When You Can't Bring Him Home

Delta Squad… form up. Delta Squad… form up. Delta Squad… form up. Delta Squad... Delta Squad, form up—brothers, lock and load Katarn armor thunder down the road Boss calls the shot, Fixer draws the route Sev sees the mark, Scorch brings the boom—no doubt Delta Squad, form up—when the night says “no” We’re the quiet thunder the Republic won’t show Born on Kamino, raised for the breach Covert strikes, rescue runs—out of reach Geonosis red dust sealing every seam DC-17M singing through a metal dream Boss in my ear: “Form up. Stay tight.” Fixer on the panel, turning dark to light Sev in the rafters, patience like a blade Scorch: “YES! More explosives!”—and the debt gets paid One squad, one heartbeat, moving as a machine Every step rehearsed for places never seen Orders in the HUD, but the bond is in the bones Rule Seventeen—make sure they’re dead, then go Delta Squad, form up—brothers, lock and load Katarn armor thunder down the road Boss calls the shot, Fixer draws the route Sev sees the mark, Scorch brings the boom—no doubt Delta Squad, form up—when the night says “no” We’re the quiet thunder the Republic won’t show Boss! Fixer! Sev! Scorch! Boss! Fixer! Sev! Scorch! Kashyyyk green thunder, beachhead under rain Wookiee war-cries rising over blaster strain Tarfful back on his feet, tree-cities glow Shield doors falling—now the tide can flow Sev took overwatch, red marks in the leaves Last ping on the channel—then the world went mute Boss kept us breathing, Fixer plotted the route Scorch set the detpack—laugh turned to a sigh Four became three, but the promise won’t die We don’t forget a brother, we don’t close that door Delta keeps the missing in the center of the code ’Til the day the squad is whole—form up, form up War ends… but helmets still remember Names in the static, fading like embers Gray paint tried to bury what we were before Scorch at Mount Tantiss, still hearing the war Boss and Fixer—hold the light in the dark Sev—wherever you are—keep carving your mark Because a squad is forever, even split by stars We were built for the breach… but we chose who we are Delta Squad, form up—brothers, lock and load Katarn armor thunder down the road Boss calls the shot, Fixer draws the route Sev sees the mark, Scorch brings the boom—no doubt Delta Squad, form up—when the night says “no” We’re the quiet thunder the Republic won’t show Delta Squad, form up—say it like a vow Delta Squad, form up—right here, right now Delta Squad… form up. Boss. Fixer. Sev. Scorch.