Gray Banner Over the Frontier

[Intro] *(Haunting electric fiddle solo, distorted guitar drone, thunderous drums)* [Verse 1] Beneath a sun that ain't our own, on dirt we carved with b***d and bone A call came down from Super Earth, a beacon shoutin' freedom's worth We left the plow, took up the g*n, sons of the soil, every one Stitch the gray cloth, bend the steel, for the Frontier's righteous deal Pack the bread, bless the seed, for the boys in their hour o' need While distant cannons shake the ground, we hold this wild, unwillin' ground A whispered prayer on the wind does rise, beneath these alien, watchful skies *(Fiddle ascends, mournful yet resolute, drums march steadily)* [Chorus] **Ohhh, the Gray Armor gleams! ‘Neath the Banner’s crimson streams!** **From frontier fires, a vow made true! Send our sons for the Red, White, and Blue!** **Managed Democracy’s light! We’ll carry it b*****g through darkest night!** **For Super Earth, our home afar! We f***t the f***t, we raise the star!** *(Heavy guitar riff crashes in, electric violin wails a counter-melody, powerful drums)* [Verse 2] Letters home in trembling hand, speak o’ mud and foreign sand Of comrades lost in sudden flash, ‘neath some vile alien’s lash But duty’s chain, it holds us fast, make this sacrifice the last The factory hums a lonesome tune, beneath a pale and harvest moon Women weave the weary thread, dreams of livin’ fillin’ the d**d The fiddle cries a lonesome strain, echoes the worry, echoes the pain *(Tempo slows slightly, fiddle becomes more prominent, guitar churns ominously)* [Chorus] **Ohhh, the Gray Armor gleams! ‘Neath the Banner’s crimson streams!** **From frontier fires, a vow made true! Send our sons for the Red, White, and Blue!** **Managed Democracy’s light! We’ll carry it b*****g through darkest night!** **For Super Earth, our home afar! We f***t the f***t, we raise the star!** *(Violin shreds a fierce solo over the chorus progression, drums intensify)* [Bridge] Smoke and thunder, steel meets claw! Livin’ by Liberty’s iron law! The cost is counted drop by drop, on some godforsaken alien top But the dream endures, the flame won't die! Beneath the Confederate sky! We forge the future, hard and grim! On the wild edge where the light burns dim! *(Drums become thunderous double-bass, guitars downtuned and crushing, fiddle plays dissonant, frantic melody)* [Chorus] **Ohhh, the Gray Armor gleams! ‘Neath the Banner’s crimson streams!** **From frontier fires, a vow made true! Send our sons for the Red, White, and Blue!** **Managed Democracy’s light! We’ll carry it b*****g through darkest night!** **For Super Earth, our home afar! We f***t the f***t, we raise the star!** *(Full intensity: vocals soar, fiddle wails, guitars and drums pummel)* [Outro] *(Music crashes down to a heavy, slow drone. Electric fiddle plays a final, sorrowful yet defiant Southern-tinged melody, gradually fading into silence over a sustained, distorted guitar note and distant, echoing drum hits)*