Eighty years of brotherhood, ended by decree. The shield the old world relied on is gone, and a continent learns how long the winter of broken trust can last. The only song on the album that lowers its voice before it rises again.
Lyrics
Eighty years of brotherhood, voided by decree
Sunk like a frigate in the Baltic Sea
The eagle stares east and names a price
Friendship bartered — betrayal's vice
Promises burnt like bridges of snow
Count your own — nowhere to go
ERA AV SVEK! Brothers in arms turn strangers overnight
ERA AV SVEK! The shield is shattered — learn to fight
No borrowed swords, no foreign soil
Rearm the north with colder toil
We toasted with them on the beaches once
Our fathers died on the same front
I believed in something built to last
Now every handshake echoes with the past
Half a century we looked away
Trusting thunder from across the waves
Now the continent learns at last
The winter of trust — long and vast
ERA AV SVEK! Brothers in arms turn strangers overnight
ERA AV SVEK! The shield is shattered — learn to fight
No borrowed swords, no foreign soil
Rearm the north with colder toil
Era av svek... (never again)
Credits
Guitars, bass, drums and vocals performed and recorded by Servant of Insanity.
Violin, strings and synths: AI-assisted arrangement, edited by Servant of Insanity.
Produced, mixed and mastered by Servant of Insanity.