[Intro, arena blackout, deep drones, fractured choir, red strobes awakening, sub bass rumble]
(Scar ignites... Monument calls...)
[crowd chant building]
hey... hey... hey...
[Pyro pulse, giant screen cracks open]
[Verse 1, Nova lead with Lucien low backing, heavy drums, grinding bass]
I feel the current in my skin,
every life the Monument pinned.
Seraph shadows, choir in white,
Lucienne's eyes like burning night.
Chains of memory pull me near,
marrow screams, end it here.
Every choice a shattered flame,
every path repeats my name.
[Pre-Chorus, tom rise, dual vocals, tension climbing]
No more silence, no more throne,
no more gods made out of stone.
If the sky must split in two,
I choose fire, I choose truth.
[Chorus, maximum impact, full band detonation, crowd fists up]
ASCEND OR COLLAPSE
blood or flame, call my name.
ASCEND OR COLLAPSE
nothing holy stays the same.
I am the scar, I am the cost,
I carry all who once were lost.
ASCEND OR COLLAPSE
let me rise through shattered skies.
[crowd chant]
ASCEND! COLLAPSE!
ASCEND! COLLAPSE!
[Verse 2, Vanta lead, Nova harmonies, Lucien guitar accents]
Kael, my love, don't turn away,
the Monument begs you to stay.
If you ascend, the world is whole,
if you collapse, we lose control.
[Nova answer vocal, fierce]
If wholeness means a gilded cage,
then burn the choir, erase the stage.
I'll bleed the scar, I'll break the chains,
let the Monument choke on pain.
[Build, snare march, lights spinning, crowd clap]
higher... higher... higher...
[Bridge, cinematic half-time, voices layered]
(Marrow: Burn it down!)
(Lucienne: Become divine!)
(Choir: Ascend... ascend...)
(Kael: The choice is mine!)
[Lucien guitar solo, soaring lead, sparks raining]
[Final Chorus, octave lift, pyro walls, confetti burst]
ASCEND OR COLLAPSE
scar ignite, crown the night.
ASCEND OR COLLAPSE
every star is born from fight.
If I must fall, then let me reign,
a throne of fire, a crown of pain.
ASCEND OR COLLAPSE
now decide, stand beside.
I am the scar, I am the flame,
the Monument dies or takes my name.
[Post-Chorus crowd singback, band cuts instruments]
ASCEND OR COLLAPSE
ASCEND OR COLLAPSE
[Outro, drones fading, heartbeat kick, white spotlight only]
(The scar decides...)
[Final explosion hit, blackout]