The air weighs heavily on my back a
Nd sits as stone on my shoulders
I wake face down on the ground
With the smoky taste of burned soil

I open my eyes to a charred landscape
Of trees and homes scorched to black
Of hills of dark and smoldering ash
To towering stacks of skulls

Death blankets the whole earth
Like a dust that spreads its wings and settles on everything
The smoke trails on for miles
We fight just to breathe

I am the serotinous seed
Amidst the black I bloom, birthed of blood and fire
Built to prosper in the black
I am serotinous, built to defy the hand of death

The white sun is smeared behind a charcoal sky
The bullets of light pierce through the inky clouds
Blessed with the strength of life, blessed with a life in death
I was made to take the hard road, blessed with a curse

Bring your fire here, call me to rise
And I will reach the heavens
I am the serotinous seed!
Raise the siege, raise the flags
Raise the siege, cry havoc!
And let slip the dogs of war!