I Came to Warn You - Thousand Sons Origin Song | Warhammer 40K Song

Song 5 of 12 on the Thousand Sons album. It's quite long and I may end up making a shorter version of this later, but don't hold me to it because I really like this one. After discovering that Horus had betrayed the Imperium, Magnus the Red used a massive psychic ritual to warn the Emperor despite the Edict of Nikaea forbidding such acts. His message breached the Emperor’s secret human Webway project beneath Terra, shattering its psychic wards and allowing daemonic forces to invade the Webway. Though Magnus acted to save humanity, his warning catastrophically damaged the Emperor’s plans and sealed the fate of the Thousand Sons. DISCLAIMER: This song was made with AI-assisted music tools. I research the lore, I write/edit lyrics, I choose the key and song structure, I choose what genre, instruments, and vocal styles to use, I edit the songs until they feel how I want them to, and I use a piece of software that I programmed to get the visualizer in. I have some musical experience, but I am not a professional musician; I am just a longtime nerd who loves music and Warhammer 40K lore. Lyrics: [Intro] In the first black hush I heard it crack A brother’s light turning ash a golden far-off throne forged by holy fire a brothers name beneath the ire [Verse 1] I saw the signs in Horus in the blood behind his eyes I felt the chain of treason coil through the stars in silence I stood before my father with truth like knives in hand but every path to warning was a road I’d barely stand The skein was torn and burning the future split in two I heard my sons of sorrow and I knew what I must do If I stayed, the dark would spread if I spoke, I’d pay the cost I chose the knife of heaven though I knew I would be lost [Pre-Chorus] I crossed the red threshold I bled for every mile I cast my soul in ruin to reach the palace walls I knew the gate was sacred I knew the seal was deep I went to save mankind and walked into the sleep [Chorus] Father, hear me now I came to warn you Father, hear me now I broke the sky for you Horus has fallen and I cannot undo Father, hear me now I came to warn you [Verse 2] My spirit burned in lightning through the void between the worlds I pressed against the warding where the emperor’s light was curled I pushed beyond the mercy of every ward and chain and in my desperate reaching I became the blade of pain Below the shining palace a hidden dream was crowned a secret road of mankind lay trembling underground I touched the wound I never meant to touch with mortal mind and in my love for saving I left a grave behind The lock became a thunder The seal became a dream I heard the cost arrive before I heard the scream I was your son in warning I was your ruin in breath I came to hand you fire and handed you death [Chorus] Father, hear me now I came to warn you Father, hear me now I broke the sky for you Horus has fallen and I cannot undo Father, hear me now I came to warn you [Breakdown] Ash in the vaults glass in the dark the hidden road splinters apart Steel and sigil stone and bone every door I saved becomes a tombstone No more way through No more return I lift my hands and watch them burn [Bridge] If I had been silent the knife might have stayed hidden If I had been wiser the wound might have been forgiven But I was made to know and made to choose too late A son who saw too much and arrived at the gate I tried to save the world with a broken, sacred cry Now every step I took is the reason why [Final Chorus] Father, hear me now I came to warn you Father, hear me now I broke the sky for you Horus has fallen and I cannot undo Father, hear me now I came to warn you [Outro] The palace still remembers what my hands set free I stand inside the silence of what will never be Noble in my sorrow ruined by my truth I saved what I was reaching for and damned it in the proof