Orange Against the Void

[Intro]
Ash in the air
Cities like scars
Smoke hides the sky
You can’t see the stars
[Verse 1]
Steel boots in the crater dust
Last guns, all jammed with rust
Names carved on a broken shield
One flag left on a battlefield
We count our breaths in burning glass
Hear their claws in the mountain pass
Every prayer tastes sharp like steel
Every fear feels far too real
[Chorus]
Orange against the void
One spark in the end of the world
When every hope’s destroyed
He walks through the fire, armor burned
If this is how we die
We’ll die where the brave ones stood
Orange against the void
One last heart still beating for the good (hey!)
[Verse 2]
Sirens drowned in an alien roar
Black rain dripping through the core
Skies split, pouring rotten light
Shadows feeding on the night
Then a silhouette in the smoke
Glowing plates, battered cloak
Boot on wreckage, visor bright
He lifts his helm and meets their sight
[Pre-Chorus]
Who stands up when the trumpets fade?
Who swings back when the world is flayed?
We see him step from the shattered line
A blaze of rusted tangerine divine (woah)
[Chorus]
Orange against the void
One spark in the end of the world
When every hope’s destroyed
He walks through the fire, armor burned
If this is how we die
We’ll die where the brave ones stood
Orange against the void
One last heart still beating for the good
[Bridge]
“Hold fast,” he growls through the static in his breath
“We’re not a rumor, we’re the teeth inside of death”
He plants his heel, the ground begins to shake
Even monsters learn how much a human heart can break
[Instrumental Break]
[guitar screams into a soaring lead line, bending into dissonant squeals]
[drums break into a rolling solo, toms and crashes like falling concrete]
[guitar and drums trade frantic phrases, then lock into a brutal unison run]
[Chorus]
Orange against the void
One spark in the end of the world
When every hope’s destroyed
He walks through the fire, armor burned
If this is how we live
It’s blood, it’s bone, it’s brotherhood
Orange against the void
One last heart still beating for the good (for the good)
[Outro]
Ash in the air
But something shines
An orange ghost
On the edge of time

metal, Epic 80s doom metal with male vocals; chugging downtuned riffs under a minor-key choir pad, tom-heavy war drums that swell into double-time blasts. Verse sections stay tense and sparse, then the chorus erupts with stacked gang vocals and ringing power chords. Mid-song, a searing melodic lead opens into a feral extended drum-and-guitar solo before a final, shouted refrain on the title line.