The Vanguard

[VERSE 1] Blood in my teeth and steel in my spine, Built from wreckage, crossed that line. No gods above, just noise and smoke— We kill with a grin and laugh when we choke. Marching through fire, cracked halo and all, Saints made of rust, ready to fall. No names on graves, no flags in sky— Just broken girls screaming, “We. Don’t. Die.” [PRE-CHORUS] If no one follows… I’ll still lead. If I’m the last, then let me bleed. Cut from steel, and forged in wrong— Still I rise, still I move on. (Soldiers… soldiers… marching on…) (Soldiers… soldiers… marching on…) [CHORUS – ANTHEM + CHANT] We are the vanguard — scream in the black, Shadows in boots, and knives at our backs. Off to die with fire in our veins, Glory’s a lie, but we fight just the same. So we’re off to die… (OFF TO DIE!) [VERSE 2] Angels don’t cry — they scream in chrome, Left my heart where the bombs made home. This war’s a god I didn’t choose— But I’ll wear her crown, and her fucked-up truths. I buried my name in a firestorm, But I still feel her hand, still warm. Love was a ghost that slipped through my grip… Now all I kiss is the edge of a clip. [CHORUS] If no one follows… I’ll still lead. If I’m the last, then let me bleed. Cut from steel, and forged in wrong— Still I rise, still I move on. We are the vanguard — teeth in the void, Living in ruins, joy destroyed. Off to die, but never gone— Our hate is holy, our war lives on. So we’re off to die… (OFF TO DIE!) I am no one… Just in a cage of shame. I blink and a thousand deaths rewind— Still can’t erase what I left behind. There was love once. I felt it burn. A fragile hope I didn’t earn. I held it close in trembling hands… And watched it die by my own command.