Black ships are sailing in the night
I'm drunk and looking for a fight
A distant light appears, as the dark waves turn
Let's steal their lives, and watch the village burn!
Sail the stormy seas - stand proud and free
Claiming meat and mead - I'll take the shores
And salt wife whores, never ending, I need more
We're ironborn, we rape, we reave and...
Carve out our kingdom on distant shores
Black harren's longships sailing out
Taking rewards we do not sow
My axe lusts for bone and gore
Lust as the iron men of yore
The drowned god made us to be strong
We write our names in blood, fire and song!
What is dead may never die...
Let your servant be born again from the sea
As you were
Bless him with salt, bless him with stone
Bless him with steel
What is dead may never die, but rises again
Harder and stronger
What is dead may never die...
So we sail for morning sun
Toward future conquest to be won
Our mighty race shall reign on high
We'll rule until the whole world dies!
