[Intro]
(Glitch-swell synths, wire-scorched sky, military snap taps)
A-a-ash... (stuttered) — the horizon snaps in two.
Low sub pulse. Distant choir hums.
[Verse 1: Male — Gritty, shouted]
Beneath a wire-scorched sky the ash conducts our names,
Charred standard flaps like a tooth of iron — blackened, bent with flames.
Shrapnel memories in pockets, clink like coins of guilt and bone,
I walk the broken seam where every step is someone else's home. {growl}
[Pre-Chorus: Male -> Female handoff]
Hear the ghost of metal cry — (Male: short, syncopated) Count the cost — BREATHE!
(Female: high, pin-drop) Hold the cut; hold what we keep.
[Chorus: Female — Soaring lead / 2nd-voice harmony + choir]
Break the ash, ignite the bone. (2nd-voice: rise, rise)
Break the ash — we burn it to the throne. (2nd-voice: rise, rise)
Scream our names — we feed the sky, (Male shouted tag: "Scream our names!")
We rise from embers, never die. (Choir: ahhh — ahhh)
[Post-Chorus: Male shouted call]
Scream our names! // BLAZE!
(Short, percussive phrasing locking with hi-hat: Scream — our — NAMES!)
[Verse 2: Male — Aggressive, rhythmic]
Grooves snap like wire underfoot, the drums spit iron teeth,
Guitars cut through ion rain, digital scars beneath.
Blood on the frets, blood on the ledger of a broken fight,
We lace our fists with static, pull the night into the light. {scream}
[Pre-Chorus 2: Duet — syncopated shouting / melodic lift]
(Male: sharp) Count the cost — / (Female: lift) keep the lost alive,
(Male: sharp) Count the cost — / (Female: soar) let the ember drive.
(Drum fills: sixteenth stutters into snare roll)
[Chorus 2: Female lead + Male counter / Background chants]
Break the ash, ignite the bone. (Male gritty: "Ignite it!")
Break the ash — we reclaim the stone. (2nd-voice countermelody: "we-rise")
Burn the flag — feed the sky. (Male quick punch: "Feed it!")
We rise from embers, never die. (Choir and synth swell)
[Bridge / Chant: Female lead with full choir]
We are ash, we are flame — (Choir echoes)
We are ash, we are flame — (x4, build each pass)
(Underneath: male whispered grit: "iron teeth, remember")
[Pre-Solo Tom Spot / Build]
(Tom rolls syncopate, snare military roll slices into a stutter)
A-a-ash — (Male shout) Break!
[Solo: Guitar lead with synth arpeggio]
(Female vocalize above solo: two-bar countermelody that echoes the chorus — "rise, rise")
Guitar screams over shards of synth; drums puncture with polyrhythmic hits.
[Final Chorus: Half-time -> Double-time shift]
(Female lead with layered second-voice and choir; Male gritty backing chant)
Break the ash, ignite the bone. (2nd-voice: harmonize a third above)
Break the ash — we carve our home. (Male grunt: "Home!")
Burn the flag, feed the sky — (Male shouted syncopation: "Count the cost — BLAZE!")
We rise from embers, never die. (Choir: rising unison; final line doubled in screams)
[Final Tag / Screamed Outro]
Break the ash! (Female high cut / Male full scream)
Ignite the bone! (Choir + synth tear)
Scream!
