Shadow Reign

Opening Lyrics (Japanese/English mix)

(Low chant: "Lotus... Lotus... Shadows rise...")

Verse 1

Kuroi yoru ni umareta – (Born in the black night)

Ketsuzoku no chikai wa – (The blood vow still burns)

Katana ni yadoru tamashii – (A spirit lives in every blade)

Terasu wa shi no hikari – (They shine in death’s light)

Pre-Chorus

Fukai kage no naka ni

Ai to nikushimi, yureteiru

Kowareta sekai demo

Ore-tachi wa kie wa shinai

Chorus

We are the blades in the silence—

The ghosts in the flame!

Unseen, undefeated, we carry your name.

Oni no kao no ura wa

Yasashii kokoro – (Behind the oni mask… a kind heart)

But mercy dies when darkness calls...

Drop

"KOKUREN!"

"SHADOW REIGN!"

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Bridge (Quiet and haunting)

A single shakuhachi flute with distant thunder. Levi’s voice echoes faintly:

> “This world fears monsters… because they don't understand our love.”

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Final Chorus (English-only, power vocals)

We are the Blackburn—

Bound by death, reborn through time!

We fight in the shadows, protect what's divine.

Raise your sword and burn your name—

This is our kingdom, this is our reign!

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Outro:

Sound of a katana being unsheathed. Silence. Then a child’s voice whispers:

> “Okaasan… who protects the night?”

“The Lotus, child. The Lotus blooms even in the dark.”