[Verse 1 - commanding, low and measured] We went in before the sun could warn us We bled through every corridor they built We lost four before we found our footing The Order does not mourn, it replaces Half a wing And it nearly took us all
[Pre-chorus 1] But we did stand our ground We did push — made sure it wouldn’t come down We held, we bled But just before the break — The sky opened And then —
[Chorus 1] White lightning through the dark Something struck before we did ------- and it was White lightning through the dark We were losing — then we weren’t White lightning We were losing — then we weren’t
[Verse 2 - harder, pushing forward] I have read the full weight of what we face Seven layers deep — the floor is not yet found One Commandment Keeper holds the language Of a law that was never meant for us Never meant for us We ride into it at dawn
[Pre-chorus 2 - the cracks forming, quieter] I know what I saw I know what turned the tide Something white and fast And I — No. Mission first
[Chorus 2] White lightning through the dark Something hit the ground before we did -------and it was White lightning through the dark We were losing — then we weren’t White lightning Something saved us. Something white.
[Bridge - near spoken, then hard cut] There was a figure At the edge of the smoke I’ve seen that movement before That reach, that — No. Not now. Focus.
We have a mission We have a direction We know their names now We know their numbers We ride at dawn We do not stop We do not ask Who saved us
[Final Chorus - cold, certain] White lightning through the dark Whatever hit the ground before we did — and we knew It wasn’t on our side It wasn’t on their side White lightning We take the win. We ask nothing.
[Outro] Maren, hold the east Corvus, cover the breach Kael, carry what remains of trust The rest of us carry what remains
White lightning. Her hands are the same reach. No. …Ride at dawn.