Billy of the Night

Lyrics

Verse 1
Billy walks alone
Under a borrowed sky
Full-blood blood in his veins
And the old crown in his eye

Vampire in his mouth
Wolf fire in his bones
Immortal as the grave
He never stands at home

Pre-Chorus
He hears the two worlds shake
When the weak ones break the line
So he slips through the dark
And makes the chaos fine

Chorus
Billy keeps the peace
Billy keeps the peace
Between the human world
And the demon world

Billy keeps the peace
Billy keeps the peace
If you break that line
He comes for you first

Verse 2
From the shadow side
He hunts the ones who lie
A human with a torch
A demon with a knife

He does not beg for cheers
He does not take a throne
He leaves the broken guilty
Where the cold wind moans

Pre-Chorus
If they threaten morning
If they drag the dark too near
He is the unseen judgment
That they all fear

Chorus
Billy keeps the peace
Billy keeps the peace
Between the human world
And the demon world

Billy keeps the peace
Billy keeps the peace
If you break that line
He comes for you first

Bridge
He could end it all
One breath, one final night
But he chose the people
And he chose the fight

No feast for his hunger
No crown for his pain
Just Billy in the silence
Holding back the rain

Final Chorus
Billy keeps the peace
Billy keeps the peace
Between the human world
And the demon world

Billy keeps the peace
Billy keeps the peace
If you break that line
He comes for you first

Billy keeps the peace
Billy keeps the peace
Shadow king, lone beast
Billy keeps the peace