[Intro]
Notebook shut, hood up, rain on the avenue
No badge on my chest, but I know what I have to do
They said wait for a sign, I saw somebody fall
So I stepped past the fence and answered the call
[Verse 1]
I was the kid with a dream and a borrowed name
Now the mask fits tight when I walk through the flame
Every alley got a story, every siren got a cost
Every hero on a poster forgot the people lost
I don't patrol for applause, I don't pose for the press
I move when the night puts a boot on a neck
Green flash in the dark, one step, then I'm gone
Leave a broken chain and a safer dawn
[Pre-Chorus]
If the law moves slow, then I move faster
If the fear gets loud, I become the answer
No cape in the wind, no crowd in the frame
Just a promise I made and a city in pain
[Chorus]
Call me the vigilante, running where the sirens fade
One hand reaching for the lost, one hand ready for the blade
I don't need a spotlight, I don't need them to agree
When the night comes hunting, it won't get past me
Call me the vigilante, hear the footsteps hit the ground
Every kid behind a locked door knows I'm somewhere around
I carry every consequence, still I refuse to flee
If nobody stands up now, then it has to be me
[Verse 2]
Scars under the sleeves, bruises under the grin
Every rescue leaves a question scratching at my skin
Am I saving them from danger or just feeding my own drive?
Then I hear a little voice say, "You made me feel alive"
So I take the doubt with me, let it sharpen every choice
No agency can silence what begins inside a voice
I know the line is thin, I know the fall is real
But a shield means nothing if it never takes the hit for steel
[Pre-Chorus]
If the law moves slow, then I move faster
If the fear gets loud, I become the answer
No cape in the wind, no crowd in the frame
Just a promise I made and a city in pain
[Chorus]
Call me the vigilante, running where the sirens fade
One hand reaching for the lost, one hand ready for the blade
I don't need a spotlight, I don't need them to agree
When the night comes hunting, it won't get past me
Call me the vigilante, hear the footsteps hit the ground
Every kid behind a locked door knows I'm somewhere around
I carry every consequence, still I refuse to flee
If nobody stands up now, then it has to be me
[Bridge]
Maybe heroes need permission in the daylight
Maybe courage looks illegal under street signs
But I remember every face they left behind
And I won't let a rule become an alibi
[Final Chorus]
Call me the vigilante, running where the sirens fade
One hand reaching for the lost, one hand ready for the blade
I don't need a spotlight, I don't need them to agree
When the night comes hunting, it won't get past me
Call me the vigilante, let the whole block know my name
Not for glory, not for vengeance, not to feed the flame
I carry every consequence, still I refuse to flee
If nobody stands up now, then it has to be me
[Outro]
Hood down at sunrise, wounds beneath the sleeve
Still another door to guard, still another soul to reach
No badge, no parade, just a promise underneath:
When the night comes hunting, it won't get past me