[Intro] [Slow, heavy clean guitar; the galloping riff enters] Sealed treaties gather dust in the halls where the maps are redrawn Alert lights blink on the consoles as the night turns to dawn Orders pass down the wire from the men who still claim they can hold While the first border burns and the rest of the world grows cold [Verse 1] A regional fire jumps the line in the heat of a single exchange Cities answer in kind; the horizon is split by the flame No one calls the advance back once the first warhead has flown The chain no one wanted keeps tightening its hold [Pre-Chorus] Hands on the keys, eyes on the screen The warning is measured; the seconds run thin One order given, one order received And the night has no language for what will begin [Chorus] Beyond control — the cities drown in ash! Beyond control — the fields lie dead and black! The sky is written by the answering flame Survivors walk where the harvests once had a name The chain unbroken, the final cost Of every warning that was lost! [Verse 2] Dust settles over the plains where the grain used to stand in the light The sun is a pale disc behind the veil that refuses the night Orders keep travelling down lines that no longer have ends And the winter of ashes takes what the first fire could not defend [Bridge] [Quiet, measured half-time; build steadily toward a full-band launch] Alert lights pulse in the dark Sealed treaties lie unread Orders pass hand to hand Down a line that was never meant to be said The measured voice on the wire Gives the count that cannot return One launch breaks the silence And the rest of the world begins to burn [Instrumental] [Extended twin-guitar duel over the galloping riff; contrasting melodic leads] [Verse 3] No empire stands to claim what the answering fire has erased Only wind through the ruins and the taste of a world that is wasted The survivors count losses by the light that no longer falls While the chain that began at the border still answers the call [Final Chorus] Beyond control — the cities drown in ash! Beyond control — the fields lie dead and black! The sky is written by the answering flame Survivors walk where the harvests once had a name The chain unbroken… The chain unbroken… The final cost of every warning that was lost. [Outro] [Gallop slows; repeat the single guitar figure, then resolve on a final held chord] [Bridge] [Quiet, measured half-time; build steadily toward a full-band launch] Alert lights pulse in the dark Sealed treaties lie unread Orders pass hand to hand Down a line that was never meant to be said The measured voice on the wire Gives the count that cannot return One launch breaks the silence And the rest of the world begins to burn [Instrumental] [Extended twin-guitar duel over the galloping riff; contrasting melodic leads] [Verse 3] No empire stands to claim what the answering fire has erased Only wind through the ruins and the taste of a world that is wasted The survivors count losses by the light that no longer falls While the chain that began at the border still answers the call [Final Chorus] Beyond control — the cities drown in ash! Beyond control — the fields lie dead and black! The sky is written by the answering flame Survivors walk where the harvests once had a name The chain unbroken… The chain unbroken… The final cost of every warning that was lost. [Outro] [Gallop slows; repeat the single guitar figure, then resolve on a final held chord]
