[Intro - low, controlled] You know the Crane. White mask. Clean hands. Good girl. You don't know me. [Verse 1] Footsteps climbing where the walls should end One sharp turn and I'm behind you again No straight lines, no warning signs Gravity can wait its fucking turn tonight You saw her bow You saw her smile You watched Black Crane play hero for a while She gives you mercy, gives you time I only came because you crossed the line [Pre-Chorus] Same hands Same blade Same blood underneath Different promise Different name Different set of teeth [Chorus - aggressive] BLACK RAPTOR I don't circle, I descend BLACK RAPTOR I don't warn you twice again Run the rooftops Lock the doors I will find another way The Crane can save you The Crane can wait I came to make you pay BLACK RAPTOR [Verse 2] Kick, turn, cut — redirect the force Take your strongest hit and change its course Every angle bends when I decide You can watch the rules fall off the side I learned patience in a tournament ring Learned exactly what a clean strike brings But there are lessons trophies never teach Like how far you go when justice cannot reach [Pre-Chorus] Same eyes Same scars Same heartbeat in the dark One protects One hunts Tell me which one leaves the mark [Chorus] BLACK RAPTOR I don't circle, I descend BLACK RAPTOR I don't warn you twice again Run the rooftops Lock the doors I will find another way The Crane can save you The Crane can wait I came to make you pay BLACK RAPTOR [Breakdown - heavy, stop-start] Wall. Floor. Ceiling. Move. Wrong way. No way. I make a new route. Step. Turn. Vector. Strike. You follow the rules. I follow you. [Verse 3 - darker] There was a night I should've gone back home Heart in my throat, finally ready to be known I had the words I had the nerve I had two people I thought I'd always have Then somebody took tomorrow away Left me with questions nobody could name They tell me, "Wait." They tell me, "Heal." They tell me justice needs time to become real How much time? How many graves? How many monsters get another fucking day? [Bridge - quiet, restrained] Black Crane says, "Don't become what hurt you." I know. Black Crane says, "There has to be a line." I know. Black Crane says, "Come home." ... Not yet. [Build] Because somewhere out there Someone knows why Someone said the words Someone gave the sign And when I find them They won't see white They'll see red Cutting through the night [Final Chorus - huge, screamed backing vocals] BLACK RAPTOR I don't circle, I descend BLACK RAPTOR I'm the road that has no end Run the rooftops Cross the city Disappear without a trace The Crane wants justice The Crane wants hope I want the fucking names BLACK RAPTOR No wings needed when the walls obey BLACK RAPTOR Every vector points the same damn way You can call me vicious Call me wrong Call me everything she isn't But when the heroes stop— I don't. [Outro - quiet female vocal] Same hands. Same blade. Same girl beneath the mask. Black Crane asks who I want to be. Black Raptor asks... who's next?
