The Rains of Castamere Lyrics

Lyric discussion by alcal24 

Cover art for The Rains of Castamere lyrics by National, The

Oh, wow.

This totally references A Game of Throne/A Song of Ice and Fire directly.

Throughout the book, a song Rains of Castamere is referred to. You can infer that it about the Reyne family of Castamere bringing down Tywin Lannister's wrath for slighting their liege lord.

The "lion still has it's claws" line, the "rains weep o'er his hall"

I guess The National are ASOIAF fans!

This song was recorded to be put into the credits of episode 9 of season 2, so... yes.

The song is literally pulled out of the book and it is about Tywins destruction of the house Reyne and they got The National to record it for the TV series as they needed someone to sing it as Florence and the Machines were busy when they needed it recorded

They were payed to write this song for HBO's Game of Thrones