Dethroned

Italicized words are words spoken by the Shogun.

Now that the crimson tide has receded, the blood of your king is on your hands. Your oath remains broken and your honor washed away. With the last vestiges of pride left in you, journey fourth to the realm of fire and bring me the mortal blade. This mission will be your death. Leave this world for a chance to regain your honor, sentinel.

In the morning sun

I saw the blood stains on the walls

And the color drained from his eyes

There was nothing left

Of the man I held before me

Just a shell of his former host

I swear to god I didn’t know

What was going on inside that room

What was happening and what ensued

How he got through the palace doors

Who would’ve caused all this gore?

I should have been there I should have seen

I should have known he’d be in need of me

I should have been awake to hear his call

Now he’s gone we’ve lost it all

A raided keep

A king dethroned

Broken by blame and torn away

My fate detained to dissipate

Into the hands of hate, I’ll follow my destiny

I’ll offer this new king my soul

I’ll offer my soul

Binded in blood

The death of a man

Awakens the flood

The power is shifting

The minds of the people are twisting

Fear scours across this nation

Forged by assassination

I’ve broken the vows I’ve made

Tied to a fate engraved

Remorse corrodes my mind

I’ve lost my honor and my pride

You oathbreaker

You’re cursed to burn

Sent to your doom

You’re now entombed

I’m filled with resentment

There’s nothing inside

This guilt buries me alive

I'm stained with red hands

That bleed to the bone

I know I must atone

To restore my honor

To vanquish my sins

To gain what I’ve lost inside

Oh king how I’ve failed you

I left you to die

In the morning sunlight

Bled out on your side

So I’ll venture to hell

And come back alive

And restore the honor

The honor that I’ve lost inside

The honor I’ve lost inside

Alone I fall

Through the darkness in my mind

This guilty feeling

Eats a hole inside

I know my evils

I know they fester in my heart

I’ll journey onwards

To gain hope and a new start

Broken by blame and torn away

My fate detained to dissipate

Into the hands of hate, I’ll follow my destiny

Eroded and tainted, I’ll offer this new king my soul

Betrayed

Blinded by agony

I failed to see through it all

Garnished in infamy

I am dammed to the reaper’s call

Your horsemen come and call my name

Painting vices on my chest

Twisted by motives from their symphony of chaos and unrest

I’ve been frozen and silenced by your holy hands

Over and over again

As you say that my hand,

That my hand had killed the king

L I E S

Faded by disguise

Drowned in a perfect lie

I see your vice

You made me your sacrifice

Look in my eyes

This guilt will eat me alive

Malice comprised

Has constructed my demise

Blinded by agony

I failed to see through it all

Shades of darkness covered me

Shrouding the reaper’s call

I can see clearly now

Under the veil of your tongue

Your evil seeps into the earth

Infecting the hearts of the pure

Caught in this web of deceit

I see strings hung up by love and fear

Behind your sneer

I’m just a piece in your new frontier

Banished in dismay

I’m sabotaged by overruling evidence

I have no case to make

My duty will bind me

Sending me into the fray

Sentenced to suffer

Thrown to the fire

My fate engraved

By the hands of a liar

You filled me with worth

You dressed me in pride

Then took what you gave

And burned it alive

I’ve been betrayed

B E T R A Y E D

You demon!

I hope your soul is shriveling away

And I hope that I come back from this hell you sent me to separate your head from your shoulders

I’m abolished by consenting voices under your command that you’ve been breeding riddled by enduring fear

Behind walls of trust you

Taint me and render me blind

I can see clearly now

Under the veil of your tongue

Your evil seeps into this earth

Infecting the hearts of the pure

Caught in this web of deceit

I see strings hung up by love and fear

Behind your sneer

My purpose commandeered

By the vices inside your head

I'm broken in two

Loathing this world that gave me a call

Your betrayal has vanquished it all

Blinded by agony

I failed to see through it all

Garnished in infamy

I am dammed to the reaper’s call

Blinded by agony

I failed see through it all

Garnished in an infamy

I am dammed to the reaper’s call

The Rift

As I step into the unknown

This world materialized

Unprepared for what would be shown

I’ll wander on roaming in disbelief

There’s no connection no relevance to the world I’ve known

I’ve never seen this before

I just gotta survive and I know I’m afraid

I’ll be here evermore

Banished to hell

My purpose in vain

My time on this earth

Is fading away

I’m fading, I’m fading, I’m fading, I’m fading away

I’m fading I’m slowly fading away

(Into a world unknown)

