[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Lantern light beneath the falling bloom
Petals drifting through a quiet doom
Shion stood where the shadows crept
Guardian of the souls she kept
Masakari carved with ancient vows
Steel remembers even now
Through the night where yokai roam
She made the battlefield her home
Towering grace, a warrior’s flame
Every village knew her name
Hope was forged in her steady hand
A living shield across the land
[Chorus]
Ash falls like snow on my skin
Voices of the lost within
I rise again, I won’t break
For every life I couldn’t save
Through the fire, through the pain
I walk this path again, again
Petals fall, but I remain
Hitokiri born from ash and flame
[Verse 2]
Blood moon cracked the fragile veil
Oni roars became the wail
Blades met fury, sparks took flight
But she could not win that night
Flames consumed what she swore to guard
Silence fell, the truth hit hard
Kneeling where the embers cried
She felt the ashes breathe inside
Seeping deep beneath her skin
Grief transformed to something grim
Not just sorrow, not just pain
But power born from what remained
Now she walks through fog and lies
A phantom under crimson skies
Beauty veils a fractured mind
Hunter of her own kind
[Chorus]
Ash falls like snow on my skin
Voices of the lost within
I rise again, I won’t break
For every life I couldn’t save
Through the fire, through the pain
I walk this path again, again
Petals fall, but I remain
Hitokiri born from ash and flame
[Instrumental Break]
(Taiko drums build… distant shamisen… low distorted guitar rumble…)
[Bridge]
I get knocked down
Will I let myself drown?
I keep trying and dropping
There is no stopping
This steep decline
I’m running out of time
Should I give it all up, let myself sink?
No, no…
(pause)
Because that’s how losers think!
(whisper)
Rise again… rise again…
[Verse 3]
Ashen spirits fuel my blade
Every debt will now be paid
Body forged to take the blow
Turning pain to power’s flow
Torii gates in shadowed red
Guide the path where ghosts are led
Every duel beneath the bloom
Echoes of a silent tomb
Am I savior, am I curse?
Every step just makes it worse
Yet I stand, I still remain
Bound to loss, bound to pain
If I fall, I fall as one
Who fought until the end was done
But till then I walk this flame
Shion carved in ash and name
[Chorus]
Ash falls like snow on my skin
Voices of the lost within
I rise again, I won’t break
For every life I couldn’t save
Through the fire, through the pain
I walk this path again, again
Petals fall, but I remain
Hitokiri born from ash and flame
[Outro]
Mr_Mundy
