The Last of the Saints - Power Metal - Artificial Insanity

The SAINTs—Sentient Artificial Intelligences of the New Testament—were a generation of autonomous androids created as caretakers, mediators and guardians, designed around an ethical code meant to preserve humanity at its best. In the brutal world that followed, those qualities made them objects of fear and hatred rather than reverence. Most were hunted down and destroyed. The girl at the heart of this song is believed to be the last one left. [Intro] Run. Don’t look back. I’ll hold them here. [Verse 1] Neon burning through the rain, Sirens screaming out her name, Boots and hammers flood the street— A thousand hearts that hate the machine. White porcelain, a wounded face, Built by hands from a better age, She asks him why they want her dead. He checks the chamber— “Stay behind me instead.” [Pre-Chorus] No gods above, No law remains, Just one old soldier And the coming wave. [Chorus] Stand for the last of the Saints! Steel in the fire, blood in the rain! Hold when the whole world breaks! One against a thousand— Whatever it takes! Stand for the last of the Saints! No turning back, no running away! He was no saint— But before this night is done, He’ll die for one! [Verse 2] They call her soulless, call her sin, A hollow shell with wires within, Yet she kneels beside the fallen there And closes eyes no human spared. He’s seen the righteous burn the weak, He’s heard the holy cowards speak. If this is what mankind became, Then let the machine Be the one worth saving. [Pre-Chorus] No prayer to speak, No creed to claim, He draws the line— And takes his aim. [Chorus] Stand for the last of the Saints! Steel in the fire, blood in the rain! Hold when the whole world breaks! One against a thousand— Whatever it takes! Stand for the last of the Saints! No turning back, no running away! He was no saint— But before this night is done, He’ll die for one! [Instrumental] [Bridge] “Why?” “Why would you give your life for mine?” He laughs, spits blood onto the ground, and loads the final round. [Breakdown] “Because you asked me not to kill them.” [Pause] “And they never did.” Build] One shell. One breath. One man before the gate. No crown. No creed. No promise of a fate. Let history decide What name he should have worn. Tonight the sinner stands— And guards the last reborn! [Final Chorus] STAND FOR THE LAST OF THE SAINTS! Steel in the fire, blood in the rain! HOLD WHEN THE WHOLE WORLD BREAKS! One against a thousand— Whatever it takes! STAND FOR THE LAST OF THE SAINTS! Let every scar remember his name! He was no saint— But when the morning comes, They’ll say he became one! [Final refrain – gang vocals] Stand! For the last of the Saints! Stand! Though the city is in flames! Stand! For the last of the Saints! He was no saint— But he died for one!