[Verse 1]
Red scars on the midnight void
Hull burns where the lasers scored
Static in the comms
My name
Ghost-code in the glare and flame
I was born in the cradle of debris
Raised on alarms and emergency pleas
[Pre-Chorus]
I hear them call across the black (hey!)
Every distant signal cracks
Fear in the voices
Shaking hands
I lock the target
Take my stand
[Chorus]
I am the starfall vanguard
Rising through the broken stars
One ship
One heart on fire
Cutting through the plasma choir
If the sky must break apart
I will hold the shattered dark
When the galaxies conspire
I’m the flare they can’t retire
[Drop]
[EDM bass drop slams in
Drums cut to half-time
Chopped vocal hook looping: “vanguard
Vanguard
Starfall vanguard”]
[Verse 2]
Engines scream at the crimson line
Shield arcs draw a crooked spine
Wreckage writes out a warning sign
Friends flicker out in a single line
But I grip the helm through the violent spin
Swear every loss will be written as a win
[Pre-Chorus]
Echoes pound against my chest (oh!)
Like distant suns that never rest
I taste the smoke
The metal rain
Still I drive straight through the flame
[Chorus]
I am the starfall vanguard
Rising through the broken stars
One ship
One heart on fire
Cutting through the plasma choir
If the sky must break apart
I will hold the shattered dark
When the galaxies conspire
I’m the flare they can’t retire
[Bridge]
[Power solo – guitar and synth trade blazing runs over galloping drums]
Through the maelstrom
Through the roar
I carve a trail from core to core
If this is where my legend ends
Let the blaze ignite again
[Final Chorus]
I am the starfall vanguard
Rising as the war burns out
Last spark
Last shield
Last charge
Screaming every silent shout
If the sky must break apart
I will weld the fractured dark
As the dust of empires falls
Hear my name across it all (vanguard)
Hear my name across it all