My father, my father Now he's going to see I've proven myself worth a bother And there's no stopping what I can be Future king of the islands of iron And son to the one who they currently worship Sprung in the hard isles, I was But raised in the frozen north I can only imagine the plans father will put forth
Now that I've sailed Though with an unruly crew The iron price shall prevail Because my father says it's true And he is His Holiness And the undisputed head of my native land I can do nothing to quell my hopefulness On these ****** rocks, on this crimson shore I stand Now and again though I've been told That I am Theon of the North And am a part, no longer, of the isles where I was birthed I will show my father just who his son has become ****** it in the face of islanders who don't believe in their rightful heir I've made mistakes, misstepped the side who won But I am a noble, one born into which I will flair
I'm off home now, though it is my snowfallen one Where I learned what is right Where there is no such thing as an "iron price" One which is embedded in my heart so tight But I mustn't look back now At all I have gained from these people and lands For it's time to wake this sleeping cow I know it is right when I step foot on the sand March my men straight back "home" Sneak up, like proper thieves, and sack my once-called castle Who would've thought it'd be such a gods-be-****** hassle
Based on the character of Theon Greyjoy in George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. The events in the poem mostly occur in book two, when Robb sends Theon back home to the Iron Islands to talk his father into siding with the newly minted King in the North. Theon's father, Balon Greyjoy, shows little respect and love to his son who then promptly returns to Winterfell to sack the place he once called home.