From the abyss... we felt the fever rise
A crimson memory behind our eyes
We saw the first pulse from the silent black
A warning sent that never could turn back
From Proxima Centauri, a fever-pulse did burn
Which in its passing, woke the shade of Barnard's Star in turn
The light of distant YZ Ceti twisted in its cell
And from that sickness, a cosmic decree fell
The ancient wardens, Luyten and Kapteyn's might
Could not contain the spreading, burning light
We saw two fangs of venom in the ether gleam
Born from the heart of that corrupted dream
The first, 61 Cygni, spat its poison far and wide
Which struck the second, Epsilon Indi, where it could not hide
Now two cursed beacons burn beneath the bleeding skies!
We watched the greater shadow on the cosmos fall
As Tau Ceti echoed the serpent's call
That dying scream awoke a tyrant from its ancient throne
The great Delta Pavonis, now reigning all alone
Lost in the void where wild Eridani once streamed
A vortex churned, more terrible than we had dreamed
And in the heart of this galactic, raging storm...
The plague now reached our home to take its form...
The star we worshipped now pronounces doom
Infected by the all-consuming gloom!
The fire that gave life now brings the end!
Behold the fury of your own star's might!
THE SUN !!!
Cosmic fire, a universe ablaze!
The stars align to end our mortal days
Their silent judgment echoes through the void
A destiny of darkness, worlds destroyed!
The celestial court assembled, not for war, but for the fall
When Alpha Centauri's twin light shattered before us all
A whispering shadow from the distant traitor, Alcor
Had turned the kings against themselves, and settled an old score
The beast, Denebola, howled to see the vacant throne
Its challenge answered by the hellhound Sirius's bone-chilling drone
The blade of Zavijava fell, no longer sharp or bright
And the celestial axe of Altaïr was swallowed by the night
The twin fury of Mizar split the heavens in two
And from that open wound, a piercing shriek the cry of Vega flew
The southern claw of torment:
Zubeneschamali!
Then forged a crown of thorns from light for all the host to see
And on that crown, the crushing weight of Merak sealed their dread
And closed the cosmic gate of Alpheratz upon the living and the dead
Cosmic fire, a universe ablaze!
The stars align to end our mortal days
Their silent judgment echoes through the void
A destiny of darkness, worlds destroyed!
The northern constellations saw their legends die
As Polaris, the guardian, was blinded by the dragon's eye
The stare of death from Eltanin had turned its light to grey
And the hunter's belt unraveled, its fires stolen away
For Saiph, the giant's sword, was drawn against its own
It pierced the heart of Alnilam, whose final light was thrown
Upon the crushing heel of Rigel as it fell
Turning the battlefield of gods into a silent hell
The swan's dark heart, the gloom of Deneb, beat its last slow rhyme
As kneeling Rasalgethi gave its final breath to time
The wound of Mira pulsed, its lifeblood bleeding into space
To feed the rage of crimson Antares in that forsaken place
The shoulder of the giant, Betelgeuse, began to swell with fire
Announcing the two crimson kings of the funeral pyre:
The tyrant's scream of V Cephei & the blood of Mu Cephei's star
The final lords before the titans ended this long war
Now... behold the final reign of titans, born of all that died
Where UY Scuti's shield of blackness makes the cosmos hide
Canis Majoris unleashes its power!
An endless storm of chaos rages, where all worlds now cease
The chilling, endless hurricane of KY Cygni knows no peace
And on a throne of dying stars, where all is dark and still...
The hellish, blood-soaked titan, Stephenson, imposes its cold will