[Intro] [Spoken Word] [Low Brass] The Astral Fracture did not break. It was opened. From the inside. And he did not send all of his army first. He came himself. [Verse 1] [Operatic Male Vocal] I have crossed the void between the stars I have watched your little city from above I have given you ten thousand years of silence And you mistook my patience for my love Your flowers cannot stop what I have started Your gears cannot outlast what I command I am the first and final light of heaven And I have come to take back what is mine By hand [Gang shout] (By hand… By hand… The heavens take it back… By hand…) [Pre-Chorus] [Operatic Male Vocal] Storm Seraphs — tear the towers Frost Queens — freeze the fields Solar Titans — crush the engines Let the floating city kneel Void Leviathans — swallow the sky roads Gravity Archons — bend the air Let every creature in this garden Learn the weight of heaven's care [Chorus] [Full male Choir] [Orchestral Build] I am the rise of the solar tyrant I am the end of your stolen dawn Every flower every gear every heartbeat Was always mine to build upon The Aether does not belong to mortals The engine was never yours to keep I am the fire that forged the cosmos And I have come to end your sleep Burn Burn Let the garden burn Until the truth of heaven is returned [Verse 2] [Soprano Female Vocal] You call this justice I call this fear A god so desperate to reclaim his power He burns the innocent just to feel it near I have read the roots I know the truth now The Aether chose this garden Not your throne And every flower burning in your wake Is one more reason I won't leave it alone [Verse 3] [Baritone Male Vocal] I know your kind I served your kind I wore your chains and called them wings of pride But a cage made out of heaven is still a cage And I will burn it down From the inside [Gang Vocals] [Death Growl] Traitor… Fallen… Dragon without a sky… You chose the dirt You chose to fall Now watch your garden die… [Verse 4] [Operatic Male Vocal] Oh, how beautiful Your defiance A fairy and her fallen broken drake Playing guardians of a cosmic prison For a force that will devour you when it wakes You think your love Can hold the Bloom Eater? You think your flower magic seals the deep? I have seen what happens when the engine fails I watched three realities Cease to breathe [Pre-Chorus] [Soprano Female Vocal] He's not just conquering He's terrified [Baritone Male Vocal] He's seen what the Bloom Eater does He knows what happens if it rises [Duet] Then we are fighting The same war From opposite sides Of the same impossible sky [Chorus] [Full Choir] I am the rise of the solar tyrant I am the end of your stolen dawn Every flower every gear every heartbeat Was always mine to build upon The Aether does not belong to mortals The engine was never yours to keep I am the fire that forged the cosmos And I have come to end your sleep [Spoken] Burn Burn Let the garden burn Until the truth of heaven is returned [Bridge] [Operatic Male Vocal] Submit and I will seal it properly Submit and I will end the threat you cannot [Soprano Female Vocal] We will never submit But we will listen Is this truly what you came for? [Baritone Male Vocal] You came to save the cosmos Not destroy it Then stand down And let us finish what was started [Dark Choir] The tyrant does not bargain The tyrant does not yield The tyrant does not — [Operatic Male Vocal] … Silence. [Silence] [Drop] [Operatic Male Vocal] I came to reclaim the engine. Not to watch three realities burn again. Tell me, little copper wing — Can you truly hold it? [Final Chorus] [Tempo Decrease] [Operatic Male Vocal] I am the rise of the solar tyrant And I have burned a thousand worlds to ash But the Aether moves in ways beyond my knowing And perhaps… This garden was not built to last For me Burn… Or bloom… The garden chooses now And heaven holds its breath To see which vow Will hold [Outro] [Soft Male Vocal] Prove it. Copper wings. Prove it.
