[Intro — ceremonial taiko, low strings, distant shamisen]
[LIA — low, composed]
You were waiting for me to kneel?
...
かわいい。
[Massive 808 drops]
I don't do that.
[Verse 1]
Walk through the gates
And the whole room shifts
Gold in my hair
Red silk on my wrists
No crown on my head
Still they know when I arrive
There's something in the way
I look you straight into your eyes
I learned how to listen
Before I learned command
How to keep my composure
When the world gets out of hand
受け継いだ強さ
胸の奥に
誰にも奪えない
誇りがある
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't need permission
I don't need applause
I know what I carry
I know what it cost
頭を上げて
前を向いて
I wasn't born to follow
Somebody else's way
[Chorus]
Shogun's daughter
Look me in the eyes
I don't need a throne
To know what's already mine
Shogun's daughter
Steady when I walk
I don't raise my voice
To make the whole room stop
Grace in my blood
Fire in my heart
You can move the pieces
But I know who I am
Shogun's daughter
I don't need your crown
I was never taught
To make myself small
[Post-Chorus — taiko and shamisen]
Stand tall
Chin high
No fear
In these eyes
Shogun's daughter
I don't kneel.
[Verse 2]
Don't confuse tradition
With living in the past
I can honor what came before me
Without becoming trapped
Every woman before me
Left something in my hands
Not a rule I have to follow
But the strength to take a stand
They taught me grace
They taught me patience
How to know when silence speaks
But they never taught me
That a woman should be weak
私の道は
私が決める
誰かの影では
生きていかない
[Pre-Chorus]
No borrowed power
No borrowed name
Even without the title
I'd still walk the same
静かでも
揺るがない
You don't have to hear me coming
To know I've arrived
[Chorus]
Shogun's daughter
Look me in the eyes
I don't need a throne
To know what's already mine
Shogun's daughter
Steady when I walk
I don't raise my voice
To make the whole room stop
Grace in my blood
Fire in my heart
You can move the pieces
But I know who I am
Shogun's daughter
I don't need your crown
I was never taught
To make myself small
[Bridge — beat disappears, ceremonial drums]
[LIA — quiet]
Maybe you expected
A princess.
Someone pretty
Someone quiet
Someone easy to command.
でも—
I learned something different.
A legacy isn't a cage.
It's a foundation.
[Shamisen strike]
And I decide
what gets built on it.
[Beat slams back]
[Final Chorus]
Shogun's daughter
Now remember the name
I can honor yesterday
Without staying the same
Shogun's daughter
Watch me take my place
Not because you gave it
I was worthy anyway
Grace in my blood
Fire in my heart
Every generation
Left another little spark
Shogun's daughter
No crown required
I carry my history
But I choose my life
Stand tall
Chin high
未来はこの手に
Shogun's daughter
I don't kneel.
[Outro — taiko fades, single shamisen]
[LIA — calm]
この道は
私が選ぶ。
My life.
My name.
My way.