["Shadows Whisper My Name in the Alleyways"]
Shadows whisper my name in the alleyways, Another night, another life I erase.
No more symbols of hope, no more righteous lies,
Just a gleam of vengeance in these hollow eyes.
I wore a cape like a promise, a vow to defend,
But promises break and all good things end.
Now I stalk through the darkness, a judge and a knife,
And the only thing I bring is the end of your life.
The rain watches nothing clean in this godless place,
Just traces of blood on this broken face.
I remember a boy in a theater staring at pearls,
Now I'm the trauma I swore I'd never hurl.
You wanted a savior, a light in the gloom,
I'm the shadow that swallows you whole in this room.
The BMO was a warning, a creature of night,
Now I'm the embodiment of your endless fright.
Of your endless fright.
I am the judgment in the black,
The final breath you won't get back.
No redemption, no remorse,
I am the nightmare's brutal force.
This city begged for a darker head,
Now I am the law they don't understand.
I am the wrath, I am the flood,
I am the night washed in blood.
You took her from me, you thought you had won,
But you just awakened something that can't be undone.
I don't wear the mask to hide my own fear,
I'll wear it so you see death coming near.
No more rules to bind me, no more lines to cross,
Every life I take is another world's loss.
But loss is the language this city understands,
So I'll speak it with violence, with these bloodstained hands.
Ra's al Ghul saw the beast I could be,
Now his prophecy is all that's left of me.
Batman is dead, he said with a grin,
And the monster he wanted now lives within.
I don't fight for justice or some greater good,
I fight because the fire in me says I should.
It's not about saving, it's about making you pay,
For turning my purpose to ashes and clay.
I am the judgment in the black,
The final breath you won't get back.
No redemption, no remorse,
I am the nightmare's brutal force.
This city begged for a darker hand,
Now I am the law they don't understand.
I am the wrath, I am the flood,
I am the night washed in blood.
They called me hero once, a knight in the gloom,
Now I'm the reaper standing in this room.
The bat was a symbol, a sign of the just,
Now it's a warning carved into the dust.
I don't seek the light, I don't want the dawn,
I am the darkness you can't outrun.
I am the consequence you never saw coming,
I am the end of all your calling.
I am the judgment in the black,
The final breath you won't get back.
No redemption, no remorse,
I am the nightmare's brutal force.
This city begged for a darker hand,
Now I am the law they don't understand.
I am the wrath, I am the flood,
I am the night washed in blood.
Some prettier gods scream into the night,
I am the silence that ends your fight.
No more Batman, just the ghost of his rage.
Turn the final page, the billboard is gone.
Long live the bat,
Welcome to my hell.
And that is that.
