The time is near!
So near, it's stirring the blood in their veins
And yet beware
Don't let the wine go to your brains!
For the army we fight is a dangerous foe
With the men and the arms that we never can match
It's easy to sit here and swat 'em like flies
But the National Guard will be harder to catch
We need a sign to rally the people
To call them to arms
And to bring them in line.

...

Red - The blood of angry men!
Black - the dark of ages past!
Red - a world about to dawn!
Black - the night that ends at last!

"Red and Black"
Claude-Michel Shonberg
Les Miserables