[Intro] (Ticking clock. Soft piano. Distant rain.) Everyone sees the mask. Everyone sees the legend. But legends leave patterns. And patterns... can be solved. [Verse 1] I watched him from the rooftops, counted every move. Every time the darkness came, I watched him disappear into it. There was something in the way he stood. Something in the way he fought. Something underneath the symbol that nobody else had caught. The city called him Batman. I called him Bruce. [Pre-Chorus] You thought the mask could hide the truth. But I followed every shadow back to you. I found the man behind the myth. And now I know what you've been carrying. [Chorus] I KNOW WHO YOU ARE! I KNOW WHAT YOU HIDE! I SEE THE MAN BEHIND THE EYES! You don't need another soldier. You don't need another ghost. You need someone beside you when the darkness gets too close. You can push me away. You can tell me I'm wrong. But Batman can't survive forever if he's always standing alone. [Verse 2] I saw what happened when the darkness won. I saw another Robin become a loaded gun. I saw the empty space where someone used to be. And I realized the city wasn't the only thing you couldn't see. You were losing yourself. One night at a time. And every time you said, "I'm fine," I knew you were lying. [Pre-Chorus] So I followed every clue. Every scar. Every fight. Every impossible disappearance in the dead of night. And the answer wasn't complicated. It was standing right in front of me. You don't need someone to become you. You need someone to remind you who you are. [Chorus] I KNOW WHO YOU ARE! I KNOW WHAT YOU HIDE! I SEE THE MAN BEHIND THE EYES! You don't need another soldier. You don't need another ghost. You need someone beside you when the darkness gets too close. You can push me away. You can tell me I'm wrong. But Batman can't survive forever if he's always standing alone. [Bridge] (Music drops to piano and heartbeat.) Jason is gone. Dick has flown. Bruce... you're still here. And maybe that's enough. Maybe the answer was never another weapon. Maybe it was never another soldier. Maybe you just needed someone who could look at you and say: "Come home." (Beat.) You don't have to do this alone. [Build] (Ticking accelerates. Drums enter.) I solved the mystery. I found the truth. I found the man beneath the cowl. And I won't let him disappear. [Verse 3] Years keep turning. The city keeps changing. And somewhere along the way, so did I. I was the kid who followed. The one who watched. The one who believed that being Robin was all I could become. But I learned something from every scar. I don't have to stay where I started. [Pre-Chorus 2] I can carry the symbol without carrying the shadow. I can honor the past without becoming trapped inside it. I don't need to replace you. I don't need to become you. I just need to become the best version of myself. [Chorus 2] I WAS ROBIN! I KNOW WHO I AM! I FOUGHT BESIDE THE BAT AND I LEARNED HOW TO STAND! I don't need another title. I don't need another name. I earned every scar that brought me to this place. I was your partner. I was your soldier. But now I'm stepping forward. And I'm getting older. [Breakdown] (Music cuts.) My name is Tim Drake. I was Robin. (Heartbeat.) But Robin was never the end of my story. [Music explodes] I'M RED ROBIN! I'M STILL HERE! I CARRIED THE DARKNESS AND I WALKED THROUGH THE FEAR! I'M RED ROBIN! LOOK AT ME NOW! I DON'T NEED YOUR SHADOW TO SHOW ME HOW! I FOUND MY OWN WINGS! I FOUND MY OWN WAY! And I'm not disappearing when the night turns gray! [Final Chorus] I'M RED ROBIN! REMEMBER THE NAME! Not a replacement. Not a copy. Not another piece of Batman's game. I'M RED ROBIN! AND I'M STANDING TALL! You taught me how to rise every time I fall. I know who you are. You know who I've become. The detective found the answer. And the answer was... I AM THE ONE. [Outro] (Music fades into a quiet piano melody.) I was Robin. I will always remember who I was. But I finally understand... I don't have to stay there. (Beat.) My name is Tim Drake. ... Red Robin. [Final sound] A cape snaps in the wind. The ticking clock stops.
