Brothers Who Held the Line

Radio static, sunrise on broken stone Radio static, sunrise on broken stone Last light of Mercy - bring our brother home Last light of Mercy - bring our brother home Four years behind COG steel, you pulled Marcus from the dark Delta stitched back together, Lancers humming under sparks Cover-to-cover heartbeat, boots in ash, eyes on red You cracked a joke to keep us moving when the whole world went dead Every street was screaming, every promise turned to dust But you kept walking forward - because you said we must Pendulum wars behind you, E-Day still in your blood Right hand, ride-or-die - your courage taught us love Last light of Mercy, burn bright Dom Santiago hold the line When the world goes Hollow, we don't break You turned your grief into fire so we could survive Last light of Mercy, burn bright Brother to the end - your name survives Dom! Dom! Burn bright! Dom! Dom! Last light! Last light! Last light! Years in the dark, chasing whispers through the ash Found Maria in that prison - what they broke, you couldn't patch One mercy in a heartbeat, one goodbye you couldn't share After that, your laughter tasted like a battle prayer You didn't ask for glory, you just asked to make it right So you carried all that sorrow like a torch against the night Even when the sky fell, even when the fuel ran dry You stayed beside the squad, brother - no matter how we die Last light of Mercy, burn, burn, burn bright, bright Dom Santiago, hold the line When the world goes Hollow, we don't break You turned your grief into fire so we could survive Last light of Mercy, burn bright Brother to the end - your name survives Mercy in the rearview, Lambent lighting up the road Locust at the rooftops, closing in like undertow You took the wheel in silence, didn't need a last goodbye One hard turn to save us... and the sky became your light Last light of Mercy burn, burn bright, bright, bright Dom Santiago, hold the line When the world goes Hollow, we don't break You turned your grief into fire so we could survive Last light of Mercy, burn bright, bright Brother to the end - your name survives COG tags and memories, heavy in our hands Last light of Mercy... for Sera, we finish what you began