Between Shogun and God - Part 9

(Verse 1) Dust on the road, the banners rise Steel in the wind beneath hard skies Hearts are marching, slow and grave Toward the field where shadows pray Voices gather under cloth and flame One world trembling, one world naming The tent stands still, the maps unfold And every truth is bought and sold (Pre-Chorus) Who speaks for the land? Who speaks for the earth? The blade of a ruler… Or the cry at birth? (Chorus) Between Shogun and God I walk where no one saw A whisper in the war tent A thread against the fall Between Shogun and God I bend, but do not break A camellia in the dust Blooming for the sake Of all the voices left unheard The silent heart, the wounded word (Verse 2) Jinnidaiko, thunder wakes Ōdaiko shakes the iron gate Nagadō-daiko, endless drum The people’s anger slowly comes Shamisen burns like sharpened rain Fast as lightning, sharp as pain Biwa tells what cannot die While ravens circle in the sky (Pre-Chorus) The tent is full of law and steel But silence knows the things they feel A hidden hand, a veiled reply Trying to keep the night from fire and dye (Chorus) Between Shogun and God I walk where no one saw A whisper in the war tent A thread against the fall Between Shogun and God I bend, but do not break A camellia in the dust Blooming for the sake Of all the voices left unheard The silent heart, the wounded word (Bridge) Koe naki koe A voice without a sound The fox calls out, kon-kon While armies shake the ground The sea once brought me here Now it asks what I will save If blood must feed the soil Then who will keep the grave? (Pre-Chorus) I stand in shadow, out of sight A blade of thought against the night No throne, no cross, no banner high Can silence what the people cry (Final Chorus) Between Shogun and God I walk where no one saw A whisper in the war tent A thread against the fall Between Shogun and God I bend, but do not break A camellia in the dust Blooming for the sake Of all the voices left unheard The silent heart, the wounded word (Outro) kon-kon The fox still knows kon-kon The land still speaks