CHTHONIC LYRICS

1. The Island

[Instrumental]

2. Legacy Of The Seediq

I feel your dying breath
Fall like water from the cliffs on high
Grant protection from the force of death
Wash away the stench of the past's lies

Mournful rain and toxic swords
Shadows crawl on holy ground
The roots can't be served
Destruction engendered

Dark clouds enraptured by sinister mists
All the bodies are hanged they no longer resist
There is no road the follow, no light to shine down
The bridge swept away, dying souls are uncrowned

Horned tempests never will cease
Blood won't dry nor anger decrease

I hear your dying breath
Fall like rain from the blackened sky
Grant protection from the fear of death
Wash away the pain of the past's lies

Mournful rain and toxic swords
Shadows crawl on holy ground
The roots can't be served
Destruction engendered

Dark clouds enraptured by sinister mists
All the bodies are hanged they no longer resist
There is no road the follow, no light to shine down
The bridge swept away, dying souls are uncrowned

No road the follow, no light to shine down
The bridge swept away, dying souls are uncrowned

A legacy foretold, by cold and cruel sunlight
Rising to the heavens, bloodstained flags take flight

3. Takao

[English version:]

Vultures fly, circling the dark skies
Plucking carrion from the ground
Blood red sun, territory incise
Marching forward without sound

Carved into flesh, written in blood
Symbols burned so deeply in the mind
Gathering clouds, threatening skies
The sun's rays left me blind

Ghosts of the past bound and tied
Honor's scars fade, glory dies

Vultures fly, circling the dark skies
Plucking carrion from the ground
Blood red sun, territory incise
Marching forward without sound

Deep within you, souls of the past bound and tied
Bright sun burning, the lines melt as glory dies

Carved into flesh, written in blood
Symbols burned so deeply in the mind
Gathering clouds, threatening skies
The sun's rays left me blind

大港起風湧 Toā-káng khí hong-íng
堂堂男兒欲出征 Tông-tông lâm-jî beh tshut-tsing
氣勢撼動高雄 Khì-sè hám-tōng Tha-khá-ooh
齊開向你我前程 Tsê khai hiòng lí guá tsiân-tîng

妳佇港邊相送 Lí tī káng pinn sio-sàng
淚眼咧看阮的船影 Luī-gán leh khuànn guán ê tsûn-iánn
請等待我凱旋轉來 Tshiánn tán-thāi guá khái-suân tńg--lâi
繼續咱未圓的夢 Kè-siok lán bī-uân ê bāng

大港起風湧 Toā-káng khí hong-íng
堂堂男兒欲出征 Tông-tông lâm-jî beh tshut-tsing
氣勢撼動高雄 Khì-sè hám-tōng Tha-khá-ooh
齊開向你我前程 Tsê khai hiòng lí guá tsiân-tîng

[Taiwanese version:]

海鷗展翅高迴遠飛
直直召喚阮綴伊遠洋
赤日一逝一逝的光芒
放送出 男兒志氣萬丈

穿過軍衫 穿過皮肉
染血軍徽安佇靈魂頂
伴白雲 戴青天
戰旗佇腦海中高掛

祖先的靈體被綑縛
刺面的榮光已渺茫

海鷗展翅高迴遠飛
直直召喚阮綴伊遠洋
赤日一逝一逝的光芒
放送出 男兒志氣萬丈

魂穿魄引 祖先的靈體被綑縛
天照日曝 刺面的榮光已渺茫

穿過軍衫 穿過皮肉
染血軍徽安佇靈魂頂
伴白雲 戴青天
戰旗高掛

大港起風湧
堂堂男兒欲出征
氣勢撼動高雄
齊開向你我前程

妳佇港邊相送
淚眼咧看阮的船影
請等待我凱旋轉來
繼續咱未圓的夢

大港起風湧
堂堂男兒欲出征
氣勢撼動高雄
齊開向你我前程

4. Oceanquake

The demon clouds rise in the sky
Hear savage solders battle cry
As sacred blood flows through our veins
We are immortal, feel no pain
The motherland has called us here
Killing machines who have no fear
Our flash and blood upon the earth
Called to this destiny from birth