I can feel the new air

(Discovery far from home)

As I fall through ion clouds

(I suffer this pain alone)

As I brave this storm, this void of fate

With all I have at stake

(As energy falls from the sky)

I can feel the fire

(The sun and the stars come to life)

Like electric jolts of light

(Perception of earth redefined)

As I cross this rift, this bridge of might

My destiny’s confined

Blasted

Beyond the end of the atmosphere

I’ve been sent to the mortal final frontier

Cast out and left for dead by the masses

I’ve been betrayed by the tongue of my master

And been expected to suffer

I won’t bow any longer

I’ll curse these hands of fate

This density is mine to recreate

(Into a world unknown)

I can feel the new air

(Discovery far from home)

As I fall through ion clouds

(I suffer this pain alone)

As I brave this storm, this void of fate

With all I have at stake

(As energy falls from the sky)

I can feel the fire

(The sun and the stars come to life)

Like electric jolts of light

(Perception of earth redefined)

As I cross this rift, this bridge of might

My destiny’s confined

Illuminated by the sparks of life

This vessel of spirit slowly dies

A vacated mind torn by scorn and lies

Is shattered in pieces blown out adrift by time

(Sparks of life)

(Slowly die)

(Scorn and lies)

(Drift in time)

(Sparks of life)

(Slowly die)

(Scorn and lies)

(Drift in time)

(Set me free)

(Reign fire)

Falling and falling and falling over and over

Into this vortex that transcends time

I’ll fight through rain and fire to stay alive

I’ll break my master’s chains and I will escape from his hell

I will cause his reign of terror he creates to be dispelled

(Into a world unknown)

I can feel the new air

(Discovery far from home)

As I fall through ion clouds

(I suffer this pain alone)

As I brave this storm, this void of fate

With all I have at stake

(As energy falls from the sky)

I can feel the fire

(The sun and the stars come to life)

Like electric jolts of light

(Perception of earth redefined)

As I cross this rift, this bridge of might

My destiny’s confined

(Into a world unknown)

(Discovery far from home)

As time begins to meld night into day

(I suffer this pain alone)

The silence falls on deaf ears reminding me that I’m alone

Into a world unknown, I’ll find my way back home

My destiny’s confined

I’ll fight to stay alive

Realm of Fire

Italicized words are calls from the Mortal Blade.

Across the seam, a change to prove my name

My king, my monumental shame

The key, a blade to change my fate

This pain shall see me through the gate

Through this wretched boundary I step

Into darkness

I tread on the bones of sacrifice

Burned by fire

The air, as black as the sin that brought me here

Eroding my mortality

He calls my name

The icon of hatred

Crawl to me

To feed the hunger from within

Feel the head inside of the fire as it burns your skin

Set me free

And sell your soul as you bend your knee

You are my deliverance,

My victim,

My devotee

Immersed in sorrow

Swallowed in anguish

This burning is endless

This pain repels the sanity in my head

But I will not concede

This will not be the end of my destiny

I must now survive this hell

With the last of my hope

I'll crawl through this wasteland

Crawl to me

To feed the hunger from within

Feel the head inside of the fire as it burns your skin

Set me free

And sell your soul as you bend your knee

You are my deliverance,

My victim,

My devotee

With fire in my hands

I will crawl through this barren wasteland

With fire in my bones

I will march through the pain and suffering

With fire in my blade

I will fight through this hellish landscape

With fire in my eyes

I will seek the path to my victory

With fire in my heart

I will find a way to get back to home

[Alone in solace]

[I have fallen]

[Down through dismay]

[I now decay]

[Trapped in here for days]

[Lost as I am wandering this maze]

[I can't succumb to darkness]

[Grasping for hope as I feel it fade away]

