We Are the Line

They came for every last one of us. They'll have to face every last one of us. All units... SOUND OFF! We know the fields beneath the flame, The schoolhouse walls, the children's names. No shining shield, just boots and bone - We hold these streets because they're home. The ramp slams down; we hit the shore. Rifles up - make room for the Corps! They've got the numbers. We brought the nerve. Every last round for the worlds we serve. Black pods falling through a sky gone red. Still got a pulse. Not counted dead. Feet first into hell, we break the night - Helljumpers down! Now join the fight! WE ARE THE LINE! Between the fire and home! From shattered worlds, one battle cry: NO ONE STANDS ALONE! For every child who waits for dawn, For those who never made it home - Until our broken worlds can shine, WE ARE THE LINE! Scorpion tracks grind stone to sand, Warthogs charge through no-man's-land. Mark that ridge; let the big guns roar - We make a road where none ran before. Outgunned in orbit. Still we stay. The transports need us to clear the way. MAC guns answer; our hulls may burn - Those children get the chance to return. Scramble the wings as the sirens cry, Longswords climb where the air runs dry. From cloud to orbit, we guard the blue - No hostile wing gets a free pass through! Green flare burning - I see your light. Pelican turning, I'm coming tonight. One engine screaming, the ramp swung wide - Count every heartbeat. Get them inside! WE ARE THE LINE! Between the fire and home! From shattered worlds, one battle cry: NO ONE STANDS ALONE! For every child who waits for dawn, For those who never made it home - Until our broken worlds can shine, WE ARE THE LINE! They scorched the shore, but the sea still hides The steel that waits beneath its tides. Our missiles rise; our flight decks roar - The ocean sends us back to war. We crawl where the searchlights rake the ground, Mark their guns without a sound. One steady breath; one shot rings true - The road is clear. Bring the others through. We break their codes; we erase our tracks. Some orders come with no way back. Don't call us righteous. We know the cost. We count the worlds we haven't lost. The bridge is gone? Then we build once more. We bring the rounds that keep up the roar. Welders and haulers, a sleepless crew - No legend fights till the trucks get through. WE ARE THE LINE! Between the fire and home! From shattered worlds, one battle cry: NO ONE STANDS ALONE! For every child who waits for dawn, For those who never made it home - Until our broken worlds can shine, WE ARE THE LINE! Look at me, soldier. Stay with my voice. Death doesn't get the only choice. No rank in the blood that stains this ground - Breathe. Let me hear that beautiful sound. Your voices flicker across my sky. I plot the way when the beacons die. No flesh and blood, but I know what's true - A home worth saving is my home too. No dress parade. No polished gear. Just neighbors saying, "Not through here." We will not watch our children fall - So pass a rifle. We'll hold the wall. They call us legends, but the legends know Who brings us home when the shields burn low. No gods above you. We fight at your side. The hands that save us are the strength inside. Let every visor catch the coming light: Together, we will finish this fight! WE ARE THE LINE! Between the fire and home! From shattered worlds, one battle cry: NO ONE STANDS ALONE! For every child who waits for dawn, For those who never made it home - Until our broken worlds can shine, WE ARE THE LINE! Not one hero. Not one name. A million hands that held the flame. Until our children need no battle cry - WE ARE THE LINE!