Berkano is the rune of birth, healing and protective growth.
It represents renewal through care and the quiet strength that rebuilds what was broken.
In this song, Gloria & The Machine gives voice to Berkano through unplugged heavy metal and tribal drums — a hymn to rebirth without force.
🪶 Berkano – Meaning
Berkano is the rune of birth, growth and recovery
It speaks of renewal through care, not force
It teaches that protection and softness can be strength
To draw Berkano is to begin again — to heal what can still live
Life continues wherever it is guarded
[Verse 1]
Broken ground and battered skin,
Still the green begins within.
From the wound a leaf is born,
Berkano stands against the storm.
[Chorus]
Berkano — cradle of flame,
Life returns without shame.
Gentle hands rebuild the torn,
Even ash can call the dawn.
[Verse 2]
Roots protect what eyes can’t see,
Strength is quiet dignity.
Not by wrath the world is mended,
But by what is soft, extended.
[Chorus]
Berkano — cradle of flame,
Life returns without shame.
Gentle hands rebuild the torn,
Even ash can call the dawn.
[Bridge]
Nurture is not weakness bared,
Only the fearless dare to care.
Where others burn and turn away,
Berkano stays and lets life stay.
[Final Chorus]
Berkano — shelter of light,
Mother of the will to fight.
Hold the spark through night and rain,
What is tended lives again.
[Outro ]
Berkano… I begin again.