If I Go Missing
Halo · UNSC
The story in the song
A cinematic Halo tribute song for the Spartans marked MIA, built around blackbox static, last pings, broken beacons, and the line fans know by heart: Spartans never die.
If I Go Missing is a story-driven UNSC memorial song about soldiers who vanish beyond the line, still fighting in the dark.
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Lyrics
Static on the blackbox
Snowfall in my ears
Last ping in the dark
Then I disappear
My visor caught the sunrise
On a world we could not save
I watched the sky turn silver
Over every nameless grave
They told me hold the line
So I held it with my bones
With my back against the fire
And my heart set into stone
No medals in the silence
No flag above my head
Just one last broken beacon
Where they think I should be dead
But check the report
Read every line
No KIA
Just MIA
If I go missing, don't call me gone
I am still fighting where the night goes on
Bury my name, but leave my armor on
Spartans never die
We just fade beyond the dawn
If I go missing, don't call me gone
I am the echo in the battle song
No final breath, no ending carved in stone
Spartans never die
So don't call me gone
My MJOLNIR is cracking
But it still knows how to stand
I have blood inside my gauntlet
And a rifle in my hand
There are stars above the wreckage
There are ghosts inside the rain
Every voice I could not answer
Still keeps calling out my name
I do not need a rescue
I do not need a grave
Just send my broken signal
Through the static and the flame
And check the report
Read every line
No KIA
Just MIA
If I go missing, don't call me gone
I am still fighting where the night goes on
Bury my name, but leave my armor on
Spartans never die
We just fade beyond the dawn
If I go missing, don't call me gone
I am the echo in the battle song
No final breath, no ending carved in stone
Spartans never die
So don't call me gone
Tell them I stayed
Tell them I stood
Tell them I gave
Everything I could
Tell them the sky
Burned red and white
Tell them I held
One more night
And if my voice
Falls out of range
Do not let the file
Change my name
I am not ash
I am not done
I am the last light
Under the gun
No KIA
No final sign
Just MIA
Beyond the line
No KIA
No final sign
Just MIA
Still alive
If I go missing, don't call me gone
I am still fighting where the night goes on
Bury my name, but leave my armor on
Spartans never die
We just fade beyond the dawn
If I go missing, don't call me gone
I am the echo in the battle song
No final breath, no ending carved in stone
Spartans never die
So don't call me gone
Static on the blackbox
One spark in the void
Last ping in the dark
Still holding the line
Spartans never die
Don't call me gone