Silence, brings insanity
Darkness, sweet depravity
Nature, surrounding
Movements, confounding

Deathly winds falling
Gods of war calling

No steel will find me
Death moves too slowly
Silent mystery
Deathly winds falling

Gods of war calling
Gods of war keep them from crawling

In the smoke hear the blades fly
Souls join and as one arise

5. Southern Cross

Under the southern cross
I am just a stranger in a strange land
Shadow beneath the stars
Though i have seen this cross
I am just a whisper in the strange land
Endless waves of souls fill eternity's mass grave
So numb to the slaughter, wave after wave
Under endless skies
Shadows stalk the land
Draw the demons out
Last night beneath the cross
I will be forever in this strange land
Shadow beneath the stars
Once more beneath the cross
Never comes my last night in this strange land
A lone shadow, within no fear of death
The last battle, behold the final death
Bottomless blood pit killing without thought
Victims are calling, destiny is wrought
Under endless skies
Shadows stalk the land
Draw the demons out
I see the southern cross
Now that i am rooted to this strange land
Shadow beneath the stars
Fading, the southern cross
I am but a shadow in this strange land
A lone shadow, within no fear of death
The last battle, behold the final death

6. Kaoru

[Taiwanese version:]

血路殺開
皇恩萬年傅後代
亂世戰士無人知

殺 殺氣 殺氣直衝
血 血脈 血脈奔馳

帝國存亡求神鬼
無留一絲保囝兒

殺 殺氣 殺氣直衝
血 血脈 血脈奔馳
帝國存亡求神鬼
無留一絲保囝兒

機身 積滿哀恨
引擎 催動亡魂

妳送的批信 我全無拍開
斷袂離的感情 妖魔化意志
毋敢看窗外 纏綿的雲彩
用盡所有勇氣 拊掉未來
殘忍人間兵器 血路殺開

皇恩萬年傳後代
亂世戰士無人知

若是黃昏月娘欲出來的時
加添阮心內悲哀
你欲佮阮離開彼一暝
也是月欲出來的時

總有一暝 妳攑頭會閣再看見
薰轉來 飛過月娘 閃爍雲邊
飛過月娘 閃爍雲邊

妖魔意志 人間兵器
血路殺開

[English translation:]

Through the red fog
May the empire transcend time
Fall unknown on the front lines
Blood flows forth and fuel the fire
Feeding from the funeral pyre

May you speed us to our fate
Single minded in my hate
Blood flow forth and fuel the fire
Feeding from the funeral pyre
May you speed us to our fate
Single minded in my hate

In this prison just pain
Demons driven insane
In this prison just pain
Demons driven insane

No words can reach me here
They all lie unread
I demonize my will
Reconcile with the dead
Eyes staring down
No glance to the horizon
Future ablaze with all strength of conviction
Becoming one with remorseless machines
Remorseless machines

May the empire transcend time
Fall unknown on the front lines
Blood! Fuel! Fire!

May you speed us to our fate
Single minded in my hate
Feed! The! Pyre!

In this prison just pain
Demons driven insane

No words can reach me here
They all just lie unread
I demonize my will
Reconcile with the dead
Eyes staring down
No glance to the horizon
Future ablaze with all strength of conviction
Becoming one with remorseless machines
Remorseless machines

7. Broken Jade

[English version:]

Steel, ocean winds
Fly to their kin
Smoke clouds the sky
Burns my black eyes

They come for me driven by unseen force
Through the thick smoke on a fateful course
Unseen am I, unmatched is my iron will
The smoke of gunfire growing even thicker still

They come for me
With unseen force
Through the thick smoke
Drawn by fate's course

Past lives return
Trapped within we burn
Longing returns
As my brothers burn

Lights of ancestors' eyes shine so bright in the dark
Guiding me knowingly toward my end
Steady hands carry me toward my perfect death
One last time I ask that you will defend

