Bootheels strike on cobbled stone
Moonlight cuts like sharpened bone
Hooded faces, lowered eyes
Truth is traded wrapped in lies
Coin against a splintered crate
Whispers seal a smuggler's fate
Silver flashes, quick and cold
Loyalty is bought and sold
Hear the harbour breathing slow
Every man has debts to owe
In the dark the bargains close
No one sees — but everyone knows
Silver in the shadows
Passing hand to hand
Silver in the shadows
Rules this broken land
When the tide runs black as sin
That's when deals begin
Silver in the shadows
Let the night come in
Lantern light on hidden steel
Smiles that never quite reveal
Dockside doors that never close
Every alley hides its ghosts
Ledger marked in salted ink
One more soul pushed to the brink
Hear the distant tavern roar
But no one speaks of what it's for
No oath survives the turning tide
No truth remains when fear's applied
If you want to live till dawn
You learn which side you're standing on
Silver in the shadows
Under cloak and grin
Silver in the shadows
That's where wars begin
When the fog rolls thick and thin
It always draws you in
Silver in the shadows
And the house always wins