We Are Tenno

Who carries the ones Who carry us all? WE DO! WE ARE TENNO! They trapped my son's last breath inside my steel. These hands were mine. The choice was never real. You never asked the broken sword to shine; You shared the dark until the choice was mine. All of their bullets gather in my palm; For half a heartbeat, violence is calm. I turn the iron back toward the gun, And leave a little room for you to run. My nerves are sparks; my thoughts outrun the sound. I plant a wall of lightning in the ground. Come stand behind the storm I used to fear - For once, the thunder means you're safe in here. We are Tenno! Give me the weight! Let it fall where my shoulders wait. Not all the pain will fade away - We are the ones who choose to stay. We are Tenno! When my strength is gone, You'll be the hands that carry me on. Scar against scar, through the unknown - We were never meant to rise alone. I wear the iron; let the cannons pound. I'll hold this doorway till you're off the ground. And when these shoulders finally need to bend, Don't praise the wall. Just stand beside your friend. Two steady guns; the tremor comes at dawn. I count the breathing when the smoke has gone. You watch my back; I'll keep the passage clear - A steady hand still needs somebody near. I shed my skin beneath the killing rain; Their bullets find a shape that feels no pain. While poison blooms and rips their ranks apart, I kneel beside your barely beating heart. We are Tenno! Give me the weight! Let it fall where my shoulders wait. Not all the pain will fade away - We are the ones who choose to stay. We are Tenno! When my strength is gone, You'll be the hands that carry me on. Scar against scar, through the unknown - We were never meant to rise alone. A second self goes laughing through the flame; We strike as two, but answer to one name. I've cheated death, but here's the harder truth: No second self can take the place of you. Redline burning; I can split the air. The last shot lands, and I'm no longer there. But if one voice is missing from the crew, The fastest way ahead runs back to you. I plant small lights where wounded footsteps cease, A borrowed breath, a fragile patch of peace. And when I fade between the worlds I roam, Your voices are the thread that leads me home. We were children. They gave us a war. We can choose what our hands are for. Let Tau be a question, not a throne; No promise carved in stars or stone. Whatever waits beyond that distant sun, We choose, together, what we will become. We are Tenno! Give me the weight! Let it fall where my shoulders wait. Not all the pain will fade away - We are the ones who choose to stay. We are Tenno! When my strength is gone, You'll be the hands that carry me on. Past every border the stars have drawn - We choose each other, and we go on! Your turn to lean on me. We are Tenno...