[Dissapear like ash from the blaze]

[I must find the exit]

[Some door to the pathway home]

Oh alone I

I can see it in the night sky

Like a beacon of white light

COming from the bastion of the realm of fire

So close I

I can hear it calling my name

It's inside of the burning flames

Oh the mortal blade lies beyond the gate

Now you bleed

In the shadow

Of the palace

I can hear it calling out

Awakening a primal need inside of me

As I move forth to heed the call,

I will fufill this desitny

Tattered and torn I venture on into the fray

Crawl to me

To feed the hunger from within

Feel the head inside of the fire as it burns your skin

Set me free

And sell your soul as you bend your knee

You are my deliverance,

My victim,

My devotee

Across the gate

A change to claim my reign

My king, my unrelenting rage

The key, a blade to change my fate

A god, Kagutsuchi awaits

Takamagahara

Stone and rock tower over me

A palace for the gods

The one I’ve searched for, the one I need

My destiny

Has brought me closer to the source of my dismay

I’m finally feeling relieved

The ravens' calls have ceased

[Haunting me no more]

'Cause I’ve been fearing

That I wouldn’t find a way out from this world of fire

But these pillars dressed in light will guide my way back home

I'll find my way out of this world

Searching for my way back home

The key to my hope

And now a light has shined in the dark

My path ahead constructed clearly

Enlightened by the stars

Oh to see this palace of brick and stone

Gives me strength back in my bones

And a will I’ve never known

A will I've never known

Alone and stout I stand before the gate

To take what is mine

To seal my fate

Guardians draw hands to their swords

Unsheathed in the light

I march onwards

I’ll fight

To break into the iron walls

I’ll charge in his name

To bring peace to his bones

I cry out

To face the fear in my heart

An end to disdain

From a world apart

Onwards to glory

In suffering I foresee

A valiance to greet me

Through bloodshed, a key

Enemies of my fate

Deserve hell for my sake

I am the apostle

And I create

They’re demons

Demons

Decimate the ancient gods

Sacrificed for the means of my cause

Pooled in blood they will wither away

As I move through fire to prepare their demise, their doomsday

Face the wrath of a man

Propelled by his destiny

Designed to destroy

Compelled by his home

I'll find my way out of this world

Searching for my way back home

The key to my hope

And now a light has shined in the dark

My path ahead constructed clearly

Enlightened by the stars

Oh to see this palace of brick and stone

Gives me strength back in my bones

And a will I’ve never known

A will I've never known

Kagutsuchi

God of fire, creature of hatred

I stand before you with your demons’ blood on my hands

I challenge you to battle for the mortal blade

Face me and meet your fated demise

Kagutsuchi

And with a roar of flames, he enters

Followed by a trail of scorn and divinity

Enraged by blood of his

Demons I’ve slain tainted on my blade

He burns the stone, the floor beneath my feet

I lunge always to dodge his blows

He cracks the wall behind me and

I see

the blade

The key to the redemption of my pride, my life

Awaits behind these walls of stone

So I face this god, this demon through the fire and the flames

To restore the life I’ve lost

'Cause I have everything to gain

Enclosed in fire

I’ll fight to take this beast’s life

Forged by desire

[I’ll restore my pride]

[I will not end in failure]

[My purpose revived]

Inside this mire

One life ends, another born

A light transpired

[I’ll face my demons]

[While I fight in the shadows]

[An end to madness]

I fall through fire as the cracked floor breaks beneath my feet

The beast attacks me as we fall below, deeper in darkness

I plunge my sword deep into the flesh of the neon spirit

He cries in agony as we slam down to the ground

I pull my sword from his stomach

And push it into his eye

Weak from bloodloss and pain

The beast falls to his side

Enclosed in fire

I’ll fight to take this beast’s life

Forged by desire

[I’ll restore my pride]

[I will not end in failure]

[My purpose revived]

Inside this mire

One life ends, another born

A light transpired

[I’ll face my demons]

[While I fight in the shadows]

[An end to madness]

Alone I charge

Into the flames

To reclaim my worth

The key lies ahead

My fate in my hands

The path to redemption

And now I know

This destiny’s mine

Mine to own

Behold the dawn

The dawn of a newly rising sun

I have won

Burn in the fire you came from

Bow down to the wrath of a new god

The day is mine

This war is won

I Rise

To a dawn of valor

To more than a mortal man

I speak

With a voice heard by thousands

With a world at my command

I bask

In a power I’ve repressed

A light inside this darkness

I bring

An end to his disdain

An end to his madness

An end to madness

Madness

Mortal Blade

Italicized words are calls from the Mortal Blade.

