Peter Hollens - Timbers & Wind (Red Wedding) Lyrics






Now there once was a time when the northerners sang
Of a king they had crowned: more a boy than a man,
More a pup than a wolf, with the cold of the realm in his eyes

He'd broken a vow to the lord of the Twins:
Wed a stranger, a beauty, but a promise there'd been
So the Lord Frey demanded a bridegroom as compromise

And the timbers groaned
River wind softly moaned,
"For the King in the North doesn't know
How a red wedding goes"

Oh, the feasting was plenty and the singing in tune
And the Stark wolves, they howled 'neath their northern moon
So loud were their cries that the closing of doors was drowned out

Lady Catelyn alone had the river's sharp ear
Heard dancing reels turn to the Rains of Castamere
In her skin and bones growled a creature of doubt

And the timbers groaned
Winter wind softly moaned,
"For the King in the North soon will know
How a red wedding goes"

There were arrows and daggers, and the touch of them burned;
From players to slayers in an instant were turned
And the foreigner Queen was the first to fall under the knife

With two arrows in him, the King crawled to her side
While his mother, she pleaded for the Lord to subside
But he'd taken their word, and to break it meant no right to life

And the timbers groaned
River wind softly moaned,
"For the King in the North, now he knows
How a red wedding goes"

Lord Bolton approached; with a thrust to Robb's heart
He gave him the Lannister Lions' regards
And the king's mother wept, for his last word had called her to him

There was nothing she felt cutting Lady Frey's throat
And she felt nothing more when they slashed her own
The North will remember, she thought, and they'll have all your skins

And the timbers groaned
Now the wolves lie below
For the King in the North, if he'd known
How a red wedding goes

And the timbers groan
But the North waits; they know
That one day the blood that they're owed
Will run 'neath their soles
Will run 'neath their soles





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  1. F.... ....

    Jeez. How many times do I have to keep subscribing to this channel? I swear this is the tenth time this month I had to hit the subscribe button for Peter Hollens

  2. l.... s....

    Ok this should have been in game of thrones as its AMAZING!!! may have only found it but wow i want this as a download

  3. I.... H....

    Have you ever been to the Great Northeastern War· - Province of Malagentia ? I swear you look, and sound so familiar its haunting hearing you sing. I believe I have witnessed you singing late at night around the fire!

  4. T.... S....

    As a got fan ( books and show) Ser Wendal Manderly also noticed something was wrong 😂😂good song tbh

  5. g.... Y....

    Hands down my favorite version of this song I’ve ever heard

  6. D.... I....

    Fuckin Lord Frey, i looked GOT 3 times and this épisode always makes me cry...

  7. L.... M....

    made me cry....

  8. J.... M....

    "The Lannister's would like to know your location"

  9. a.... b....

    I just watched this episode for the first time and even though I knew what was going to happen because of this song... I cried my eyes out.

  10. J.... M....

    Your voice sounds so beautiful. Perfect for this kind of music

  11. W.... W....

    The Lannisters send their regards while the Targareans send dragons.

  12. K.... P....

    oh my god i never realised you'd done this song! i LOVE the original! <3 such an awesome and sad song

  13. P.... 6....

    "Now the wolves lie below"
    that line always gives me chills

  14. L.... ....

    ...Now I want this to be an bard song in Skyrim...

  15. S.... B....

    “When i was a girl, i was foolish. I couldn’t tell the difference between a raw chicken and a raw duck. But everything changed. My family, my life, my home. All of it gone. Im no longer a girl, nor am i a lady. I am Arya Stark. I’ve killed many people in my time alone - don’t make me add you to my list.”

  16. T.... S....

    One of the best musics i have ever heard for real!!!! Amazing work For the King in the North we fall!!

  17. c.... b....

    I love your music. If i ever get my bills back under control i getting a one of your CDs

  18. C.... B....

    schönes lied lieb grüße von sängerin cindy busch like und abo von mir

  19. L.... ....

    This song would be so amazing with a deep dark voice, since the subject matter here is quite dark. It feels like it should be like an oath of vengeance.
    It sounds great now, but I think it would be better with some deeper/darker tones and maybe a bit slower as well.

