The Ranger Command

[Intro] Radio static hums in the night Desert winds howl, no end in sight This is Ranger Command calling home If you hear us You’re already alone [Verse 1] Boots in dust, coats torn and dry Bronze sun burning holes in the sky We walk the line where the dead don’t sleep Counting bullets, counting grief Badges rusted, names erased Justice lost in a wasteland place We don’t ask if the flag still flies We bury friends and move on dry-eyed [Chorus] Rangers strike, we burn the dust Anti-materiel rounds in our fists of rust Crushing skulls, shattering bones Metal and fire, flesh and groans No mercy given, no warning made The wasteland screams, the weak obey We rise, we hunt, we blaze the night Rangers endure, we bring the fight [Verse 2] Rifles hum like thunderous roars We sweep the towns, we lock the doors Every shot a reckoning, every flare a scream We carve our path through nightmare and dream They call us heroes, call us right But heroes bleed in the desert night We answer only to the code The path of steel, the dusty road [Chorus] Rangers strike, we burn the dust Anti-materiel rounds in our fists of rust Crushing skulls, shattering bones Metal and fire, flesh and groans No mercy given, no warning made The wasteland screams, the weak obey We rise, we hunt, we blaze the night Rangers endure, we bring the fight [Bridge] I’ve seen brothers fade in sand Watched the line slip through my hands If this is peace, it tastes like lead If this is life, we’re half-dead [Verse 3] Radio crackles, orders bleed Hold the line, retreat, repeat The desert learns our every name Carves it deep, then does the same One more march through scorched remains One more town we couldn’t save If judgment comes, it won’t be kind It’ll wear our face and call it time [Final Chorus] Rangers strike, we burn the dust Anti-materiel rounds in fists of rust Shatter the walls, crush all in sight Metal and fire, flesh and fright No mercy given, no soul survives Only the strong, only the knives We rise, we hunt, we blaze the night Rangers endure, we bring the fight [Outro] This is Ranger Command No backup No relief Still standing