In the space adventure looter shooter video game, Destiny 2, certain items have lore cards--menu tabs that provide additional backstory or information. One item, a rocket launcher called the Two-Tailed Fox, has a lore card containing what are clearly lyrics in the style of an anime theme song without any in-world context for their existence, and, more pertinently, without any accompanying song.

That original lore card can be found here:
www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/two-tailed-fox

Ever since I read that lore card, I have wanted to make a song to fit them. A quick search on the Destiny Reddit page indicates that other members felt the same way. So I went for it. I made some slight structural changes to the format provided by the lore card, modified one line to be spoken in Japanese, and threw in a couple "yeahs."

Aside from the lore card itself and all the art that surrounds Daito-brand items in the world of Destiny, inspiration came from Trigun, the Sword Art Online: Alicization song "ADAMAS" by LiSA, and a long-held love of absurdly bombastic hair metal.

I hope you enjoy it.
lyrics
BREAKIN’ THRU THE DAWN
THE HOPE OF LIGHT I AM
THE CHOSEN OF THE TRAVELER

YEAH

WITH TRUSTED FRIENDS AND THE PROMISE OF HOPE
MY EXPLOSIVE POWER WILL NEVER BE ERASED

SHINING POWER
KITSUNE
OVERFLOWING POWER
KITSUNE

YOUR NON-STOP POWER CUTS THE NIGHT
YOUR NON-STOP POWER ERASES ALL DOUBT

CHAOS FIRE
CHAOS FIRE
CHAOS FIRE
YEAH YEAH YEAH

GETTING STRONGER
SUBDUING THE THREAT

YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO RELENT TO ME

EVEN WHEN THE FIRE
OF MY SOUL IS DWINDLING

I HAVE THE POWER OF MY
KITSUNE

SHINING POWER
KITSUNE
CHAOS FIRE CHAOS FIRE
OVERFLOWING POWER
KITSUNE
CHAOS FIRE CHAOS FIRE
YOUR NON-STOP POWER CUTS THE NIGHT
YOUR NON-STOP POWER ERASES ALL DOUBT

この手の銃の呼び声が、私の強さの源

SHINING POWER
KITSUNE
credits
released February 21, 2020
Music written, mixed, and mastered by Stettes, who also played everything, except drums.
Drums by Ben Stahl
Lyrics by Bungie (have attempted to track down the specific writer and have not yet succeeded)
Additional vocals: AO (www.fiverr.com/aozora_teru)
Voiceover and translation: Kojiasano (www.fiverr.com/kojiasano)
Album art: GHOSTBAT (www.facebook.com/ghostbatartwork/)

Kitsune! (The Two-Tailed Fox Song)

Michael C. Stettes is a musician in the Baltimore/DC region. 