[The Red Flare] [ Verse 1: Intimate Vulnerable Male Vocals ] Cold rain washes over the dark Halloween street, The Mayor is dead where the shadows all meet. Green duct tape is wrapped round his head in a square, A card for The Batman is left in the air. [ Pre-Chorus 1: Building Emotional Tension, Passionate Female Vocals ] The city is screaming through silence and cold, The secrets of fathers are starting to unfold. [ Chorus 1: Upfront Duet, Clear Tight Vocal Harmonies ] A city in shadow is searching for light, Walking through fire in the dead of the night. When justice is hollow and mercy is gone, The cycle of anger keeps carrying on. [ Verse 2: Intimate Emotional Female Vocals ] In Forty-Four Below where the heavy bass glares, Selina is hunting for ghosts on the stairs. The D.A. crashes through the funeral wall, With a bomb on his neck as the witnesses fall. [ Pre-Chorus 2: Building Emotional Tension, Passionate Female Vocals ] The truth is a poison that nobody wants, The sins of the legacy are more than just haunts. [ Chorus 2: Upfront Duet, Clear Tight Vocal Harmonies ] To heal from the damage we have to see clear, Breaking the chains of a lifetime of fear. The past is a weight that we carry alone, Built on a foundation of lies and of stone. [ Instrumental Break: Male Vocals ] [Instrumental Break - Fingerpicked Acoustic Guitar Solo] [ Bridge 1: Dry Duet Vocals, Crisp Piano, Tight Rhythm ] Twin-turbo engines are starting to roar, The black beast of iron is hunting for more. Tearing through rain on a highway of oil, Watching the plans of the villain uncoil. [ Verse 3: Intimate Vulnerable Male Vocals ] The Renewal fund was a lie from the start, Falcone held Gotham right deep in his heart. The sins of the father are hidden in ink, Watching the city start slowly to sink. [ Pre-Chorus 3: Building Emotional Tension, Passionate Female Vocals ] The masks that we wear are the prices we pay, To keep all the monsters and demons at bay. [ Chorus 3: Upfront Duet, Clear Tight Vocal Harmonies ] The morning is coming but looks different now, Fulfilling a promise and keeping a vow. We cannot erase every wound we have made, But we can step out of the heavy cascade. [ Bridge 2: Dry Duet Vocals, Crisp Piano, Tight Rhythm ] Behind Arkham glass where the orphans are bound, Seven big bombs will soon shake all the ground. Vengeance will never undo what is past, But hope is a vision that's built here to last. [ Verse 4: Intimate Emotional Female Vocals ] The Garden is drowning as snipers take aim, The Riddler has finished his ultimate game. The red flare is burning to lead them through grime, Pulling the lost from the wreckage and crime. [ Pre-Chorus 4: Building Emotional Tension, Passionate Female Vocals ] The cycle is broken by choice and by grace, Looking the future right deep in the face. [ Final Chorus: Upfront Duet, Clear Tight Vocal Harmonies ] Hope is the power that changes the end, Healing the pieces we cannot defend. The path of the survivor is narrow and steep, But this is the vigil we’re chosen to keep. [ Outro: Upfront Dry Duet, Fading Emotional Resonance ] At the cemetery gates where the paths divide, Selina is leaving, she's finished the ride. The Batman remains as the sun starts to rise, With weight of the city still deep in his eyes.
