When once, long ago

I was worn down and abused

The strongest took the spoils, and

Then we fell down at their shoes

But now, they are gone

And my sanity's kept by my chains

So I bear them both in faith and hate

For family and all that remains

Fight, to ignite

Not for Gods nor the coming of night

If I'm the last of the men to fall

Then this warrior's growing in might

For fear and for love

And survival when push comes to shove

The Red Hood is coming to take you home

The bearer of Soul and of light

And old kings will fade

When the last of the light's fading too

The castles long have fallen, and

The paintings faded blue

So here, now you stand

We are human yet both something new

The last prize has been taken

Now the Red Hood faces you

Fight, to ignite

Not for Gods nor the coming of night

If I'm the last of the men to fall

Then this warrior's growing in might

For fear and for love

And survival when push comes to shove

The Red Hood is coming to take you home

The bearer of Soul and of light

Though some of us won't make it back

We're following into the black

Unknown for a long lost throne we rise again

Where others might look for escape

These lights in the dark search for grace

Once lost to a blood-soaked cause

I will rise

Here in the ashes balanced and whole

Endlessly searching for power and soul

At the end of all the ages

In the last of my crusades

You're the Red Hood's last contender

But your world must fade away

Though graceless and exiled

Still loyal the same

Returning to roots through the

Dark and the flame

When lords rise against

Have it writ on their graves

The last soul was claimed by a mortal unnamed

Fight, to ignite

Not for Gods nor the coming of night

If I'm the last of the men to fall

Then this warrior's growing in might

For fear and for love

And survival when push comes to shove

The Red Hood is coming to take you home

The bearer of Soul and of light

We will die again

At the fire's end

Over and over

At the end of time

We will testify

We rise again