[INTRO — DISTANT RADIO TRANSMISSION] [Female whisper, distorted] Year… twenty… fifty-six… Do you remember, XC? The ship. The children. The fire. You thought you escaped me. [DEEP MALE VOICE — XC] No… Not you again. [VERSE 1 — DARK MALE VOCALS] Two thousand worlds behind my eyes, A thousand deaths, a million lies. I broke the loop, I crossed the flame, But something followed with no name. A distant signal cuts the night, A broken moon, a crimson light. That ancient voice, that frozen stare, The Witch is back. She's everywhere. [PRE-CHORUS — HEARTBEAT + RISING INDUSTRIAL PERCUSSION] I hear her laughing through the walls, I see her shadow when darkness falls. I buried that nightmare deep in time, But she crossed the edge… Of every line. [CHORUS — EXPLOSIVE DARK PSYTRANCE DROP] YEAR TWENTY FIFTY-SIX! THE NIGHT I CANNOT ERASE! THE WITCH IS BACK! SHE KNOWS MY NAME! SHE BURNS MY MEMORY, SHE FEEDS THE FLAME! I crossed the stars! I broke the chains! BUT SHE IS CALLING ME AGAIN! YEAR TWENTY FIFTY-SIX! NO ESCAPE! NO PEACE! THE WITCH HAS COME TO CLAIM XC! [POST-CHORUS — ROBOTIC CHANTS, METALLIC DRUMS] XC! XC! — SIGNAL CORRUPTED! XC! XC! — TIMELINE DISRUPTED! BLACK SKY! RED EYES! THE WITCH NEVER DIES! [VERSE 2 — RHYTHMIC, DISTORTED MALE VOICE] Her spaceship rose above the land, A crown of steel, a cursed command. She turned the stars to burning scars, And locked the children behind the bars. Hansel and Gretel, lost in space, Two frightened souls in a dying place. I swore I'd never let them fall, Now I hear their voices through it all. [THE WITCH — COLD FEMALE VOICE] “You call yourself a guardian?” “You think this Earth belongs to you?” “You cannot save them, XC.” “You couldn't save them then.” [XC — LOW, CONTROLLED VOICE] “You made one mistake.” “You thought my past would make me weak.” [BUILD — ELECTRIC CELLO, TRIBAL WAR DRUMS, GLITCHING SYNTHS] I am the echo! I am the scar! I am the silence between the stars! You own no future! You own no fate! I WILL NOT LET YOU REWRITE THIS PLACE! [FINAL DROP — MAXIMUM INDUSTRIAL ENERGY] YEAR TWENTY FIFTY-SIX! THE PAST IS ALIVE! THE WITCH IS HERE! AND XC WILL SURVIVE! THROUGH EVERY FRACTURE! THROUGH EVERY LIE! SHE CAN DESTROY MY WORLD… BUT SHE WILL NEVER OWN MY SKY! XC! XC! THE GUARDIAN AWAKES! XC! XC! THE MULTIVERSE SHAKES! THE WITCH HAS RETURNED! THE WAR HAS BEGUN! AND THIS TIME… XC WILL NOT RUN! [OUTRO — SHIP ENGINE SHUTTING DOWN] [Female whisper] You remember now, don't you? [Silence] [XC — whisper] Year twenty fifty-six… I remember everything. [ONE DISTORTED SYNTH NOTE] She's not my past anymore. She's my enemy.
