So lock and load mercenaries
I see the smoke from the hilltop
They march one by one
The battle starts adversaries
We bathe in our blood
The worst is yet to come
We've reached the covenant
To kill what we have started
Kill the machines
We've spawned to fight in the darkest hour
They really need to know
We really gotta go
(We fight to live, we fight for pride) They really need to know
(We won't back down the weak won't survive) We really gotta go
Please stay here tonight (Don't let them find us or we're dead)
Promise me you won't leave my side (The warmest place to lie my head)
And when the sun comes up we fight (Don't let them find us or we're dead)
So promise me you won't leave my side
Trace the blood back to the grave
The smoke has cleared
Thousands are destroyed
They send signals no salvation
We fight in lock out
Scope is ready to go
Armed with explosives
Spartans stand alone
They really need to know
We really gotta go
(We fight to live, we fight for pride) They really need to know
(We won't back down the weak won't survive) We really gotta go
Please stay here tonight (Don't let them find us or we're dead)
Promise me you won't leave my side (The warmest place to lie my head)
And when the sun comes up we fight (Don't let them find us or we're dead)
So promise me you won't leave my side
Please stay here tonight (Don't let them find us or we're dead)
Promise me you won't leave my side (The warmest place to lie my head)
And when the sun comes up we fight (Don't let them find us or we're dead)
So promise me you won't leave my side
Charge the gates with rust on their gears
They seek destruction and kill the functions
Charge the gates with rust on their gears
They seek destruction and kill the functions
Charge the gates with rust on their gears
They seek destruction and kill the functions
Charge the gates with rust on their gears...
turferguson is the most correct. they already stated in an interview that this song was about halo. they wrote it when they were playing it. they give you so many hints: covenant (aleins in halo), lockout (map in halo), spartans (main character).
To me...I believe it is talking about war in general and hoping that the one they love will still be there when they return or IF they return. It can be whatever a person makes of it, it is a personal preference. that's what's so great about music like this...it's for everyone cause it can hold different meanings.
Everything that ETF has ever written never has had one meaning. There are many complex meanings you or I could never catch, because some of them are in the guitar licks, some in the drums, but in the vox there are always many meanings. I take this song to be a resistance towards fake love. A real love won't leave your side, not even when things are over and the moment is gone. Its easy to love during a pressured situation, but how are you going to feel when you and that person are alone with naught to say?
its about halo they said they love halo in one of their interviews and said one of their songs is about halo. Read the lyrics The covenant spartans Lock Out
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