HOLY MARTYR LYRICS

1. Iwo Jima

[Instrumental]

2. Invincible

I walk my way, I choose my path
Inside my mind only the will to fight
Everyday I stand with pride
Life is hard but I will never fall
I will never fall

So many foes and so much honor
Don’t forget to curse my name
Everyday like a sunrise
I’m a phoenix rising from the dust

Another day, another year
This is my journey and life is like a wheel
Through victory, through misery
Day by day I’m fighting all alone
Fighting all alone

Through victory, through misery
I walk my way, I choose my path

[Solo: Eros/Ivano]

So many foes and so much honor
Don’t forget to curse my name
Everyday like a sunrise
I’m a phoenix rising from the dust

3. Lord Of War

I just do my job to nowhere I go
Money is what I want
Don't care if I'm wrong
Sickness all around
Men on battleground
I came to feed the bloodshed
No bloodstains on my hands

Children suffering on the streets
Scars of bullets on their dreams
All the people curse my name
Will I burn at the stake?

Taking the weapons through many nations
I'm the lord of war
It's my own passion, my occupation
Please don't you curse my soul

Giving my weapons to many nations
I'm the lord of war
It's my obsession, my occupation
I am without a soul

So much time has passed since my first affair
Now I am paid with drugs
And my guilt is my own path

Merchants of death I serve
Now my job is just their job
Betraying my own rules
Now it's time to face my curse

Children dying on the streets
Holes of bullets on their heads
All the people curse my name
Will I burn at the stake?


It's not my war, it's not my war

[Solo: Ivano/Eros]

4. Ghost Dog

I stand alone, here in my roof,
Waiting the orders, liege to my Lord
All my life, my whole life,
Like a dream… it's time to wake up

And the night is falling down,
Another murder done for you
Ghost Dog
Things are changing day by day,
I feel there is no place for me
Ghost Dog

I have no friends, living in solitude,
Poetry in my soul,
The way of the Samurai
Trying hard, to understand,
Living by the code… it's time to die for

And the night is falling down,
Another murder done for you
Ghost Dog
Things are changing day by day,
I feel there is no place for me
Ghost Dog

Hagakure, Hagakure is my only way
A retainer, your retainer,
Loyal till the end

[Solo: Eros/Ivano]

5. The Soul Of My Katana

The soul of my katana
Is guiding me through victory
And day by day
I'm training to improve my skill
So many foes are dying
My sword has taken their souls.

Blade is my life, blade is my faith
Blade till I die, only my katana
Is a loyal faithful friend

6. Shichinin No Samurai

They came in the valley a light in the dark
Seven is the number of those loyal men
They came not for money without a reward
To protect the helpless, the farmers in tears

Don't run away stand up and fight
Obey to the Samurai
Take your spear, katana and bows
Many foes approaching

Sweat, blood, the final showdown
They are acting like heroes
Wind, mud, black rain form the sky
Raging on, into the glory they died

Praise the seven Samurai
Sacrificing their own life
Praise the seven Samurai
Dead with honour

The brigands are coming,
Here's no time to waste
The town is in turmoil,
Showing fear and despair
The Seven are planning a way to defend
They brought here some courage
They brought here some hope

Farmers, screaming,
Yelling out in the dark
Brigands, heroes,
Fury attacking this night

Four graves on the ground
On the top of the hill
Four men here they lie
Remembered by all
There's no victory, another defeat
The Seven Samurai
Did they all fight in vain?

[
Solo: Eros/Ivano]



Praise the Seven Samurai
Sacrificing their own life
And the death toll is ringing on
In the foray of the fight
Seven Samurai

7. Takeda Shingen

Hear his Name
It blasts like wind on fire
Takeda's knights,
They swing their blades with fury
Fear their bows,
They paint the skies with arrows
They stand as one,
With strength they plan the siege

Ride! Your life will end in glory
Fight! Until the last blood
Rise! Takeda light's returning
The four rumbles sign!
Death! Death! Death to the foes!

Death death death death
And death to the foes!

