[Intro] [Clean guitar, building into full band] [Verse 1] Morning spills across the rooftops, gold on every weather vane. Rainbow's somewhere clearing cloudbanks, Applejack's at work again. There's a light on at the Boutique, music down at Sugarcube. Past the edge of town, by sundown, Fluttershy's got critters to soothe. Funny how it all looks peaceful. Funny what it took to get here. Every road that should've broke us somehow pulled the six of us near. [Pre-Chorus] We were never meant to match, never meant to fit just right. Six different roads beneath our hooves, six shadows in the light. [Chorus] Six stars burning over Equestria, six hearts beating out of time. Every scar became a story, every wrong turn drew a line. From the orchard to the heavens, from the mountains to the sea, six stars burning over Equestria— and somehow one of them is me. [Verse 2] I remember Nightmare's darkness. I remember Discord's grin. Every time the world went sideways, we found our way back home again. Not because we never stumbled. Not because we never fought. Friendship isn't something perfect. Maybe that's what I forgot. Lately I've been up past midnight, books and papers on the floor. There's a pattern in the starlight I don't think I've seen before. Six points joining one another. That's the way it's always drawn. So what's that space between them that wasn't there before? [Pre-Chorus] Maybe I've been up too late. Maybe numbers start to lie. Still, every time I trace the pattern, something doesn't feel quite right. [Chorus] Six stars burning over Equestria, six hearts beating out of time. Every scar became a story, every wrong turn drew a line. From the orchard to the heavens, from the mountains to the sea, six stars burning over Equestria— and somehow one of them is me. [Post-Chorus] We held the line. We shared the weight. Six different hearts. One common fate. [Verse 3] Celestia once told me answers aren't the same as what we learn. Some things only show their meaning when it's finally their turn. Maybe this is just a puzzle. Maybe I'm too deep inside. But Harmony looks different when you turn the page sideways. And there's one old illustration, faded nearly into gray. Somepony scratched a piece of it out. Why would they do that anyway? [Bridge] [Sparse, intimate] I know Honesty. I know Kindness. I know Laughter breaking through the dark. Generosity. Loyalty. And Magic like my own cutie mark. Six names written in our story. Six lights hanging in the sky. So tell me why— when everypony's sleeping and there's nopony around, I swear I hear another heartbeat somewhere underneath the ground. [Guitar Solo] [Final Chorus] [Full band] Six stars burning over Equestria, six hearts standing side by side. Through the fire, through the darkness, we've got nothing left to hide. From the orchard to the heavens, let them see what friendship means. Six stars burning over Equestria, brighter than we've ever been. Six stars burning, keep them burning. Whatever waits beyond tonight, if the darkness comes to find us, we'll be there to meet the night. [Outro] [Quiet clean guitar] Six stars... That's what the old books say. Six stars... So why did I count seven today?