Cold comfort as I fall
Death coming for you all
Give my life for the sun
In fire existence undone

Past lives return
Propellers burn
Longing returns
As my brothers burn

Blades keep swirling around
Memories cannot be found

Lights of my true love's eyes shine so bright in the dark
Guiding me knowingly toward my end
Steady hands carry me toward my perfect death
One last time I ask that you will defend

Cold comfort as I fall
Death coming for you all
Give my life for the sun
In fire existence undone

Carry my soul on the winds of the sea
To darkened depths, I commend my body
Carry my soul on the winds of the sea
To mother island for all eternity

[Taiwanese version:]

陣陣銃子 陣陣海風
陣陣砲煙 陣陣海湧

陣陣銃子鑽過陣陣海風
陣陣砲煙軁過陣陣海湧
銃子射袂透我鋼鐵的意志
砲煙遮袂牢我無回的行動

陣陣銃子 陣陣海風
陣陣砲煙 陣陣海湧

無底記智
空轉プロペラ
無邊思念
空轉プロペラ

出征時 爸母驕傲的毋甘的目神中放出閃爍的微光
戰場頂 敵我不明的烏暗的山林中保護我入死出生
祈求這絲微光 護我完璧成仁
閣一絲微光 閣一絲微光

無底記智
空轉プロペラ
無邊思念
空轉プロペラ

空轉プロペラ
思念片斷切割

出征時 某囝深愛的毋甘的目神中放出閃爍的微光
戰場頂 敵我不明的烏暗的山林中保護我入死出生
祈求這絲微光 護我完璧成仁
閣一絲微光 閣一絲微光

陣陣海風 順 陣陣海湧
將我點滴 拆食吞入海洋
陣陣海風 順 陣陣海湧
將我意志片片送轉母島

8. Root Regeneration

Elu ludan sepiyaul ka rii
Bbaran pika elu rii
Ungat puscc ka rii
Ungat bleyrah ka elu rii
Elu llagi ka rii

9. Mahakala

Mahakala calls to you
Souls are burning, power coursing through
Bloodlust once consumed us
Banished it to the deep
The beast now has left us
In smoky mountains sleep
The demon rise again
Never will peace be found
A tyrant's madness rules
From the gods not a sound
We shed blood in the past
The instinct now awaken
Our will never outlast
Our land not forsaken
There's no way past
Dormant awaken
There's no way past
Dormant awaken
Will not outlast
Never forsaken
Mahakala calls to you
Souls are burning, power coursing through
Deadly white Sun
Blocks out the sky
The demon rise again
Never will peace abound
A tyrant's madness rules
The gods cannot be found
Ingrained in my eyes
Crimson of foes and I
Ocean of blood below
Machetes in the sky
Mahakala calls to you
Souls are burning, power coursing through
Mahakala calls to you
Guide my will

10. Quell The Souls In Sing Ling Temple

Fire and ice - attack as one unite
Light and dark - courage and strength, we fight
Ying and yang - chaos entwined in spite
Steel and blood - all are in same tonight
Across the o-gu-lam gather
The temple lights asunder
Demon creatures crawl upon the banks
Horrific wonder
Now overflowing in fire
The burning oil flows
Statues of the divine
Start to melt and decompose
Fire and ice - attack as one unite
Light and dark - courage and strength, we fight
Ying and yang - chaos entwined in spite
Steel and blood - all are in same tonight
Piece by piece pillars crash
Drop by drop the tears fall
Brick by brick sealed in hell
At their side shield them all
In your name we fall
Blood red sun set, a new dawn arise
Survived the harshest fight
Now find my demise
All that will be, entrusted now to you
From once again coming true
Temple is covered by potent seals of hell
Tsing-guan's power is tied up by the spells
Blood on my face, the proudest mark of all

Death awaits us all
Empire's head will fall
Death awaits us all
Empire's head will fall







CHTHONIC LYRICS