When Heroes Don't Come Back

Burned glass where a city had a name One mark on the armor, one call sign in the dust A lone wolf in the open, doing what he must You dropped from the heavens through the fire and the smoke Joined a broken family with a different kind of hope Carter on the comms, mission painted in your sights Kat drawing battle lines in the Reach-lit night Jorge held the sky up with his bare two hands Emile carved fear in the hearts of every stand Jun watching over from a thousand yards away But you were the shadow that refused to fade Every beacon burning red in the falling dark Every silent village just a memory and a scar You never said a word, you just moved into the fray Someone had to stay when the rest walked away Raise your rifles to the sky tonight For the one who turned the tide, then faced the night Noble Six, last light of Reach, we remember your name Under glassed-out clouds, you still burn like a flame You held the line when the world lost faith Every step you took was buying us one more day You were the shield when the heavens breached Noble Six, forever, last light of Reach Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, last light of Reach Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, Noble Six we see Dropships falling, sky on fire and torn You ran through the ruins where a new world’s born Handing off tomorrow to a ship that had to fly While the Covenant descended like a storm from the sky You knew what it meant when the last bird left No evac, no retreat, just the cost that’s kept On that hill of steel and shattered stone You fought the whole damn war alone Every shot you fired wrote a line in time Every armor crack another warning sign The world may have fallen, but the story won’t cease A Spartan’s heart beats on in every piece Raise your rifles to the sky tonight For the one who turned the tide, then faced the night Noble Six, last light of Reach, we remember your name Under glassed-out clouds, you still burn like a flame You held the line when the world lost faith Every step you took was buying us one more day You were the shield when the heavens breached Noble Six, forever, last light of Reach Radio whispers in the static rain “Signal lost…” but we still know your name Spartans don’t vanish, they live in what remains Every saved tomorrow calling out your name Helmet in the dust, but the legend stands tall You gave up the stars so we wouldn’t fall From Reach to the edge of the ancient ring They’ll hear the echo every time we sing Raise your rifles to the sky tonight For the one who turned the tide, then faced the night Noble Six, last light of Reach, we remember your name Under glassed-out clouds, you still burn like a flame You held the line when the world lost faith Every step you took was buying us one more day You were the shield when the heavens breached Noble Six, forever, last light of Reach Ash falls on the mountain, but we still believe In the lone wolf watching where we cannot see Worlds may burn, but your story won’t cease Noble Six, standing, in the soul of Reach