Breathe in my entity

Follow my symphony

Caged in captivity

We are now unity

Anger

Hatred

Convulsions

Devotion

And now at last

I have the blade in my own hands

The burden of the beast cries no longer

Inside this hellhole of the dammed

I can feel the power of the steel

It feels like it’s taunting me

Its darkness concealed

I hear a call from within

Something's breathing out from the metal

It’s clutching onto my soul

Festering inside my head

I’m losing all control

Hypnotized, immobilized

From this virus in my hands

Oh now I’m swallowed in fear

From a power I don’t understand

I’m lost

Inside my mind

No control

My fate aligned

And now I’m falling through darkness

Sinking down

Drowned in shadows

As colors fade to gray

My memories will wither away

I’m fading away

Crawling

Leaches fester inside my mind

Controlling

Every waking feeling

Every thought inside

I feel a hatred rising

A rage coaxed by fear

From the animal I’ve swallowed inside myself

A wretched injection

Stokes the fire inside

A psychotic connection

Seeds a hatred divine

Completing a fate defined

Burning the flesh alive

The darkness consumes my soul

Decimate

Those who have betrayed

All this to create a new world of my choosing

Eradicate

All those in my way

How their blood will stain as I kill them to become king

And now I’m falling through darkness

Sinking down

Drowned in shadows

As colors fade to gray

My memories will wither away

I’m fading away

The Vessel

Italicized words are calls from the Mortal Blade.

Bolded words are chants from villagers.

Reign creator

Of our new world

Arbitrator

Become our savior

Forged in fire

And birthed in blood

Fear transpires

As all bow to his

Reign creator

Of our new world

Arbitrator

Become our savior

Forged in fire

And birthed in blood

Fear transpires

As all bow to his Reign

Ensnared in the back of my mind

I see through the eyes of the marionette’s design

Fulfill your fate

Is this me?

Destined to create

Is it him?

Born to enslave

Am I just a hollow shell?

Control over motion

I can’t feel

Derives your devotion

Anything

Induces mind erosion

I am lost in this hypnosis

Held up by strings I heed my master's call

A vessel of his disdain

Swallowed in madness from this rage I fall

[Through a mind of disarray]

Buried deeper in the weapon I’ve become

My humanity fades away

As I succumb

We’re all lost to his reign

I’m lost in my rage

There is no escape

From this hell that I face

That I must now embrace

Further

Soaked in the blood of the innocent

Something is pulling me further in the abyss

Rage

Controls

What I see

The air I breathe

There’s nothing left inside this empty mind

Just killing and slaughtering

Their final moments I felt nothing inside of me

Blood

Runs down

The edge of

My mortal blade

Feel the hatred inside me

Held up by strings I heed my master's call

A vessel of his disdain

Swallowed in madness from this rage I fall

[Through a mind of disarray]

Buried deeper in the weapon I’ve become

My humanity fades away

As I succumb,

We’re all lost to his reign

I’m lost in my rage

There is no escape

From this hell that I face

That I must now embrace

I was Sentenced to suffer

I was Thrown to the fire

Your fate is engraved now

By the hands of a

A wretched injection

Stokes the fire inside

A psychotic connection

Seeds a hatred divine

[Awakened by the blade]

[Decimate]

[Those who have betrayed]

[All this to create a new world of my choosing]

[Eradicate]

[All those in my way]

[How their blood will stain as I kill them to become king]

Look in my eyes

Malice comprised

Reign creator

Of our new world

Arbitrator

Become our savior

Forged in fire

And birthed in blood

Fear transpires

As all bow to his Reign

KILL THEM

KILL THEM ALL

KILL THEM

KILL THEM ALL

Enthroned

Italicized words are spoken by the Shogun.

