[A Bold Defiance] [ Verse 1 ] The shadow stretched across the New York street A fifteen-mile-wide ship above our heads The morning heat turned cold and obsolete As silver clouds replaced the sky with dread [ Pre-Chorus 1 ] The signals cross inside the satellite The clocks are ticking out the fading light [ Chorus 1 ] We stand as one against the falling dark A single flame from every human spark We won't surrender to the heavy silence Our only answer is a bold defiance [ Verse 2 ] The primary beam hummed a cobalt blue Then fire raced through every grand hallway The White House crumbled while the embers flew A wall of heat turned every brick to gray [ Pre-Chorus 2 ] The world is trembling on a jagged edge We’re standing out upon the final ledge [ Chorus 2 ] We stand as one against the falling dark A single flame from every human spark We won't surrender to the heavy silence Our only answer is a bold defiance [Instrumental Break - Blazing Electric Guitar Solo] [ Bridge 1 ] The laptop rests on Levinson’s cold knees A green glow counts the time upon the screen The pulsing numbers drain the summer breeze The clearest warning that we’ve ever seen [ Verse 3 ] He keeps an unlit victory cigar Deep in a flight suit pocket, tucked away A jagged canyon chase beneath a star Where Hiller shows the world the price they’ll pay [ Pre-Chorus 3 ] The virus travels through the mother’s veins We’re breaking off these interstellar chains [ Chorus 3 ] We stand as one against the falling dark A single flame from every human spark We won't surrender to the heavy silence Our only answer is a bold defiance [ Bridge 2 ] The tarmac rings with Presidential pride We will not vanish in the quiet night With every pilot standing side by side We celebrate our day of living light [ Verse 4 ] We fly into the belly of the whale To plant the poison in the central core The giant falls, the iron armor’s frail We close the gates of this galactic war [ Pre-Chorus 4 ] The blue beams flicker and the shields go down We’re taking back each fire-blackened town [ Final Chorus ] We rose as one to break the falling dark The world ignited from a human spark We didn't vanish in the heavy silence We found our freedom in a bold defiance [ Outro ] The smoke is clearing on the desert floor We won't be quiet anymore The cigar is lit against the morning sky Today we learn how not to die
