There's no apathy or lucidity Cruelty took the love from me There is no escape for what I became Justice in and out shall rise again ♪ From the edge of the world Forged and molded by pain, nothing's in vain New life dressed in black The ronin wears the mask, a man on his task Shadows return Flames reflecting outside through the eyes of the old Better die as the brave than live enough to become a villain in shame ♪ Killing jokes, deadly enigma It's hard to solve, constant stigma Freeze and burn, point of no return A toxic nightmare Nine lives, nine chances A living garden Two faces through a mourning heart Collecting scars Clouds over Gotham Clouds over Gotham ♪ Clouds over Gotham Clouds over Gotham ♪ Years of nights deemed by crime Fear is trying to blind the hope and the sight A flash of light breaks the city skyline, the voice will be heard It's time to rise and reveal what is here In shape of man and machine, in shape of man and machine Killing jokes, deadly enigma It's hard to solve, constant stigma Freeze and burn, point of no return A toxic nightmare Nine lives, nine chances A living garden Two faces through a mourning heart Collecting scars Clouds over Gotham Clouds over Gotham ♪ Clouds over Gotham Clouds over Gotham ♪ A victim of the circumstances Premature childhood's ending The pain, just one more piece in the game The mask is not to hide who you are But to create who you've become In all the years to come There's no apathy or lucidity Cruelty took the love from me There is no escape for what I became Justice in and out shall rise again, shall rise again Killing jokes, deadly enigma It's hard to solve, constant stigma Freeze and burn, point of no return A toxic nightmare Nine lives, nine chances A living garden Two faces through a mourning heart Collecting scars Clouds over Gotham (freeze and burn, point of no return) Clouds over Gotham (a mourning heart collecting scars) Freeze and burn, point of no return Clouds over Gotham (a mourning heart collecting scars) Clouds over Gotham