Cast out from the lands of their birthsnBanished from hearth and homenAll brothers must swear the oathnForsaking all they've ever knownnnThose who choose to take the blacknBid farewell to comforts great and smallnThose who do, don't come backnPrepare yourself for life on the wallnnNight gathers and the watch beginsnThe wind carries an unnatural chillnThere are things beyond the northern bordersnMere steel can't killnnMen who choose to take the blacknRogues and rangers, one and allnThose who do, won't come backnPrepare yourself for life on the wall