull and bone

Dead witness to an unseen fight

Beat the drum, beat the drum

Beat forever on the endless march

Stricken dumb, cut and run

Somebody's screaming and the sky is dark

[Chorus]

Sword and shield, bone and steel

Rictus grin

Deaf forever to the battle's din

Deaf forever to the battle's din

[Verse 2]

March or croak, flame and smoke

Burn forever in eternal pain

Charge and fall, bugle call

Bone splinter in the driving rain

Horses scream, Viking dream

Drowned heroes in a lake of blood

Armoured fist, severed wrist

Broken spears in a sea of mud

[Chorus]

Sword and shield, bone and steel

Rictus grin

Deaf forever to the battle's din

Deaf forever to the battle's din

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]

Deaf forever

Stone dead forever

[Verse 3]

Mother earth, mother earth

Enfold you in her cold embrace

Sinking down, killing ground

Worm crawling on your cold white face

Win or lose, naught to choose

All men are equal when their memory fades

No-one knows, friends or foes

If Valhalla lies beyond the grave

[Chorus]

Sword and shield, bone and steel

Rictus grin

Deaf forever to the battle's din

Deaf forever to the battle's din

Deaf forever to the battle's din

Deaf forever to the battle's din