One falls. Ten rise. You won't see us. You'll feel the tide. Black cloth, red thread, steel against stone Learned to move quiet before we were grown Up before daylight, drilling till dark Every mistake left a lesson and mark Hands wrapped tight and the grip won't slip Rain rolls cold from the blade to the wrist Hold that position, don't break that line A hundred different hearts keeping one time From the fire escape to the factory floor We know every lock, every roof, every door While they watch the street, we move overhead One word travels on a thousand threads Footfall in the shadows One falls, ten rise Black and red together Taking back the night Footfall in the shadows Steel beneath the cloth You can stop the first wave You can't stop us all He put an edge on the hunger we brought Gave us a purpose the daylight forgot We took the oath and we paid in sweat Now every rooftop remembers our step No lone crown, no chase for applause We move when he moves, his cause is our cause Your watch sees nothing, your gates stay closed But the room goes cold and the curtain blows From the fire escape to the factory floor We know every lock, every roof, every door While they watch the street, we move overhead One word travels on a thousand threads Footfall in the shadows One falls, ten rise Black and red together Taking back the night Footfall in the shadows Steel beneath the cloth You can stop the first wave You can't stop us all Who holds the rooftops? We do. Who moves the borders? We do. Who takes the city? We do. And when he calls us? We move. This block, this borough This town, this coast The map gets smaller The ranks still grow Same oath, same hunger On foreign ground You'll know our rhythm When your lights go out Footfall in the shadows One falls, ten rise Black and red together Taking back the night Footfall in the shadows Steel beneath the cloth You can stop the first wave You can't stop us all Footfall in the shadows Beyond the city walls One command gets whispered A thousand blades answer the call Footfall in the shadows No glory, no disguise Just black and red advancing One falls, ten rise One falls. Ten rise.
