[Verse 1] Strike Squad Five, come in close To the core where the black tide grows There stood the child I came to claim A bright little human with a ruinous name She held the power I required To feed my dreams and keep them wired I need not beg, as she would not run She loved old Laz'Rus, The Midnight Sun [Pre-Chorus] She smiled at the end of days Said, burn the world, I like your ways The sailor stood in her path Saying, child, don't choose that wrath [Chorus] All five, at once They do not know All five, at once Oh what a show All five at once, Hear me laugh All five at once, Oh, none of that [Verse 2] Then I tore her power from her hand Left her in dust, I left her damned The squad recoiled, the room went thin And the elf princess took her in They hoped a kinder lie might stay Where my dark hand had stripped away So they came for me with steel and flame I only grinned and fueled their game [Pre-Chorus] Over a thousand years I've fed On vows unsworn and heroes' dead You swing like this, you fade like rain I wear your fury like a chain [Chorus] All five, at once Break me down All five, at once Watch me drown All five, at once Hear me laugh All five, at once Or none of that [Verse 3] I split my soul to five bright locks Five throats in five black ticking clocks Break one and I return to breath Break four and I still taste your death They struck, they cheered, they thought me done I bowed, then said, you've far from won They missed the rule, the fatal art You kill me all at once, or I'll restart [Bridge] Then came the ones I never owned The queen of harpies, Ink and bone The soldier raised on lies I sold The forest dragon, wrathful, old And the child, turned sharp by grief Helped bring my kingdom to relief Their hands together, blade and wing At last, at last, they broke the ring [Final Chorus] All five, at once End the throne All five, at once Take the bone All five, at once Hear me crack All five, at once And none came back [Outro] So let the dead bells ring for me Two continents dark no more A silver parasite frenzy Cleaned the wreath the forest wore the ballistic man torn away by the hag with which he swore the squad then shrinks from what it was Now as five drops down to four they seize to catch their haggard breaths As New gods lurk just beyond the depths
