[Intro] (The heavy grinding of the vault doors echoing behind them, sealing forever. The howling wind has died down to a gentle breeze. A warm, melodic acoustic guitar begins to play, soon joined by a soft, steady heartbeat of a drum.) [Verse 1] [Male Vocal] The iron doors are closing on the ghosts we left behind, The data core is in my pack, the future of our kind. My boots are stepping out onto the unbroken snow, Leaving all the shadows in the graveyard down below. [Female Vocal] I close my eyes and feel the air, it isn’t biting cold, The winter storm has finally broken, loosening its hold. We walked into the darkness with nothing but a prayer, And walked out with the seeds of life into the morning air. [Chorus] [Both] The Horizon Protocol, a beacon in the grey! We’re watching as the golden sun burns the night away. The ash is turning into light, the frozen world awakes, We are the ones who heal the earth for all tomorrow's sakes. We carry fire in our hands to melt the bitter ice, A second chance for humankind, a brand new paradise. [Verse 2] [Female Vocal] The ruined towers catch the light and glimmer in the dawn, They don't look like a monument for everything that's gone. They look like the foundations of the world we’re going to build, A canvas waiting for the paint, a promise unfulfilled. [Male Vocal] We’ll broadcast on the open waves and call the others near, Tell them that the winter’s done, tell them the path is clear. We have the medicine and steel, we have the maps and guides, To turn the tide of history and end the great divides. [Chorus] [Both] The Horizon Protocol, a beacon in the grey! We’re watching as the golden sun burns the night away. The ash is turning into light, the frozen world awakes, We are the ones who heal the earth for all tomorrow's sakes. We carry fire in our hands to melt the bitter ice, A second chance for humankind, a brand new paradise. [Verse 3] [Male Vocal] We started as a dying spark just fighting for a breath, [Female Vocal] We walked across the broken bridge and cheated certain death. [Both] And now we stand upon the edge of everything anew, The sky is finally clearing up, an endless, perfect blue. [Bridge] [Female Vocal] We leave the architects to rot. [Male Vocal] We let the old world sleep. [Both] We have a promise to the earth that we are going to keep! [Outro] (The acoustic guitars swell into a soaring, triumphant post-rock crescendo with strings and uplifting choral harmonies. The music feels like a warm light washing over the landscape, before slowly stripping away its layers.) [Both] The morning has come. We are alive. (A final, warm acoustic chord rings out and slowly fades into the sound of two pairs of footsteps crunching in the fresh snow, walking steadily toward the sunrise. Silence.)
