Follow Father

I follow close to father

But feel so far behind

How often do I ponder

What secrets he may hide

I carry mother's ashes

Why can't she see me now?

My divine rite of passage

Time to make my father proud

A washed-up god of war

Upon this shore a little farther North

Woke up to another thunderstorm

But this one came knocking on the door

His heart grows heavy and his arms are sore

Gotta be the guilt for all he's done before

So he, cut the cords and dropped the swords

And then the Ghost of Sparta was reborn

But he's haunted by the past

With his ashen skin all scarred and worn

He's already buried family once

He can barely even bear the thought of more

Cuz the cost of life is one you cannot afford

With a son you've become a role model for

After all he taught him, he doesn't want him

To take up his father's sword

Force himself to ignore the past

Back when revenge was all he swore

But he will defend his only son

If he's gotta make a sacred god a corpse

Better brush up on Nordic monster lore

Slaughter trolls, ogres and draugr lords

If you need a weapon

Then make a friend with a dwarf who's got a forge

When his legend is etched in history

Henceforth it's all in Norse

He's still got a lot of strength

But his Spartan rage is not the source

Nor does he draw his power

As the former god of war

He is stronger for his progeny

That's what my father's for

Father's a fighter, but he tries to hide his scars

I'll light the fire, melt the ice over his heart

I know he still has hope in the life he planned for me

But as I grow older, father's all I want to be

When I cross the Bifrost

I'm all fired up to ice gods

Heimdall, get out the warning, Gjallarhorn

To all nine realms- I can fight odds

My father and I, much farther we'll climb

Until we are standing atop Jötunheimr

And if you think we've peaked

We will leave our mark in the sky

Yo, the road to Ragnarök

Fact- That's the path they're on

Take a blast of dragon breath

Wipe off the ash and laugh it off

Got a head upon your neck?

I got the knack to hack it off

Take the knowledge from it

Use it all to bring my wrath to gods

I'm walking taller than giants

They oughta call me Goliath

I'll face a god in defiance

And strike 'em harder than lightnin'

It's in my blood, when I'm fightin'

Feels like I'm conquering titans

Just like my father's done

I wanna be like him

Sorry, Valhalla, it's time

The heavens fall from the sky

I read a rune, it said that you would all die

Because I know my mythology

And no prophecies lie

I'll become stronger than father

And that's a promise of mine

Father's a fighter, but he tries to hide his scars

I'll light the fire, melt the ice over his heart

I know he still has hope in the life he planned for me

But as I grow older, father's all I want to be

Unearth the serpent

Circling the world beneath the sea

And learn his ancient language

Secrets he will speak to me

Break the Ouroboros

Now embrace divinity

Feel the feeble grip of mortal limits

Now releasing me

Wind and snow won't hold us

This blistering cold gives focus

Me and dad will take an axe to Asgard

After we both overthrow Odin

Go tell Thor better stay at home if

He doesn't want Mjölnir to get broken

Consider this a foreboding omen

Because Olympus fell before them

I walk alongside father

My troubles far behind

We hold up one another

The strongest gods combined

Father's a fighter, but he tries to hide his scars

I'll light the fire, melt the ice over his heart

I know he still has hope in the life he planned for me

But as I grow older, father's all I want to be