Red Cloak Night

Lyrics

Verse 1
I moved in the fog, blade tucked low
They took vows in gold, I took the code
Templar on the wall with the sealed-up mouth
I read their hands, then I cut them out

They tax the bread, they chain the choice
Tell the poor man, "kneel" with a holy voice
But I saw the cage in the chapel glass
Saw a child lose years to the priestly ash

So I walk like debt when the moon is black
One step in, then I don't look back
Names on a ledger, ink and bone
I leave one mark, then I leave them cold

No crown on me, no saint above
Just a hard old oath and a street tough love
If they own your will, then they own your breath
So I came for the chains with a quiet death

Pre-Chorus
Hear that hush in the alleyway
That's the truth they can't wash away
If they lock your mind, I break that lock
If they call it fate, I call it fraud

Chorus
Free will, free will
I die for that
Free will, free will
I ride for that
Templar fall, let 'em hear that crack
Free will, free will
I keep you back

Verse 2
Midnight rain on the courthouse steps
Paper in my coat, and a debt unswept
Bishop with a ring and a polished smile
He sold hope by the pound for a while

I slid through the hall with a saint's disguise
Saw fear in the eyes, saw lies in the ties
Old men preaching with a velvet tongue
While the young got bent till their hearts went numb

I don't save kings, I save the kid
I save the woman they said was "his"
I save the worker with the split-up hand
I save the ones that the book won't stand

One cut for the lie, one cut for the chain
One cut for the mark they can't explain
When the bells ring loud and the smoke rolls thin
People wake up whole, and they breathe again

Pre-Chorus
Hear that hush in the alleyway
That's the truth they can't wash away
If they lock your mind, I break that lock
If they call it fate, I call it fraud

Chorus
Free will, free will
I die for that
Free will, free will
I ride for that
Templar fall, let 'em hear that crack
Free will, free will
I keep you back

Bridge
I was raised where the rules had teeth
Where a boy learned fast what it means to kneel
Then I saw the spark in a broke-down face
And I knew that spark was a sacred place

So I turn on the men with the hidden keys
Let the old world shake, let the people breathe
If my hands go red, let it be for this
Every soul gets one life, and one true wish

Chorus
Free will, free will
I die for that
Free will, free will
I ride for that
Templar fall, let 'em hear that crack
Free will, free will
I keep you back