  20. L.... H....

    "The North remembers."

  21. E.... ....

    The person who wrote this is as gifted as the man who sings it.

  22. J.... M....

    This gave me chills! ❤️

  23. J.... B....

    Might I ask why this beautiful piece of music is not on iTunes?

  24. N.... B....

    Robb and Catelyn 💔

  25. N.... U....

    Am I only one who is getting tears in eyes😭😍

  26. N.... �....

    The vocals, video, lyrics, execution, meaning. So impressive!!!

  27. M.... D....

    Brilliant, chilling and beautiful like a winter night. Truly you have a talent it would be an honor to work with you they need to have you in the prequls or the Witcher

  28. U.... ....

    So beautiful even the Night King applauded with that creepy smile of his from the long night episode.

  29. P.... W....

    You look like captain america

  30. h.... ....

    2.06 absolute eargasm

  31. C.... C....

    Your voice hits me deep!! Amazing no matter what you sing! Thank you for sharing your talent with us all!! ❤😍

  32. N.... �....

    This is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen

  33. A.... S....

    After the red wedding I was like “ fork the Frey’s! There gonna payyy!”

  34. W.... N....

    Can u do heartland

  35. E.... S....

    The North Remembers...

  36. W.... S....

    I feel like I'm about half of these views with how much I've listened to this song 💙😂

  37. j.... ....

    You are amazing! Absolutely amazing!

  38. N.... H....

    Such a work of art, just beautiful and enchanting.

  39. A.... Y....

    The North Remembers

  40. B.... R....

    OMG TIMBERS AND WINDS!

  41. A.... P....

    Peter hollens:- singing

    Got addicts:- king of the covers!!!!!!!!!!

  42. S.... G....

    I have never watched a single episode of Game of Thrones but this fan song has so much emotion that I quite literally had tears in my eyes. I’m not joking either. Certain songs heighten my emotions to the point my eyes form tears and this one did just that. You as the singer, and the lady that wrote the song are both amazing.

    S.... G....

    You should watch it. It gets worse toward the end but if you don’t pay attention to details you will feel just as intensely!

  43. T.... G....

    hey peter i am a long time fan and i really want to know if this song ever come on spotify or somewhere els on public mucic instead of youtube only. i really love this song and it has helped me throug alot and im even preactesing to learn it be heart. but i just want to know if it comes somewhere els other then youtube? ( sry for my bad english i hobe you understand)

    keep doing the awsome work peter
    btw i love the costume and everything you inspire me to sing again :D

  44. F.... S....

    Screaming. This is beautiful. You never fail to disappoint

  45. J.... H....

    I got absolute chills, oh my GOD.


    I want to know where you filmed this, too, you absolute genius!

  46. A.... S....

    “Leave one wolf alive and the sheep are never safe”

    Arya Stark massacring the Frey’s. “Winter came for House Frey”

  47. d.... ....

    The Young Wolf lives on

  48. S.... ....

    Peter, where'd you get that tunic? It is on POINT!

  49. D.... P....

    Haven’t watched any of it, Love the music

  50. J.... S....

    Beautiful

  51. M.... M....

    Glory to the stark 🐺

  52. J.... s....

    Just of how much season 8 was dissapointing...GoT made even Peter Hollens to make a GoT song And it would be perfect for the last season, sadly unlike the last season

  53. F.... u....

    CHILLS LITERAL CHILLS

  54. C.... M....

    Wosh the elder scrolls had songs as good as this one.

  55. K.... B....

    This is an amazing prelude to lady stoneheart, even if you haven't read the books

  56. W.... M....

    Nice song, very eloquent. But......

    To house Lannister *Hear me Roar*

    And house Frey *We Stand Together*

    To House Bolton *Our Blades Are Sharp*

  57. C.... S....

    He totally looks like he could be a tully in the show

  58. J.... T....

    it brought me tears.really it did.Are the lyrics your ispiration or book's words?

