Verse 1 She carried us through endless stars, A fortress forged in iron flame. A thousand jumps, a thousand wars... Every Marine had learned her name. Bridge lights burning through the smoke, Damage reports flooding every screen. Hull alarms begin to howl... Nothing's like it's ever been. Red lights paint the corridor, Steel begins to split apart. The ship that always brought us home... Now breaks our hearts. Pre-Chorus Brace for impact... Seal the decks... Hold together... What's left... Chorus FORERUNNER FALLS! Burning through the sky! She carried us through every war... Now she teaches us goodbye! FORERUNNER FALLS! Hear her engines cry! No matter what the cost today... We'll make her sacrifice survive! Verse 2 Captain Xaric holds the bridge, Calm beneath the failing lights. "Keep her steady... Keep them breathing... Give the lifeboats one more flight." Lunar throws the armory wide, "Take it all! Leave nothing here! Every rifle's meant for fighting... Not collecting dust this year!" Saintess stays in Medical, One more heartbeat in her hands. "I won't leave while someone's breathing... Get them to the landing ramps." Down below in Engineering, JD's covered head to toe. Holding back a dying reactor... Buying every second more. Pre-Chorus One by one... Their voices fade... One by one... The path is made. Chorus FORERUNNER FALLS! Fire fills the sky! She gave us every chance she had... She refused to let us die! FORERUNNER FALLS! Steel against the night! Home may fall beneath our feet... But our fight survives the fire! Verse 3 The thunder of boots and shoes Moving towards escape pod doors Every marine wants to survive, but no We must protect the civilians, get them off the wreck. So the marines move to the dropships, Civilians move to the escape pods As long as one spartan survives, the platoon and civilians survive. Bridge Escape pods launch! Dropships scatter! Debris rains like burning stars! Bridge goes silent... Medical answers... Engineering... Gone. The command net fills with static. No captain. No doctor. No chief. No gunnery sergeant. no breathing. Only silence. Then— A voice. "...This is Jason..." "Any Spartan elements still receiving..." "Sound off." Breakdown One squad... Reports. Another... Reports. Voices rise through broken static. Scattered. Wounded. Alive. Three hundred Marines... Looking for orders. Looking for someone... To lead. Final Chorus FORERUNNER FALLS! But we remain! Steel may break... We bear her name! No bridge above! No home in sight! Only Spartans... Ready to fight! FORERUNNER FALLS! Never forgotten! Every soul... Every scar! We'll carry home... Wherever we are! Outro Smoke rolls across an alien sky. The shattered remains of the Forerunner burn across the horizon. Emergency frequencies crackle. "This is Spartan Actual..." A pause. Jason takes a breath. The weight of every lost voice settles in. "This is Spartan Actual." "Captain Xaric is K.I.A." "Gunnery Sergeant Lunar is MIA." "Doctor Saintess is MIA." "Chief Engineer JD is K.I.A." "Command has fallen to me." "All Spartan units..." "Rally on my position." "We're not going home..." "So we'll build a new line here." "Spartan Actual... out."
