[INTRO – Spoken, low growl] The fire never left my skin— and it never left my mind. Death comes for us all… But cops? Cops die screaming. Soon, cop… soon… [VERSE 1 —Tension builds] I was a badge with ambition, a ghost no one believed, A soldier of the system choking in its own deceit. They trained me to fight, to bleed for the blue, But all I ever learned was no one bleeds for you. A burning building, a boy in the door, Fear in his eyes that I never saw before. I raised my gun, thought he lit the spark— Thought I met evil in that smoke-filled dark. He moved— or maybe I just thought he did. My finger twitched, the bullet hid inside an innocent kid. Then the ceiling fell— and the flames bit deep, Left me screaming in a melted heap. I walked out alive, but my face stayed dead. Burnt skin, burnt pride, burnt future in my head. [Pre-Chorus – Chanting, furious] They called me reckless. Called me unfit. Stripped my badge and buried me with it. Let the cops drop— LET THE COPS DROP. Yeah, justice walks among you. [CHORUS Fury] (DIE! DIE! DIE!) Can you feel the knife edge? (DIE! DIE! DIE!) Hear the heartbeat in the city that I’ll judge? (DIE! DIE! DIE!) I will carve my revenge— You can run through the shadows, but you can’t outpace the Skull. I am the avenger of miscarried justice— and I’ll drag you screaming down to hell. [VERSE 2 - Determined, resolute, driven mad] Internal Affairs, bandages tight, They stared at my wrappings like I wasn’t worth the fight. Said the kid was innocent, said the force was done, Said my “heroism” ended with the trigger I spun. No medal. No brothers. No last salute. Just whispers, disgust, and the truth they refute. Bullock stepped back. Gordon looked away. Every cop turned ghost— so I rose from decay. The fire didn’t kill me— it carved out the weak. Left the skull underneath to be the voice I speak. [PRE-CHORUS 2 Resentful] Every cop is a criminal— every criminal a cop. You forced me out of the ranks, now I’m forcing your heartbeat to stop. Let the cops drop. Let the cops drop. Death walks among you. [CHORUS High-energy] (DIE! DIE! DIE!) Feel the sirens fade? (DIE! DIE! DIE!) Hear the panic in the precinct that you made? (DIE! DIE! DIE!) This is your last breath— A clean kill for the first four, but the next two’ll be nice and dirty. You’ll know the king of slaughter’s near— And I’m taking every cop to hell. [VERSE 3 —] Two down in a week, their screams still in my fist, The third would’ve bled if that car hadn’t missed. But the hunt never ends— and I’m back in my den, Sharpening steel for the shadows again. Then he found me— cape, cowl, the bat in black, Hiding in my home like a cowardly rat. He dodged the blade by a breath of air, But I pinned him to the wall, showed him death was fair. “I’m back to form, Batman,” I spat with pride, “The fourth was a clean kill— but you I’ll dirty with my hands open wide.” [PRE-CHORUS 3 Losing control] Let the city tremble. Let the night distort. You don’t chase justice— you chase a corpse. Let the cops drop. Let the cops drop. Vengeance walks among you. [CHORUS — Extended] (DIE! DIE! DIE!) Can you taste the fear? (DIE! DIE! DIE!) Gotham’s heartbeat pounding in your ears? (DIE! DIE! DIE!) Your time has come. I’m the only real cop left alive, the last enforcer of a truth you deny. I’ll tear through your badge, your mask, your pride— and drag you bleeding to the river’s side. [BRIDGE — Maniac Spiral] (manic, fast, echoing) Soon, cop… soon… SOON, cop… SOON— You breathe, I judge. You blink, I strike. You hide, I ignite. I planned to save you for last, Batman, after all the real cops died. But by finding me— by proving you’re better— you only sped up your own demise. Rise from the shadows, fall to the flame— you built this monster, and now he knows your name. Soon… Soon… SOOOOOON— [BREAKDOWN — Shouted / Industrial] I am the burning skull! The fire that truth denied! The executioner Gotham deserves! And the death you can’t outrun tonight! [FINAL CHORUS — Maximum Rage] (DIE! DIE! DIE!) Feel the pavement shake! (DIE! DIE! DIE!) Feel the river drag you to your fate! (DIE! DIE! DIE!) I rise again— Batman thinks I fell and drowned, Gordon thinks my case is closed, But I swim through darkness… with murder in my bones. [OUTRO — Whisper, same as Intro] Soon, cop… soon. Your justice went sour. Your truth came undone. You’re not even real cops! You’re criminals hiding behind the badge you drop! I’m the only real cop this city’s got— And I’ll kill you with my bare hands ’Til the last heartbeat stops!