Intro (distant roar) Verse 1 Skulls march forward, clad in black and bone Obsessed with death, they'll try to claim the throne Ribcage armor, hollow eyes The scourge of the living come to take their prize Conjuring ghouls from beyond the grave Sacrifices to the shadows are what they crave They worship darkness, cold and deep To build their kingdom where corpses sleep Pre-Chorus From the fiery pit, the Hellions rise Fire blazing in their eyes The flames fly high when they start the show As they battle the Skulls in the streets of King's Row Chorus Skulls!—lords of the grave domain Hellions!—born of chaos and flame Blood runs red and shadows run black When the gangs of Paragon go on the attack! Verse 2 The Damned are screaming while the embers rain The fury of demons running through their veins Pentagrams carved in blackened skin Letting the demonic powers in Anarchy reigns in ritual fire Feeding hate to something higher Jeering loud as the skyline burns Every law they crush and turn Pre-Chorus Shadow meets flame, the war ignites In alleys and streets over bragging rights The capes and the cops can't detain them all On the corpse of the city, the victors stand tall Chorus Skulls!—drag you down below Hellions!—killers of the status quo Bone against blaze, their war cries ring One will lose it all 'cause only one can be the king [Bridge (slow, crushing)] Bone… cracks… under heat… Darkness… bleeds… through the street… Ash to ash, shadow to dust Paragon falls, a city crushed Breakdown DIG THE GRAVES! (Skulls arise!) BURN THE WORLD! (Hellions cry!) BONE AND FIRE—COLLIDE TONIGHT! ENDLESS WAR—NO END IN SIGHT! Solo Section (chaotic, dissonant) Final Chorus Skulls!—sitting on their throne of decay Hellions!—immolate it all away No mercy here, all hail the lords Of shadow and sulphur and all of their hordes Outro When the night at last gives way to dawn At the end of the war of the devil's spawn The City of Heroes reduced to ash As the gangs of Paragon clash!
