Kyūbi’s Twilight Pact

[Intro] Soft snow on the shrine steps Paper lanterns, trembling light An old bell counts the hours Someone’s name lost in the night [Verse 1] I was a whisper in the morning rain A red thread tangled in your fate You bowed low, I spoke your name And every vow came like easy pray You wore the silk like a painted mask Your eyes like embers under lace I only asked one foolish thing: “Stay till dawn, reveal your face” [Chorus] Kyūbi no kitsune Ninth tail burning in the dark If I touch you, will you vanish? If I trust you, will you spark? Between shrine stone and winter sky We are truth and we are lie Kyūbi no kitsune Teach my mortal heart how to live (ah, ah) [Verse 2] I crossed a hundreds autumns Perfume of plum on every sleeve Men of steel, men of prayer All of them easy to deceive But you spilled your hidden names Like petals falling from your hair For a moment, all your faces Lay unguarded in my eyes I am famine, I am fortune I am storm behind your smile Yet your clumsy human kindness Made me linger one more night [Chorus] Kyūbi no kitsune Ninth tail blazing through the snow If I worship you, will you curse me? If I spare you, will you stay? Under twisted maple boughs We were promise, we were vow Kyūbi no kitsune Who betrays the other now? (woah, woah) [Bridge] They came with charms and iron prayers Crimson seals to bind your soul “Monster, fall,” their leader cried “Send her back where she belongs” I could have turned them all to ash Raised a river out of flame But your shaking hand found mine You spoke my very oldest name “Stay,” you said, “or strike them down” “Stay,” I said, “or watch me fade” In that breath between our choices Even mythical fox was afraid [Chorus] Kyūbi no kitsune Ninth tail carving through the sky If I love you, will I crumble? If I leave you, will you die? Let the rumors write their scrolls Let them paint me on the shrine walls Kyūbi no kitsune Only you have seen my heart (ah, ah, ah) [Outro] Soft snow on the shrine stones One set of footprints, then none Keep my secret, keep this scar When you dream, we run as one