Who Can Stand Against Us Now?
A Song in Honor of The Kingdom of Northshield

For Northshield and
First-King Siegfried and First-Queen Bridei
Upon Their Coronation

Music/lyrics copyright  10/2004  K. Kahan

This gryphon learned to fly on Mayhawk's wings;
Star-heart wove us a future of our own.
Now we watch our Princes turn to Kings
In the unbroken Line of the Stellar Throne!

CHORUS:  Who can stand against us now?
The gryphon is older and wiser for its years!
Who can stand against us now?
We are bound to each other by triumph and by tears!


The bloodline of the Star-Throne is as restless as the wind,
As fair as each season, as resolute as stone.
Look back down the ages now to where that line begins;
Heed, each one who joins it, for no one stands alone!

CHORUS

While 'Honor Over Victory!" remains our spear and shield,
Our warband assembled shines as brilliant as the sun.
Give grim glory to each foeman until they die or yield
With a heart as pure after, as before, the fight's begun!

CHORUS

Our land, it bears the burden of our sorrows and our shame;
The nature, the number of our glories and our woe.  
Its rocks and plains are graven with each footstep and name
Of those whe made this journey and did not fear to go.

CHORUS

Kinsmen, look into the faces of the people by your side--
These are your brothers, your sisters and your kin!
Hold close the ones who live, and shout the names of those who died
For while we stand unbroken, we each will live again!

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