    J.... T....

    The song was made by Paola Bennet.

  59. K.... L....

    Omg amazing

  60. M.... M....

    Amazing, love your voice!

  61. F.... ....

    God damn it peter I’m still traumatised after that episode

  62. C.... /....

    lol listening to the song and reading the lyric = i have the same problem with what i write and what i sing xD

  63. U.... A....

    Jesus Peter I love you.

  64. e.... c....

    amazing !!👏👏

  65. P.... 1....

    I felt this when he said red wedding

  66. B.... 4....

    Where was this this video shot?

  67. T.... B....

    The heart of the songs has always been there but your Acapella music manages to capture the soul of the song. You are incredible. I know I am too old. But you give a new meaning to music young and old. Give music new meaning. Keep going strong.

  68. 5.... ....

    Coming back for about the fiftieth time on this one - you know, there are places in here where I could have sworn I heard strings. But it's all you. Shaking my head at how wonderful it is.

  69. p.... ....

    You're really great. I'm guessing you know that though.

  70. J.... B....

    Holy crap!!! Chills, bro. Chills.

  71. S.... ....

    Damn you really give us the felling of game of thrones great song keep doing this great job👏👏🤩🤩

  72. N.... K....

    I don't even watch GoT, but I keep returning to listen to this, because it's so incredible! This song gives me all kinds of emotions for the characters, even not knowing them. XD

  73. F.... ....

    Best cinematography I have ever seen

  74. k.... S....

    The girl sang it better and tf is up with the melodramatic video.

  75. J.... S....

    You made me cry, this is sooo amazing😍😍could someone please comment the lyrics?

  76. M.... M....

    I saw Game of Thrones and the song describes the red wedding so well

  77. L.... F....

    Ok dude I'm crying thx

  78. h.... ....

    ohh man any change u can make a song about battle of the bastards and how arya avenged the red wedding ? :)

  79. K.... ....

    When you're a bard and survived all the crazy things in Westeros

  80. R.... R....

    Better than season 8

  81. t.... 3....

    Listening to anything Peter sings on a Bluetooth speaker heightens the entire listening experience— makes it a hundred times better than it already is. :)

  82. O.... M....

    Red Wedding Song
    Timbers & Wind

    Now there once was a time when the northerners sang
    Of a king they had crowned: More a boy than a man
    More a pup than a wolf, with the cold of the realm in his eyes

    He’d broken a vow to the lords of the twins:
    Wed a stranger, a beauty, but a promise there’d been
    So the lord frey demanded a bridegroom as compromise

    And the timbers groaned
    River wind softly moaned
    “Oh, the king in the north doesn’t know
    How a red wedding goes”

    Well, the feasting was plenty and the singing in tune
    And the stark wolves, they howled ‘neath their northern moon
    So loud were their cries that the closing of doors was drowned out

    Lady catelyn alone had the river’s sharp ear
    Heard dancing reels turn to the rains of castamere
    In her skin and bones growled a creature of doubt

    And the timbers groaned
    River wind softly moaned,
    “Oh, the king in the north soon will know
    How a red wedding goes”

    There were arrows and daggers, and the touch of them burned;
    From players to slayers in an instant were turned
    And the foreigner queen was the first to fall under the knife

    With two arrows in him, the king crawled to her side
    While his mother, she pleaded for the lord to subside
    But he’d taken their word, and to break it meant no right to life

    And the timbers groaned
    River wind softly moaned
    “Oh, the king in the north, now he knows
    How a red wedding goes”

    Lord bolton approached; with a thrust to robb’s heart
    He gave him the lannister lions’ regards
    And the king’s mother wept, for his last word had called her to him

    There was nothing she felt cutting lady frey’s throat
    And she felt nothing more when they slashed her own
    The north will remember, she thought, and they’ll have all your skins

    And the timbers groaned
    Now the wolves lie below
    Oh, the king in the north, if he’d known
    How a red wedding goes

    And the timbers groan
    But the north waits; they know
    That one day the blood they ared owed
    Will run ‘neath their soles

    Written by: Paola Bennet

  83. R.... L....

    That episode in particular does and always will remind me of the Glencoe massacre in Scottish history. And yes, the North does remember. So tragic that real life weaves its way so seamlessly into our fantasy, just as cruel, bloody and unforgiving.

