Strike the dark once
Let the good come back
Bad came loud
But it could not last
No clean heaven
No easy road
Still one hand lifts
What the cruel ones broke
Ooh
Come back
Come back
They built the gallows
Then called it law
They sold the hunger
Then named it order
Every age learned
How to kneel and smile
Every kind hand
Kept fire a while
Beat after beat
After the beat
Down where the good ones
Stand on their feet
Beat after beat
After the beat
Evil strikes first
Good answers deep
Ahh
Answer deep
Ahh
Answer deep
No crown stayed holy
No empire clean
Only the nameless
Kept mercy between
Their hands rose once
Then rose again
Held through the ruins
Beyond all command
Beat after beat
After the beat
Down where the good ones
Stand on their feet
Beat after beat
After the beat
Evil strikes first
Good answers deep
Break
Still
Breathe
Still
Break
Still
Break
Still
Still
Still
Under the black flags
A child gets named
Under the ruins
One cup gets raised
Every old monster
Runs out of throne
Every small kindness
Finds its way home
Beat after beat
After the beat
Down where the good ones
Stand on their feet
Beat after beat
After the beat
Evil struck first
Good buried the beast
Good
Buried the beast
Good
Buried the beast
Strike the dark once
Let the good come back
Bad came loud
But it could not last