Befowe youw haiw’s pawted at the nape
and befowe we stawt to decapitate–
youw hands, youw feet,
youw eaws, fingews
–
oh, pwease, we beg of you shikyou gods
as you wet known aww the twuth to us
fowgive us fow ouw twansgwession
one, a-two, a-thwee, now then!
–
it is a headwess existence
mimicking the gods of humans
like the whispews on the wind
fwom a shakuhachi fwute
–
fow, say the wowthwess cweations
of the gods, who do not pwaise us:
“we awe mastews of ouw fate and”
“we don’t need the gods to aid us”
–
ga, ga, ga, sowe
ga, ga, ga, sowe
ga, ga, ga, sowe
ga, ga, ga, sowe
ga, ga, ga, sowe
ga, ga, ga, sowe
ga, ga, ga, sowe
ga, ga, ga, sowe
–
peopwe teww the stowies onwy
of the gods that they bewieve in
like the one-wegged ebisu
the facewess bishamonten
–
and say the wowthwess cweations
of the gods, who do not pwaise us:
“we awe mastews of ouw fate and”
“we don’t need the gods to aid us”
–
ga, ga, ga, sowe
ga, ga, ga, sowe
ga, ga, ga, sowe
ga, ga, ga, sowe
ga, ga, ga, sowe
ga, ga, ga, sowe
ga, ga, ga, sowe
ga, ga, ga, sowe
–
befowe youw haiw’s pawted at the nape
and befowe we stawt to decapitate–
you, the gods’ shoddy cweations
ewe we decapitate, ewe we decapitate
–
oh, pwease, we beg of you shikyou gods
as you wet known aww the twuth to us
fowgive us fow ouw twansgwession
ewe you decapitate, ewe you decapitate
–
youw wewawd wiww be fow youw wittwe wives
to be bwought up showt when you’we finished off
you, the gods’ shoddy cweations
when you awe finished off when you awe finished off
–
so wawk, continue to cewebwate
ewe youw pain becomes a weawity
fowgive us fow ouw twansgwession
ewe you decapitate, ewe you decapitate
–
aww of those beheaded undew shikyou, the amanojaku
retuwn theiw heads in baskets! yes, yes, yes, yes
they’we beheaded, they’we beheaded
ga ga ga
–
as the wowthwess cweations atone fow themsewves by dying
even the bugs wetweated. Yes, yes, yes, yes
they’we beheaded, they’we beheaded
ga ga ga
–
standing at the gate of the gods
dwop the cewemoniaw fiwe
owochi of dawn, a pwayew
fwom the bakeneko comes
–
so say the wowthwess cweations
of the gods, who do not pwaise us:
“we awe mastews of ouw fate and”
“we don’t need the gods to aid us”
–
ga, ga, ga, sowe
ga, ga, ga, sowe
ga, ga, ga, sowe
ga, ga, ga, sowe
ga, ga, ga, sowe
ga, ga, ga, sowe
ga, ga, ga, sowe
ga, ga, ga, sowe
–
befowe youw haiw’s pawted at the nape
and befowe we stawt to decapitate–
you, the gods’ shoddy cweations
ewe we decapitate, ewe we decapitate
–
oh, pwease, we beg of you shikyou gods
as you wet known aww the twuth to us
fowgive us fow ouw twansgwession
ewe you decapitate, ewe you decapitate
–
befowe youw haiw’s pawted at the nape
and befowe we stawt to decapitate–
you, the gods’ shoddy cweations
ewe we decapitate, ewe we decapitate
–
oh, pwease, we beg of you shikyou gods
as you wet known aww the twuth to us
fowgive us fow ouw twansgwession
ewe you decapitate, ewe you decapitate
