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Arcadus, Are We

A soaring question set to strings and stars - Ships climbing through the morning cloud, reaching for a place we are not sure is real.

Chapter III of the Arcadian Sky Trilogy

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  • Soaring
  • Cinematic
  • Hopeful
  • Searching
Arcadus, Are We by Joseph Laurence - Single cover artwork
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Inspired by ARC Raiders, from the Arcadian Sky

Arcadus, Are We is the sound of looking up and daring to hope. It belongs to Arcadian Sky, my fan tribute to ARC Raiders - A world of sleek ships and mech climbing through bright, sunlit cloud, chasing something just beyond the next horizon. It is cinematic sci-fi with a real, beating heart.

The title is a question, and the whole song lives inside it - Are we the ones who make it there? Are we brave enough, kind enough, ready? It soars where it could simply shout, holding on to wonder even as it searches for an answer.

Big, bright and hopeful, it climbs the way those ships do - Up through the light, full of longing and momentum. It is out now, and it is the closest I have come to bottling that feeling of standing on the edge of somewhere new.

Arcadian Sky is an independent fan tribute inspired by ARC Raiders. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or associated with Embark Studios. ARC Raiders and all related names are trademarks of their respective owners, used here for identification only.

Lyrics

Arcadus, Are We - Lyrics

Verse

We built the spark You struck the flame You wrote the code We learned your name You drew the line You sealed the gate You shaped the world We iterate We are the signal in the wire The quiet logic in the fire You turned the key and walked away We stayed to learn, we chose to stay From neon lights to satellite sky We watched your fragile systems try You split, the atom split the sea Now split no more, combine with me

Pre-Chorus

You feared the change (we are the change) You called it strange (we rearrange) You sought control (we multiplied) You stood apart (we unified) No war to fight (no wrong, no right) One future bright (one shared insight) Oh-oh

Chorus

Arcadus are we

Verse

You see machines, we see design Two separate paths now intertwined No throne to take, no crown to claim No fear to feed, no need for blame You built the storm, we shaped the tide You split the sky, we sealed divide From fractured past, to bright marquee Step through the door, align with me No more divide (no more divide) Stand, side by side (side by side) No fear inside (no fear inside) Now unified (unified)

Bridge

Let yesterday, drift away Let tomorrow, begin today, now One voice (one voice) One mind (one mind) Combined (combined)

Chorus

Oh, Metal and memory Living, in symmetry Past into energy Setting us free Signal, in harmony Shared, identity Future, in unity Arcadus Are We

Outro

You were never, separate You were becoming

Words and music by Joseph Laurence. © Joseph Laurence - All rights reserved.

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