A chief, Shingen,
Comes forth showing four rumbles
Spreading death
From Suwa to Musashi
A battle cry, silent like the forest
To win the war,
Stained with pure cruelty


Ride! Your life will end in glory
Fight! Until the last blood
Rise! Takeda light's returning
The four rumbles sign!
Death! Death! Death to the foes!

Death death death death
And death to the foes!

We are loyally devoted
To our master
Takeda Shingen Warlord
He's mounting a war horse so frightful
The blade of steel in hand

[Solo: Nicola/Ivano/Eros]

8. Kagemusha

I'm alive, still alive,
Where is my mighty Clan?

Now they lie a thousand men,
Takeda is no more…

Here on the field of Nagashino,
Behind the lines
Seeing impotently a tragedy
A great defeat
I'm just a thief,
Wiping tears from my eyes

Shadow Warrior rise and fall!

Shadow Warrior…

Three years of life
In the court of the Clan
An impersonator
Acting like a shadow
Takeda Shingen
Truly conquered my heart
But I'm a double
Just a puppet on a string

Shadow Warrior rise and fall!
Shadow Warrior you're alone

[Solo: Eros]

It's so cold
When the night comes
Through the camp fires
During the siege
Mysterious flute fatal melody
Swift as the wind,
Silent as a Forest
Fierce as Fire
Immovable he stands
As a mountain now moving on

Wave after wave of cavalry
Are cut down by volleys of matchlock fire
This is the end,
A sad farewell Takeda's Army
Is wiped out away

And so I lie forgotten and alone
An aimless life
No future for me the story ends
No place for me
I feel so sad the emptiness grows
A mere shadow of a dead man
I don't know what will happen to me

And the days of glory are gone
Only memories are left
There's no hope without our Lord…
A sad farewell

And the banners are falling down
The four rumbles in the dust
It's the end of Takeda's Clan…
A sad farewell

9. Sekigahara

Victory so far this day
Pain and agony few are left alive

Sekigahara it's the realm divide
Sekigahara west against the east
Sekigahara remember well this day
Sekigahara a new Japan will rise

A thousand men
Marching on Tokugawa's Clan
Victory treachery just the price to pay
Cannon's fire harquebus
Mitsunari's fall
Only death on this field for those loyal men

So uncertain the outcome of the fight
A sign of hope the allies by their side

Sekigahara it's the realm divide
Sekigahara west against the east
Sekigahara remember well this day
Sekigahara a new Japan will rise

A thousand men
Marching on Tokugawa's Clan
Victory treachery just the price to pay
Cannon's fire harquebus, Mitsunari's fall
Only death on this field for those loyal men

[Solo: Ivano]

Rain on… on and on
Both the fronts lose their men
Marching on... on and on
Treachery certain death

10. Zatoichi

This is the story of a blind man
Versed in the art of the sword
He has no fear of the darkness
The night is an ally for him
Deadly and skilled with his cane
Surrounded he fights all alone
His name is feared and respected
Ichi the man pure of heart

He's the man
With the cane sword Zatoichi
A masseur blind man
Master of the sword

Zatoichi blind samurai
Fight for your life
You're the hero of us all
Zatoichi defending the poor
Defending the weak
For the justice you will fight

Making his life as a gambler
Travellin' on and on
Town after town through Japan
He's coming to duel once more
Many adventures and troubles
Facing outnumbering foes
Engaged by the brutal Yakuza
Refusing the rules of the clan

He's the man
With the cane sword Zatoichi
A masseur blind man
Master of the sword

Zatoichi blind samurai
Fight for your life
You're the hero of us all
Zatoichi defending the poor
Defending the weak
For the justice you will fight

No one escapes
From the edge of his blade
Out in the shadows he's waiting for you

[Solo: Eros/Ivano]

Oh can't you see
The wrath of my blade
I'll cut you in two
Oh can't you feel your life is so short
You'll die by my hand
Many will try to subdue my will
Fooling my mind
Day after day I'll kill my opponents
Vengeance is mine

Zatoichi blind samurai
Fight for your life
You're the hero of us all
Zatoichi defending the poor
Defending the weak
For the justice you will fight

You are the hero…
You are the pure of heart…
Defending the oppressed
You are the vengeance…
You are the justice…
Always you will fight







HOLY MARTYR LYRICS