Eihwaz is the rune of transition, death and inner endurance.
It represents the passage between endings and beginnings — the strength to transform instead of resist.
In this song, Gloria & The Machine turns Eihwaz into sound through unplugged heavy metal and tribal drums, echoing the rhythm of necessary change.
🪶 Eihwaz – Meaning
Eihwaz is the rune of transition and inner endurance
It speaks of death, rebirth and the strength to face the unknown
It teaches resilience through change and protection through wisdom
To draw Eihwaz is to stand at the gateway between endings and beginnings
Transformation is not loss — it is passage
[Verse 1]
Root to sky, the axis stands,
Bridge between the shifting lands.
Where one life ends another stirs,
Eihwaz moves in silent spurs.
[Chorus]
Eihwaz — spine of fate,
Keeper of the inner gate.
Die to live and fall to rise,
Truth is born where shadow lies.
[Verse 2]
Winter’s breath on summer’s bone,
Crossroads walked entirely alone.
Not in wrath the turning comes,
But like drums beneath the drums.
[Chorus]
Eihwaz — spine of fate,
Keeper of the inner gate.
Die to live and fall to rise,
Truth is born where shadow lies.
[Bridge]
The feared end is the hidden door,
What was less becomes the more.
All that breaks becomes a key,
To lock or free what we will be.
[Final Chorus]
Eihwaz — thread between,
Seen and unseen, lost and redeemed.
We walk the edge, we do not fall,
The change we fear transforms us all.
[Outro]
Eihwaz… I cross and return.