[INSTRUMENTAL] [OPENING — WHISPERED] 灯は、導かない (These lights do not guide) 灯は、慰めない (These lights offer no comfort) ただ暗闇の中で—— (Within the darkness, they merely—) 数えている (Count) ひとつ…… (One…) ふたつ…… (Two…) 九つ目が、眼を開く (The ninth opens its eye) [VERSE 1] 星なき空に 鳥居がひとつ (A solitary gate beneath a starless sky) 渡る者なき 黒水の道 (A road of black water no traveler crosses) 風さえ息を潜める夜に (On a night when even the wind holds its breath) 青白い火が 名を呼んでいる (Pale blue flames are calling out a name) 振り返るなと 鐘は鳴るけど (The bell commands: Do not look behind you) 帰る岸など とうに消えた (But the shore of return has long since vanished) 足音ひとつ 増えるたび (Each time another footstep joins yours) 水面の底で 牙が笑う (Beneath the water, the fangs begin to smile) [PRE-CHORUS] 眠っていると 誰が言った？ (Who told you it was sleeping?) 動かぬものを 死と呼んだ？ (Who mistook stillness for death?) 大地は黙って 身を捩り (The silent earth twists in its sleep) 千年の息を——今、吐き出す (And now exhales a thousand-year breath) [CHORUS] 冥界九灯 燃え上がれ (Lanterns of the Netherworld... blaze alive) 星なき空に 眼を開け (Open your eyes beneath the starless sky) 逃げろ 逃げろ 海の果てまで (Run, run, to the farthest end of the sea) 夜はお前の名を知った (The night has learned your name) 冥界九灯 尾を引いて (Lanterns of the Netherworld... trail your fire) 天を裂くほど 踊り狂え (Dance until the heavens split apart) 祈りも鐘も 届かぬ場所で (Where neither prayer nor bell can reach) 闇が闇より 這い上がる (Darkness crawls from deeper darkness) [INTERLUDE — BREATHLESS CHANT] 走れ (Run) 走れ (Run) 走れ—— (Run—) 死よりも速く (Faster than death) [BREAKDOWN — Ritual Chanting] 一灯——道を奪え (First lamp—steal the road) 二灯——影を縫え (Second lamp—stitch the shadows) 三灯——海を退け (Third lamp—drive back the sea) 四灯——山を伏せ (Fourth lamp—bring the mountains low) 五灯——鐘を黙らせ (Fifth lamp—silence the bells) 六灯——星を喰らえ (Sixth lamp—devour the stars) 七灯——夢を裂け (Seventh lamp—tear open the dream) 八灯——名を燃やせ (Eighth lamp—burn away the name) 九灯—— (Ninth lamp—) 冥界を、ここへ (Bring the Netherworld here) [VERSE 2] 山は静かに 形を変えて (The mountains quietly alter their shape) 海は怯えて 岸を置き去る (The frightened sea abandons the shore) 遅すぎるものを 弱さと呼んだ (You called it weak because it moved too slowly) 愚かな声を 地鳴りが呑んだ (The rumbling earth devoured that foolish voice) 影から影へ 火は尾を引き (From shadow to shadow, the fire trails behind) 天より巨大な 輪を描く (Drawing a circle greater than the sky) 九つの灯が 揃った時 (When all nine lights assemble) 世界の外から 夜が覗く (The night peers in from beyond the world) [CHORUS] 冥界九灯 燃え上がれ (Lanterns of the Netherworld... blaze alive) 閉ざした空を 眼で穿て (Pierce the sealed sky with your gaze) 逃げろ 逃げろ 夢の果てまで (Run, run, to the farthest end of dreams) 夜はお前を見つけた (The night has found you) 冥界九灯 尾を引いて (Lanterns of the Netherworld... trail your fire) 運命さえも焼き尽くせ (Burn even fate) 昨日も明日も 届かぬ場所で (Where neither yesterday nor tomorrow can reach) 闇が世界を 思い出す (The darkness remembers the world) [INTERLUDE — BREATHLESS CHANT] 走れ (Run) 走れ (Run) 走れ—— (Run—) 死よりも速く (Faster than death) [FINAL CHORUS] 冥界九灯 燃え上がれ (Lanterns of the Netherworld... blaze alive) 九つの眼よ 空を喰らえ (O nine eyes, devour the sky) 逃げろ 逃げろ 時の果てまで (Run, run, to the farthest end of time) 夜はそこでも待っている (The night is waiting even there) 冥界九灯 尾を引いて (Lanterns of the Netherworld... trail your fire) 天地を獣の檻に変えろ (Transform heaven and earth into the beast’s cage) 祈りも名前も 燃え尽きた後 (When prayers and names have burned away) 闇が初めて——眼を開く (The darkness finally—opens its eyes) [OUTRO] 狩りは、とうに始まっている (The hunt began long ago)
