Moonlight pavement under my feet,

Past the world of men, dead asleep,

Hooded in dreams, moving discreet,

Last villain left on the street.

Nothing like you, yet I’m the same,

Just a ghost with a forgotten name,

Walking your cities, playing your game,

Lost in the laughter of an owl’s flame.

Hundreds of years, still no trace,

Cursing the time I can’t erase,

Behind every mask, every face —

Looking for the one who’ll know my face.

The one who’ll break this endless spell,

I search awake and in my hell,

Her name’s a secret only God can tell.

Never part of your dirty deeds,

But you stare like I’m something you don’t need,

Chasing a phantom happiness that bleeds,

I’ve walked this earth for centuries.

In today and in centuries gone,

Lighting the moon like it’s my dawn,

Through thousands of beautiful women, one by one —

Still haven’t found the only one.

And while that spark of hope still burns,

I keep walking, the night returns,

Looking every woman in the eyes —

A sorcerer who lost his disguise.