They stand, some divided This wall is frozen sided It stretches far along and Keeps the Others out of seven lands Dressed all in black and Hardened by lives forgotten Guilty or not they'll find life So when the night gathers My watch begins It won't end until my demise I might be a criminal Who still protects you To live is to die by my post A vow condemns me I pledged all my honour, I swore to the wall A sword in the darkness, I stay till it falls I'm the light that brings the dawn Through darkened nights Valiant, we wait for the storm A watcher on walls Winter is coming, I feel it I'm the fire that burns The heat that will ward off the bite of the cold I will die on the wall The nights feel much colder My lungs sting as I breathe I've seen the dead walk and I fear what might be coming soon for me While strings are pulled in This game of thrones that steals Attention away from what's real We need more men to fight them What lies beyond the wall These wild threats are calling Seeking the other side for home For this night and all the nights to come Only three keeps remaining You know I'll be here waiting Abandoned empty halls I'll never father children Have no wife, hold no lands The summer soon is over I might be looked down upon But still I serve you A shield to the realms of men A horn for the sleeping What's left of my honour I gave to the black An evil returning, the dead are back