Slaughtered

In the flesh

By these hands of mine

Devoured

All their screams

I can’t hear inside

Your words

Still cut deep

In my faded mind

Your power

Is now mine

Meet your fated demise

[Reign fire]

You’ve blamed me for blood

Condemned me to death

Swarmed me like vultures

To see to my end

My time has now come

To ensure my revenge

I’ll tear down his palace and

Cut off his head

Born from Rage

[A kingdom will rise]

Ascertained

[By the powers inside]

The life I’ve drained

Seeds a hatred inside my mind

As you all fall in line

Controlled by fear

[By a madness alive]

You will revere

[A honor derived]

The last frontier

Before starting a new world in my name

With a kingdom reclaimed

I stand at a new era of man

One built for my destiny

I’ve waited so long just to come back home

And feed this hunger in me

After all this time you’ve failed to rid me of my mortal life

So bury yourself in distress

As I come for your head

Buried in my mind

There’s a voice hidden in shroud

Guilted by violence

Swallowed in agony it drowns

It speaks, reminding me of the fallen lives

All the destruction that I’ve caused

This is my home, my domain

How could I tear it away?

Torn in the head

If I could just relinquish the red

I could see

I could be free

I could change my destiny

Oh in this divide

I could rise

Rise up from hell

And heed the beckoning rage

Your master is complacent

Gain solace from halting his plague

Because you’ve been discarded

[I’ve been discarded]

You’ve been thrown into the fire

[I’ve been thrown into the fire]

Rise to the new throne

[I know I must rise to my destiny]

Rise to your destiny

I’m lost inside this dream

I’m torn apart in grief

The light that was in me

Has ceased

Burn in the flames

Of the ash given to my name

Taste the edge of the blade

As you feel the same fear to which I’ve been enslaved

[But As justice subsides]

You will all feel my pain

[My humanity dies]

Power ascertained

[Blinded]

Blinded by rage

I’ve given in to the might of malevolence

I’ve given in to eternal sin

Beckoned by this unholy hand of revenge

With this power, I will ascend

I am the wrath of a god built into man

I am the harbinger of the dammed

The people cower in the shadow of the prodigal son

All screaming in pain now as they run

Stained in blood

Filled with fear

The end is here

Run

Stained in blood

Filled with fear

The end is here

And so you arrive

Covered in the blood of those who have raised you

Rotted by this twisted tale of revenge

Tell me, can you see through the rage injected into your skull?

You’re blinded by this blade made from gods crafted by deities

An eternal power you couldn’t possibly comprehend

This power was supposed to be mine, controlled by my hands so I could claim victory over our foes

In your hands, it is wasted, squandered by this frivolous conquest of revenge

Release the blade to me and I will spare your life

You know you were never fit to wield this mortal blade

Just like you were never fit to protect your king

So you dare speak to me

From within the lion's mouth

A liar once before

Won’t speak a golden tongue now

I’ve traveled into hell

And crawled out alive

Yet you still think this blade

Is controlling me inside

See it’s not the blade

That is fueling fire

Deep inside down in my heart

It’s the thought that I’d see you at your end

From what you’ve done to me

I am all out of mercy

Walls will paint in red

As I use this blade to CUT OFF YOUR HEAD

CUT OFF YOUR HEAD

I hold up the head of the emperor by his hair

As the bitter silence fills the air

The people gaze into the eyes of the newborn king

And so begins a new cycle of suffering

So prepare as I begin my reign

I am the darkness inside of the blade

All are vessels hung by my string

And with my power, they must now bow to their king

Bow to your king

BOW

Bow to my infamy

Bow to my hollow shell of a man

What once was worth of honor

Is now strung up in despair

I was blinded by my pain

Driven by a will to survive

But the conquest and the power

Were not worth the horror I created

Even until now, a piece lays dormant inside

Of this vessel I call my body

Puppeteered by my burning rage

It sees clearly now in my vengeance and hate

That the evil that I swore to destroy

Was the evil I did create