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

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