[Verse 1]
Red blade
Green blade
Doors slide open, time slows
Breathing at my back like a ghost
Little boy staring through the smoke
Hoping futures can be fixed in one stroke
Jedi robes
Engines howl in the dust
Every prophecy
Balancing on our trust
[Chorus]
I hear the drums of a phantom menace
In every step, in every sentence
Shadows marching in the senate halls
Smiling while they watch empires fall
We draw our lines on the hanger floor
Two against the rising storm of war
I feel the pull of a hidden hand
Tearing apart my quiet plan
[Verse 2]
Desert sun
Sand stuck in my teeth
Freedom sold
Under silvered speech
Queens in paint
Trade routes as a chain
Children playing
On the edge of a flame
Red hood
Cold eyes, calm rage (hey!)
Every move
Written on a secret page
We're just blades
In a stranger's game
Still I run
When they call my name
[Chorus]
I hear the drums of a phantom menace
In every step, in every sentence
Shadows marching in the senate halls
Smiling while they watch empires fall
We draw our lines on the hanger floor
Two against the rising storm of war
I feel the pull of a hidden hand
Tearing apart my quiet plan
[Bridge]
One master down in the glow and smoke
(Stay with me, stay with me)
Hope hangs on the word he spoke
“Train the boy” as the echo breaks
As the battle burns the sky to flakes
[Chorus]
I hear the drums of a phantom menace
In every vow, in every sentence
Shadows carving their names in stone
Building thrones out of blood and bone
We draw our lines on the hanger floor
Two against the endless roar of war
I feel the pull of a hidden hand
Changing the fate of the whole damn land