[Intro]
[Taiko Roll]
[Shamisen Motif → Distorted Guitar]
[Low Drone]
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[Verse 1]
Lanterns bleed across the stone,
Rain writes names into the bone.
House burned black, ash in my lungs,
Five masks laughed, shadows undone.
Steel sleeps cold against my side,
Oaths are thorns I cannot hide.
Footsteps fade, the gutter sings—
Vengeance sharp in everything.
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[Pre-Chorus]
Breath in the dark—count scars, one, two, three.
Ghosts at my back keep marching with me.
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[Chorus]
NO NAME. NO MASTER. ONLY THE BLADE.
Night bleeds in ink for the debt you made.
NO PRAYER. NO MERCY. BLOOD FOR THE WRONG.
I carry silence where you kept your songs.
No name—no master—only the blade.
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[Break]
[Percussion Break]
[Shamisen Cry + Guitar Stab]
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[Verse 2]
Tea-house smoke hides whispered lies,
Silver coins buy where honor dies.
One wore bells on lacquered string,
One wrote ledgers, blood they bring.
One drinks thunder, one hides shame,
One paints moons to curse my name.
Five I’ve counted, six remain—
Marked in fire, sealed in pain.
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[Pre-Chorus]
Steel on the string—let the storm confess.
Shadow bows low, the answer is “Yes.”
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[Chorus]
NO NAME. NO MASTER. ONLY THE BLADE.
Night bleeds in ink for the debt you made.
NO PRAYER. NO MERCY. BLOOD FOR THE WRONG.
I carry silence where you kept your songs.
No name—no master—only the blade.
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[Interlude]
[Instrumental Interlude]
[Shamisen Solo → Distorted Guitar]
. .! .. .!
!! ... ! ! !
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[Bridge]
You stole breath through paper doors,
Counted heartbeats, asked for more.
Kept a bowl of rain to save—
Now I pour it on your grave.
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[Hook]
Find them. Mark them. Fold—strike—fade. (x4)
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[Verse 3]
Temple bells split widow’s air,
Footsteps bloom, the torches stare.
One falls clean, a crimson thread,
Two finds mercy with the dead.
Three writes truth with broken jaw,
Four kneels blind before the law.
Five and six on river stone—
Bow once, leave them there alone.
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[Pre-Chorus]
Rain lifts the ash from the family gate.
I am the answer you taught me to wait.
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[Chorus]
NO NAME. NO MASTER. ONLY THE BLADE.
Night bleeds in ink for the debt you made.
NO PRAYER. NO MERCY. BLOOD FOR THE WRONG.
I carry silence where you kept your songs.
No name—no master—only the blade.
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[Refrain]
Only the blade… and the names I save.
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[Outro]
[Big Finish: Taiko Roll + Guitar Swell + Choir Drone]
[Drop to Whisper]
Paid.
[End][Fade Out — Shamisen Echo]
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