The Fall of the Volsungs

Album: The Volsung Legacy Saga: Blood of the Dragon, Blood of the Raven Link to whole album: https://suno.com/playlist/fdfc9c17-17... Song Text. The halls still stood, The banners flew, The mead still flowed, The hearth fires grew. Yet shadows lingered in the light, Like wolves concealed within the night, And every smile began to hide, The poison growing deep inside. The gold was won, The dragon slain, Yet none who touched it would remain, For fate remembers every debt, And Andvari had not forgotten yet. The Fall of the Volsungs, The breaking of the line, A house once blessed by gods and kings, Now claimed by fate and time. The Fall of the Volsungs, No sword could turn aside, The doom that walked through every hall, And waited just outside. Sigurd stood among the great, Unknowing of the hand of fate, The whispers spread from room to room, Like winter winds foretelling doom. Old loyalties began to bend, Brother against brother, friend against friend, And though the feast halls echoed loud, A gathering storm concealed its shroud. The ravens watched, The Norns were near, Weaving sorrow year by year, Each thread pulled tight, Each knot was drawn, Toward a world where hope was gone. The Fall of the Volsungs, The breaking of the line, A house once blessed by gods and kings, Now claimed by fate and time. The Fall of the Volsungs, No sword could turn aside, The doom that walked through every hall, And waited just outside. I saw the fire, I saw the lie, I saw the oath that had to die, The wheel had turned beyond recall, And now the mighty had to fall. The curse was cast, The doom was spun, The work of fate could not be undone. The Fall of the Volsungs, The songs began to fade, The heroes passed into the mist, The price of glory paid. The Fall of the Volsungs, Yet still their story lives, For death may claim the flesh and bone, But never what legend gives. The fire dimmed, The halls grew cold, The last great tale was nearly told, Yet from the ashes fate would bring, A daughter carrying the blood of kings.