2019.01.16.
Taiko Nakamura
Japan has internal beef, Sengoku JidaiThe era of civil war and they're going hard at it, I tell you
Warlords with vast armies are fighting for land and power
The ordinary citizens just do as they're told
You make a deep bow, accepting your place and struggles
If there's something to discuss, the steel will do the talking
The rules of the game must be followed or you lose your head
But a few people flee, living in isolation
In the forest covered mountains in the Iga province
It's a threat to the ruling class and they've realized
That if they are going to survive, they must remain in the shadows
Using cowardly tricks, smoke screens, and knives to the back
Taiko Nakamura is hidden in a cabin
With the ten children of the clan he's been tasked with protecting
When the enemy stormed the village, he was entrusted
This honorable job from the clan's very leader
The same coward who now's betrayed the sleeping children
And lead Nobunaga's warriors right to the door
Nakamura meets his death, his death is indomitable
Firmly determined to take as many with him as possible
He slays sixteen samurais before he falls to the seventeenth one
Hearing the screams as they're burning the cabin down
He's failed his mission, and as the ruins are burning down
He promises to sell his soul for vengeance and justice
Lighting strikes in that very moment as he cuts his abdomen open
And if you're to believe the story, he abandons his body
Seeking vengeance before the end of the night
Finding the guards, the traitor, and the ten swords impaling his body
And ever since, it's said in the area
That Nakamura's spirit is at play when a storm's coming
His soul wanders aimlessly around
And suddenly, it strikes living as well as dead things with lightning
To punish those who are out of their minds
When children suffer and there's trouble ahead
Forever, he's causing ravage on lonely quest
Taiko Nakamura - the guardian of justice
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