Going Down In Flames

[Intro] [Whisper] Wake up… …wake up… [Loudspeaker] SYSTEM FAILURE! BREACH DETECTED! YEAH! [Verse 1] Cryo-stasis cracks, alarms are screamin' loud! Pulled from the ice, into a hostile crowd! Blue light flash, U.N.S.C. directives in my head! "They're on the ship! We're better off as dead!" Hull screams, metal groans a deathly song! Something's gone TERRIBLY WRONG! [Pre-Chorus] Captain Keyes on the comms, his voice is strained and tight! "Get to the bridge! We gotta win this fight!" Corridors bleedin' red, emergency lights flash! Gonna make these alien bastards CRASH! [Chorus] PILLAR OF AUTUMN! GOING DOWN IN FLAMES! SCREAMING THROUGH SPACE, CALLING OUT OUR NAMES! COVENANT SWARMING! EVERYWHERE I SEE! THIS AIN'T NO DRILL! THIS. IS. REALITY! [Verse 2] A.R. fire echoes, plasma scars the wall! Grunts are squealin', watchin' Elites fall! Gotta move, gotta push, no time to hesitate! Sealin' blast doors, decidin' our own fate! "Take my chip!" Cortana's plea so clear! "Get me off this wreck, Master Chief, d'you hear?!" [Pre-Chorus] Bridge is chaos, shattered glass and smoke! Keyes is standin' strong, before the systems broke! "Get her to a lifepod! That's an order, son!" The Autumn's dyin', our time here is DONE! [Chorus] PILLAR OF AUTUMN! GOING DOWN IN FLAMES! SCREAMING THROUGH SPACE, CALLING OUT OUR NAMES! COVENANT SWARMING! EVERYWHERE I SEE! THIS AIN'T NO DRILL! THIS. IS. REALITY! [Bridge/Breakdown] [Tempo SLAMS down. Guitars become ultra-heavy, dissonant, with deep, chugging patterns. Drums are sparse and impactful. Vocals are guttural screams and pained, distorted whispers.] SHE'S BREAKING UP! TEARING APART! RIPPED FROM THE INSIDE! A HOLE IN HER HEART! [Whispered] Abandon ship… abandon ship… Keyes stays behind… A FINAL GRIP! (Screamed) THIS SHIP IS OUR TOMB! OUR BURNING PYRE! BUT WE WILL ESCAPE! THROUGH THE COSMIC FIRE! [Guitar Solo] [Not necessarily melodic. More rhythmic, aggressive, with heavy use of whammy pedal, wah, dissonant bends, and feedback squeals over a crushing groove. Short, sharp, and chaotic.] [Chorus] [Explodes back in with even more intensity, perhaps layered vocals – one screaming, one singing the hook.] PILLAR OF AUTUMN! GOING DOWN IN FLAMES! SCREAMING THROUGH SPACE, CALLING OUT OUR NAMES! COVENANT SWARMING! EVERYWHERE I SEE! THIS AIN'T NO DRILL! THIS. IS. REALITY! [Outro] [Main riff returns, heavy and chugging, gradually slowing down. Vocals are fragmented, fading shouts and whispers.] Lifepod screams …into the black… No turning…no turning back…