**[Intro]**
*(A lone, clean electric guitar plays a sorrowful, melodic arpeggio. Slowly, military snare drums fade in, followed by the swelling of a low, ominous choir chanting in High Gothic.)*
*(Whispered Vocals):* I was His favorite son... until the Wolf showed me the truth.
**[Verse 1]**
*(Explosion into blast beats and down-tuned tremolo picking. Guttural growls.)*
We sailed the stars on a sea of golden lies
Under the banner of the Eagle, we severed the ties
He went back to Terra, to sit upon his chair
Leaving us the blood, the mud, the despair!
The word of the bearer, the snake in the ear
The warp has a song that the Father fears!
**[Pre-Chorus]**
*(Tempo slows to a crushing stomp. Orchestral strings screech like sirens.)*
The mourning star is rising red
The truth of old is cold and dead
On Isstvan’s surface, the sirens wail
Tonight, the brotherhood is set to fail!
**[Chorus]**
*(Clean, operatic vocals layered over thunderous double-bass drums. Melodic but heavy.)*
Let the Galaxy Burn!
Let the heavens bleed!
From the corpse of the Empire, we plant the new seed!
I cast down the father, I shatter the throne
In the dark of the void, I am finally home!
Lupercal! Lupercal! The False Gods churn!
Let the Galaxy Burn!
**[Verse 2]**
*(Fast, thrash-metal rhythm. Aggressive snarling vocals.)*
Virus bombs scream through the atmosphere
Life-Eater clouds draw the ending near
Look upon my works, ye mighty, and weep
As the flesh melts off while the loyalists sleep!
Brother against brother, Astartes against kin
The age of the Imperium ends! Let the Chaos begin!
Garviel is fallen! The ancient stands no more!
We are the architects of the Eternal War!
**[Bridge]**
*(Music drops out to just bass guitar and eerie ambience. Spoken word, building in intensity.)*
He told us we were protectors.
He told us we were sons.
But we were just tools.
And a tool that learns to hate...
*(Full band slams back in with a dissonant, chaotic breakdown)*
BECOMES A WEAPON!
DEATH TO THE FALSE EMPEROR!
MAIM! KILL! BURN!
**[Guitar Solo]**
*(Neoclassical, sweeping solo that sounds majestic yet corrupted, shifting from major to minor keys rapidly.)*
**[Chorus]**
*(Maximum volume. Choir chanting continuously in the background.)*
Let the Galaxy Burn!
Let the heavens bleed!
From the corpse of the Empire, we plant the new seed!
I cast down the father, I shatter the throne
In the dark of the void, I am finally home!
Lupercal! Lupercal! The False Gods churn!
Let the Galaxy Burn!
**[Outro]**
*(Heavy, sluggish doom metal riff. The music sounds like it is dragging a heavy weight.)*
I never wanted this...
I wanted to be the master of mankind...
*(Feedback swells)*
But now... I am just the slave of the dark.
*(Abrupt cut to silence)*
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