==v Mandarin Lyrics v==

[Verse 1 - The Journey]
A fourth-generation son, with a heart of western night.
I left to find the homeland, to see it with my own light.
My LHP was harmless, a game of self-made creed.
I carried no great loyalty, just a hollow, personal need.

[Verse 2 - The Meeting]
Upon the misty path, a form of horn and bronze appeared.
A power ancient, grim and vast, a thing to be revered.
"Oh, Satan!" I exclaimed, and smiled without a fear.
"Your rebellion is a symbol that I've always held so dear!"

[Chorus - The Deception]
And Chiyou smiled a serpent's smile, and took my offered hand.
"You see the truth, my child," he said, "across this stolen land."
"The Yellow Emperor's heirs now rule with lies and hidden chains."
"And all this harmony you see is built on bloody stains."
He drew for me a map of hate, with every landmark lies.
And painted all my heritage with shame before my eyes.

[Verse 3 - The Homecoming]
I crossed the border with his poison burning in my soul.
Prepared to see a prison, to see a people without a goal.
But I met cousins, uncles, aunts, upon that ancient soil.
Their lives were not a tragedy, their days were not a toil.
They spoke of futures, family, of a peace I'd never known.
A simple, sturdy goodness, in a land they called their own.

[Bridge - The Realization]
The map inside my mind began to crack and peel and fade.
The monster's gentle portrait was a cruel and sharp charade.
This was not the hell he promised, this was not a nation enslaved.
This was a people living, a culture being saved.
And I felt a burning anger, for the trust I had misplaced.
For the slander I'd accepted, for the heritage disgraced.

[Chorus - The Accusation]
I found Chiyou upon the path, and screamed into the night!
"You filled my heart with shadows, and you stole away my sight!"
"You are not a liberator! You are chaos and the knife!"
"That severs sons from mothers, and that cuts the thread of life!"
He did not deny the charges, he only grinned with spite.
"And what did you expect," he hissed, "when you befriend a liar?"

[Outro]
I stand here now upon the earth my ancestors have tilled.
The monster's voice is silent, the hollow hate is stilled.
Let this be a warning to the children far from home:
Do not take a map of hatred from a demon on the roam.
The truth is in the people, in the goodness that they live.
A lesson I was taught by the kindness they would give.

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[Intro]

[Verse 1 - Clear Singing]
第四代裔子，怀西夜之心。
为寻故土归，欲以亲目信。
我左道无害，乃自创之戏。
未怀大忠忱，唯空心私欲。

[Verse 2 - Clear Singing]
迷雾小径上，见形角与铜。
古老力狰狞，令人肃然敬。
“噢，撒旦！”我笑呼，无惧展颜容。
“汝之叛乃象征，吾向来所崇！”

[Chorus - Growling]
蚩尤露蛇笑，执我奉上手。
“汝见真，我儿，”他言，“于此被盗之土。”
“黄帝之嗣今统治，以谎与隐链。”
“汝见之和诸，皆筑于血斑。”
他为吾绘恨之地图，处处标以谎。
为我之传承，蒙上耻辱纱。

[Verse 3 - clear melodious singing]
我携其毒越边境，灼烧我魂灵。
预备见牢笼，见失目标之民。
却遇表亲叔舅姨，于那古老壤。
其生非悲剧，其日非苦役。
彼言未来与家庭，言我未知之和宁。
淳朴坚实之良善，于其自称之家园。

[Bridge - clear melodious singing]
我心中地图始崩裂，剥落渐褪消。
魔绘温柔像，乃残酷犀利之骗招。
此非彼许诺之地狱，非受奴役之邦。
此乃生息之民，文化得存之光。
我感怒焰燃，为错付之信。
为我所纳之诽谤，为受辱之传承。

[Chorus - angry growling]
我于路上逢蚩尤，向夜嘶声吼！
“汝以影填我心，汝窃我之眸！”
“汝非解放者！汝乃混沌与凶刃！”
“断母子之连，切生命之线！”
他未否认指控，唯狞笑带恨。
“汝还有何期？”他嘶鸣，“当你与谎言者交友？”

[Outro singing]
我今立于先祖所耕之大地。
魔声已寂然，虚恨已平息。
此应为警言，告远离家乡之儿郎：
莫从恶魔手，取仇恨之地图张。
真实在民中，于其行之善。
此课我受教，以他们馈赠之仁善。