[Verse 1] He wears the shape of fear In a bat-black crown One laugh in the alley And the brave ones fold down He knows your secret name Before you say a word A smile like a blade That you never heard [Pre-Chorus] Now the moon looks wrong Now the glass goes thin You can run all night Still he gets back in [Chorus] I am the grin in the dark (The grin in the dark) I am the knife in your heart (The knife in your heart) Laugh while the city falls Laugh while the city falls He wears your fear like art [Verse 2] A circus of nightmares Under Gotham rain He dances on bad dreams And feeds on the pain One hand on the rooftop One hand in your head Every hope you had Turns cold and dead [Pre-Chorus] Now the moon looks wrong Now the glass goes thin You can run all night Still he gets back in [Chorus] I am the grin in the dark (The grin in the dark) I am the knife in your heart (The knife in your heart) Laugh while the city falls Laugh while the city falls He wears your fear like art [Bridge] No cape can save you now No prayer can hold the line He turned the hero’s vow Into a sick design Hear that broken laugh Rattle through the square He found the bat in the bone And made it live in there [Final Chorus] I am the grin in the dark (The grin in the dark) I am the knife in your heart (The knife in your heart) Laugh while the city falls Laugh while the city falls He wears your fear like art I am the grin in the dark (The grin in the dark) I am the last thing you start (The last thing you start) Laugh while the city falls Laugh while the city falls He wears your fear like art