Hidden Leaves - Mayday

Lie down, be still

Oh wandering samurai

Your enemies are asleep tonight

Out of place and out of time

Under this modern western sky

Drinking twilight like it’s wine

Your material self has died

But from ancient books you’ve known

What the films have never shown

You can’t survive on vengeance alone

Without a name, without a home

Outside any doctrine, beyond any system

Removed from any context but your own

Lie down, be still

Oh lonesome samurai

Your enemies are only illusions

Tonight

It’s strange from your countryside, your clan and your lord

But someday you’ll know both ends of the sword

You dream of that moment

Developed in the absolute

Acting upon impulse

Stepping towards oblivion

Bowing under shadows

Begging to know both ends of the sword

Lie down, be till, oh cherry blossom soul

The shadows might swallow you whole