Save the Children

[Intro] (Heavy, slow guitar riff with orchestral swells, distant drums) [Verse 1 - Male] The signal burns through the black of space A cry from Yed Prior, a desperate place They take the young, they tear the soul To feed their cold and endless goal I grip my rifle, feel the dread But I will not rest till hope is fed [Chorus - Both] Save the children, raise the banner high Through fire and steel beneath a broken sky Save the children, hear their silent scream We are the thunder breaking the machine [Verse 2 - Female] The barracks hum with hurried breath A mission bought with life and death Each drop pod screams a solemn vow We will not let them take them now The automatons march in lines of rust But we are faith in human trust [Chorus - Both] Save the children, raise the banner high Through fire and steel beneath a broken sky Save the children, hear their silent scream We are the thunder breaking the machine [Bridge - Male, then Female, then together] (Male) In the ash and smoke I see their eyes (Female) Innocence that never dies (Male) This is not a w*r for land or pride (Female) This is love with nowhere left to hide (Both) One last stand before the fall We answer now the final call [Guitar solo - melancholic yet defiant, with choir pads] [Chorus - Both, with increasing intensity] Save the children, raise the banner high Through fire and steel beneath a broken sky Save the children, hear their silent scream We are the thunder breaking the machine [Outro] (Male, spoken over fading strings) For every child stolen from the light... (Female, softly) For every world that still dares f***t... (Both, in harmony) We descend. (Sound of a drop pod hiss opening, then silence)