The gilded crown sits heavy on deceit A ruler stained by broken oaths and lies he won't repeat While painted smiles conceal the jester's teeth (twisted beneath) The king commands with honor long betrayed The fool delights in torment he has made Behind the throne, a whisper finds its way The counselor plots ruin night and day *Like poison dripped in golden chalices When corruption spreads through marble palaces, it falls* I'm shadow, I'm death Blade in shadow, walking through the court The way I strike is justice I've been taught I'm dancing with the night I'm blade, I'm death (yeah, yeah) My steel will sing on (I'm darkness) It's my sacred vow, the time is now No tyrant breaks my will We are the daggers they never saw Through the gilded halls, we answer law To end the reign of cruelty's cruel crown (bring it down) Blood for blood, the judgment's made Together we move when darkness preys The assassin's guild becomes the reckoning, yeah We are the blade that cuts through treachery We are the truth that shatters royal lies Heart to heart, through the shadowed court we'll rise, so high I'm shadow, I'm death Blade in shadow, walking through the court The way I strike is justice I've been taught I'm dancing with the night I'm blade, I'm death (yeah, yeah) My steel will sing on, yeah It's my sacred vow, the time is now No tyrant breaks my will I'm not here for your games or your twisted display! (Don't resist, you won't survive this day) It's my duty to end what you've made! (That vengeance is too dangerous, you couldn't control it) Watch me now, 'cause I'm the one who holds it! I'm done with your reign, and I'm done with the pain! It must sting to see you couldn't stop this blade When you tried to crush and corrupt our land In what reality does evil make you grand? Rising through the dark (Embrace it, unleash it, claim the night) I'm death... oh... I'm death of fools Blade in shadow, walking through the court The way I strike is justice I've been taught I'm dancing with the night I'm assassin, I'm death (yeah, yeah,) My steel will sing on (I'm throne-sworn) It's my sacred vow, the time is now No tyrant breaks my will
