TITLE:
Longship Bounce

STYLE:
Nordic Viking metal fused with hip-hop, drop-D down-tuned heavy guitars, pounding war drums, tagelharpa and bone flute, deep throat-singing drones, cinematic strings, male baritone half-rap lead, female contralto lead, massive mixed choir, gang shouts, anthemic, epic, modern heavy production, clear intelligible English vocals, 100 BPM, bouncy war-chant party banger, heavy 808 bass under metal guitars, hand drums, gang chants, fun and confident

EXCLUDE STYLES:
autotune, EDM drop, lo-fi, comedy, spoken-word only, children's choir, country, reggae

LYRICS:
[Intro - chant with claps, oar-stroke rhythm]
Row! Row! Bounce!
Row! Row! Bounce!

[Verse 1 - male baritone rap, playful swagger, bouncing flow]
Longship on the water and the drums on one,
We ain't here to fight, we are here for the sun.
Merchant tried to sell us on a war that's fake,
Now the whole crew dancing on the frozen lake.
Horns up, oars up, feel the hull go deep,
Every beat a heartbeat that the ravens couldn't keep.
Shield wall, dance floor, same old square,
Now the only thing we're swinging is our hair.

[Pre-Chorus - female contralto, sly, groove drops out]
Pull it back,
Let it drop,
When the drum says go
We don't stop.

[Chorus - full band, bounce groove, choir chants and gang shouts, 808 hits]
Longship bounce!
Row! Row!
Longship bounce!
Let it go!
From the fjord to the floor,
Every hall wants more.
Longship bounce!
Row! Row!

[Verse 2 - female contralto rap, confident and fun]
Braids swinging, axes hanging on the wall tonight,
The only thing we're raiding is the mead hall's light.
Brother from the east and a sister from the west,
Same beat, same boat, now tell me who's the best.
Nobody's a stranger when the rhythm's in the wood,
Merchant's in his tower wishing that he could.
Throw the silver overboard, we don't need his gold,
Longship full of friends is worth a thousand years untold.

[Chorus - full band, bigger chants]
Longship bounce!
Row! Row!
Longship bounce!
Let it go!
From the fjord to the floor,
Every hall wants more.
Longship bounce!
Row! Row!

[Outro - chant with claps, drum hits]
Row! Row! Bounce!