*[Intro – siren, then a lone guitar]* Systems online. Z-Saber charged. Let's finish this. *[Verse 1 – driving riff]* Built for war in a doctor's mad design, Woke up with a virus running through my mind, Sigma fell, but the nightmares stay, Every Maverick I cut down paves the way. *[Pre-Chorus]* X, you dream of a world where reploids live free, I fight so that dream can be, If I fall to the virus burning in my core... End me yourself. Don't hesitate. That's what the blade is for. *[Chorus – anthemic]* I am the crimson blade, the hunter in red, I'll cut through the darkness, though the future's filled with dread, Every scar's a promise that I carve into the night, Zero never runs — Zero fights the fight! *[Verse 2]* Vile's got my parts in his twisted machine, Iris waits where the flowers turn green, But a reploid's heart is a fragile thing, And war is all the songs we sing. *[Pre-Chorus 2]* They built me as a weapon, Wily's last mistake, But a weapon's just a choice I make, For the ones I love, for the dawn I may not see... This crimson blade is all I'll ever be. *[Chorus]* I am the crimson blade, the hunter in red, I'll cut through the darkness, though the future's filled with dread, Every scar's a promise that I carve into the night, Zero never runs — Zero fights the fight! *[Bridge – half-time, orchestral swell]* What am I fighting for...? A future I'll never know, A peace I'll never hold, A dream I carry... as I go. (For you, X. For all of them.) *[Final Chorus – key change, euphoric]* I am the crimson blade, the hunter in red, Standing at the edge where the angels fear to tread, If my light goes out in the everlasting night, Remember — Zero never ran. Zero fought the fight. *[Outro – whispered over fading strings]* Tell X... the dream was worth it.
