修羅の禅
Genre tags: Avant-garde Enka Rock, Dark Zen Ambient, Cinematic Japanese Folk, Minimalist Samurai-Core Mood Tags: Sober , Stoic, Minimalist, Stern, Spiritual, Zen, Tense, Atmospheric, Wabi-sabi Instrument tags: Dry wooden Taiko percussion, Raspy Shakuhachi (bamboo flute), Staccato Shamisen notes, Distorted Biwa plucks, Deep resonant Zen bells, Low-frequency string drones, Cracking wood percussion (Hyoshigi) Vocals tags: Deep baritone male vocals, Gravelly vocal texture, Traditional Kobushi inflection, Emotional monotone, Whispered breathy delivery, Gritty gut-vocal
修羅の禅
Genre tags: Avant-garde Enka Rock, Dark Zen Ambient, Cinematic Japanese Folk, Minimalist Samurai-Core Mood Tags: Sober , Stoic, Minimalist, Stern, Spiritual, Zen, Tense, Atmospheric, Wabi-sabi Instrument tags: Dry wooden Taiko percussion, Raspy Shakuhachi (bamboo flute), Staccato Shamisen notes, Distorted Biwa plucks, Deep resonant Zen bells, Low-frequency string drones, Cracking wood percussion (Hyoshigi) Vocals tags: Deep baritone male vocals, Gravelly vocal texture, Traditional Kobushi inflection, Emotional monotone, Whispered breathy delivery, Gritty gut-vocal
Lyrics
[Intro]
(Deep resonant Zen bell tolls once)
(Cracking Hyoshigi wood percussion - slow, rhythmic)
(Distant wind blowing through a desolate temple)
[Verse 1]
(Gravelly monotone vocals, heavy breathy delivery)
(Staccato Shamisen notes with long pauses)
右の手は 刀を握り
左の手は 仏（ほとけ）を求（もと）むる
夜風に 血の匂い
善か悪か 問うては 斬る
(Shamisen pluck - sharp and dry)
返り血で 濡れた 数珠の玉
[Verse 2]
(Distorted Biwa plucks, low-frequency string drone)
(Deep baritone vocals with traditional Enka Kobushi)
野晒しの 骸（むくろ）が 笑う
「お前も こちら側だ」と
情けをかければ 背を斬られ
牙を剥けば 魂が 尖（とが）る
(Deep Taiko strike - resounding)
正しさなど 泥に 溶け落ちた
[Bridge]
(Minimalist breakdown - only Raspy Shakuhachi and Zen bell)
(Whispered, gritty gut-vocal)
善悪不二（ぜんあくふに）
切れば ただの 肉と 骨
(Shakuhachi screams with overblown notes)
[Chorus]
(Cinematic Japanese Rock, intense but stoic)
(Driving Taiko percussion and gritty guitar-like Biwa)
荒野を征（ゆ）け 空（から）の道
救いなき 世を 抱きしめて
斬って 祈り また 斬り捨てる
これが 俺の 修羅の 禅（ぜん）
枯れた 心に 一輪の 花
[Outro]
(Music fades into dark ambient noise)
(The sound of a blade being sheathed - Clink)
(Final whispered breath)
……南無（なむ）
(A single Zen bell tolls into silence)
[End]
☀︎English lyrics
[Intro]
(Deep resonant Zen bell tolls once)
(Cracking Hyoshigi wood percussion - slow, rhythmic)
(Distant wind blowing through a desolate temple)
⸻
[Verse 1]
(Gravelly monotone vocals, heavy breathy delivery)
(Staccato Shamisen notes with long pauses)
My right hand grips a blade,
My left hand reaches for the Buddha.
In the night wind, the scent of blood—
I question good and evil… then cut.
(Shamisen pluck - sharp and dry)
Prayer beads soaked in splattered blood.
⸻
[Verse 2]
(Distorted Biwa plucks, low-frequency string drone)
(Deep baritone vocals with traditional Enka Kobushi)
Exposed corpses left to the wild grin,
“You belong on this side too.”
Show mercy, and your back is cut—
Bare your fangs, and your soul sharpens.
(Deep Taiko strike - resounding)
Righteousness has melted into the mud.
⸻
[Bridge]
(Minimalist breakdown - only Raspy Shakuhachi and Zen bell)
(Whispered, gritty gut-vocal)
Good and evil are not two.
Cut—and it is only flesh and bone.
(Shakuhachi screams with overblown notes)
⸻
[Chorus]
(Cinematic Japanese Rock, intense but stoic)
(Driving Taiko percussion and gritty guitar-like Biwa)
Cross the wasteland—the path of emptiness,
Embrace this world without salvation.
Cut, pray, then cut again,
This is my Zen of carnage.
A single flower blooms in this withered heart.
⸻
[Outro]
(Music fades into dark ambient noise)
(The sound of a blade being sheathed - Clink)
(Final whispered breath)
…Namu.
(A single Zen bell tolls into silence)