Crimson Dust

Verse 1 – Raccoon City, 1998

Xavier's back with another one

Rookie badge pinned to a burning chest

Drove into town expecting just a test

Rain on the pavement, shadow in the alleyway

First night on the force and the sky turned grey

Asphalt screaming under undead teeth

Whole world rotting in the dark underneath

police cruiser flipped on a dead-end street

Learned real fast how a nightmare speaks.

Chorus

And the sirens fade to a crimson dust

In a city built on broken trust

I'm running through the fire, cutting through the thread

Carrying the ghosts of the unburied dead

From the streets of the fall to the shadow of the throne

Walking this wire... all alone.

Verse 2 – Rural Spain, 2004

Fast forward years, got a brand-new suit

Shadows in the woods, dynamic under boot

Villages whispering in a tongue I don't know

Plagas in the blood under winter snow

Iron sights lined up, keeping her safe

Dodging the blade in a cursed-out space

Monsters in the church, parasites in the dark

Still trying to keep a little piece of my heart.

Chorus

And the sirens fade to a crimson dust

In a city built on broken trust

I'm running through the fire, cutting through the thread

Carrying the ghosts of the unburied dead

From the streets of the fall to the shadow of the throne

Walking this wire... all alone.

Bridge – Heavy Distortion & Driving Bass

A badge turned heavy, a shadow turned long

How many casualties until the song is done?

Ada in the mist, lingering memory

Bio-hazard scars on my memory tree

You can burn down the lab, you can blow up the island

But the echoes in your head never stay silent.

(Guitar Solo – Scathing, Melodic, & Aggressive)

Verse 3 – Requiem & Reflection

Now the dust clears out on another sunrise

Looking at the mirror through tired eyes

From the R.P.D. ruins to the Spanish dirt

It's a long, cold road paved in blood and hurt

Still holding the line, still taking the stand

Just a survivor with a gun in his hand.

Outro

Fade the lights out...

Just another day on the job.

Silence the sirens...

Fade to black.