  84. a.... s....

    Love this song I just can see every scene in my head while you sing its that good👏🏻👏🏻

  85. S.... Q....

    And in less than 4 minutes, Peter Hollens out does Seasons 7 & 8.

  86. T.... L....

    Love you so much.

  87. R.... ....

    Just bought this on iTunes!

  88. T.... ....

    The nature is stunning! (The music as well!)

  89. C.... K....

    Gave me chills

  90. M.... G....

    Standing on the cliff you look so great, your eyes shine such a bright blue. You did a great job of this video. Peace and Love.

  91. L.... L....

    This is so BEAUTIFUL.

  92. M.... ....

    NORTH REMEMBER!!!

  93. L.... D....

    I want to thank you. I am running a Homebrew D&D game and was running out of ideas. This song gave me the inspiration I needed for my next campaign. My world has a rich history and I'm going to make use of it setting the next campaign 2,000 years earlier when the two major elven kingdom were still in a state of open hostilities, but not outright war. One of those kingdoms is a northern kingdom of snow elves locked in an eternal winter called the Frostfell. The other is called Neverwinter (it's a long story)

  94. s.... c....

    Now there once was a time when the northerners sang
    Of a king they had crowned: more a boy than a man,
    More a pup than a wolf, with the cold of the realm in his eyes

    He'd broken a vow to the lord of the Twins:
    Wed a stranger, a beauty, but a promise there'd been
    So the Lord Frey demanded a bridegroom as compromise

    And the timbers groaned
    River wind softly moaned,
    "For the King in the North doesn't know
    How a red wedding goes"

    Oh, the feasting was plenty and the singing in tune
    And the Stark wolves, they howled 'neath their northern moon
    So loud were their cries that the closing of doors was drowned out

    Lady Catelyn alone had the river's sharp ear
    Heard dancing reels turn to the Rains of Castamere
    In her skin and bones growled a creature of doubt

    And the timbers groaned
    Winter wind softly moaned,
    "For the King in the North soon will know
    How a red wedding goes"

    There were arrows and daggers, and the touch of them burned;
    From players to slayers in an instant were turned
    And the foreigner Queen was the first to fall under the knife

    With two arrows in him, the King crawled to her side
    While his mother, she pleaded for the Lord to subside
    But he'd taken their word, and to break it meant no right to life

    And the timbers groaned
    River wind softly moaned,
    "For the King in the North, now he knows
    How a red wedding goes"

    Lord Bolton approached; with a thrust to Robb's heart
    He gave him the Lannister Lions' regards
    And the king's mother wept, for his last word had called her to him

    There was nothing she felt cutting Lady Frey's throat
    And she felt nothing more when they slashed her own
    The North will remember, she thought, and they'll have all your skins

    And the timbers groaned
    Now the wolves lie below
    For the King in the North, if he'd known
    How a red wedding goes

    And the timbers groan
    But the North waits; they know
    That one day the blood that they're owed
    Will run 'neath their soles
    Will run 'neath their soles

  95. L.... L....

    You can imagine Sansa hearing this from someone perhaps singing softly outside Winterfell, Arya maybe somewhere in Essos, and they just acknowledge. It hurts, but they’re at peace.

  96. c.... z....

    OMG the lyrics are so touching and makes me remember each moment of the bloody episode

  97. L.... E....

    There should be songs about what happened to House Frey and House Bolton when they crossed House Stark, let them be the new House Reyne

  98. B.... S....

    Very well done Peter. Loved it.