breakfast time for the Batman

Prelude

(A slow sitar line winds through the dawn. Footsteps. Breathing.)

Spoken, deep

Before the sun comes crawling in

When shadows clutch the marble floor

A city dreams, fitful, thin—

There’s one who rises just before

In the hush before the kettle’s scream

Armor lies, discarded, dark

The weight of night is slow to leave

Unslept eyes trace a morning arc

(Silence lingers, somewhere a clock ticks)

A lone resolve, unbroken, true

He stands between the dark and dew

Rituals begin before the day—

For justice waits, and hunger too

Intro

Citizens of the morning

The night has passed

But the hunger remains

Intro

Citizens of the morning

The night has passed

But the hunger remains

Verse 1

Kitchen light

Standing there

Cape tossed off after the fight

Black

Like the sky

He brews on the open flame

Cowl pushed back

Study those eggs

Justice does not fry itself

Somebody must take the blame

Pre-Chorus

He chased the crooks till half past three

Now he is facing toast and tea

Even dark avengers

Need vitamin C

Chorus

It is breakfast time for the Batman

Pour the cereal slow

Crack the eggs of vengeance

Let the orange juices flow

Breakfast time for the Batman

Hear the kettle cry

Scramble up the justice

Sunny side of the sky

Verse 2

Bacon snaps

Like gunfire

Toaster pops with rebel choir

Butter melts

Slipping

Like every villain plan

Reads the news

Shakes his head

Joker robbed a bank it said

Marmalade

On a crumpet

Pre-Chorus

No spotlight in the daylight air

Just crumbs upon the chair

Even knights of darkness

Need a balanced fare

Chorus

It is breakfast time for the Batman

Let the water steam

Wash away the midnight

From a caped crusader’s dream

Breakfast time for the Batman

Don’t disturb his plate

Fight the crime at half past nine

Right now he is running late

Bridge

Alfred sighs

Sir if I may

You have brooded since the break of day

He growls

I work alone

But not with toast says Alfred dry

Chorus

It is breakfast time for the Batman

Let the skillet ring

Spoon against the cereal bowl

Like justice taking wing

Breakfast time for the Batman

Leave him with his tea

Interrupt his morning meal

And you won’t leave debris

Post-Chorus

Uh package for

I have not finished

My grapefruit

Sir does not appreciate

Interruptions before noon

Outro

Breakfast time for the Batman

Sunlight through the blind

Even brooding heroes

Need oats to clear the mind

Breakfast time for the Batman

Justice after nine

Extended Outro

Clock ticks slow on the manor wall

A cape hangs silent in the hall

Empty cup, crumbs align—

Shadows curl around the plate

Bat-signal sits unlit, at rest

Morning breeze ruffles his vest

In the hush after the storm

He finds a moment—just for breath

Post-Outro

Sun climbs high through stained glass pane

A hero waits for night again

But for now, as spoons and kettles chime

He claims his peace in morning time

(Alfred humming, distant sitar fades)