Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-12705716-20130719141635/@comment-25555436-20141218153925

To the OP:

The "descend from shadows" part. Blake said that she spent most of her life in the White Fang. Both before and after it became the terrorists-wannabes they are in the show.

And, she's a faunus. Which, supposedly, it's more or less like the "unimportant vocal minority" compared to the humans. In other words, combined with the WF, the shadows:

"Black the beast descends from shadows" = "Blake the Faunus descends from the WF and the minority".

Weiss isn't a princess exactly, just the daughter to the president of a very powerful and big corporation.

Ruby's part refers to her mother, Summer Rose. Not her grandmother.

And just in case you didn't know: Monty said way long ago that the tales the characters are based on won't influence the story or characters beyond a few allusions or references. So don't try to theorize on RWBY based on what happens in the tales.

And yeah...those lyrics don't sound nor fit half as well enough with Red LIke Roses.