Oniboshi Dawn

From the black sea A red mask came Salt on the wind And a hungry flame The elders lit pine On the winter cliff Three moons of snow Over the fishing drift A child cried out In the frozen shrine The mountain answered With a demon sign Then the drums woke up Like a buried heart Old teeth in the dark At the village gate We heard the name Before we saw the face A blessing turned To a blade of hate Namahage, come Break the ice Namahage, come Test our lives Take our fear Leave the fire Namahage, come Ancient choir (Namahage) They wore straw skins And ash-colored furs Claws made of bone For the wicked words Not born to kill But to tear away The lies in the house Before the new year We bowed to the storm We fed the flame And the red mask laughed Like it knew our name Then the drums woke up Like a buried heart Old teeth in the dark At the village gate We heard the name Before we saw the face A blessing turned To a blade of hate Namahage, come Break the ice Namahage, come Test our lives Take our fear Leave the fire Namahage, come Ancient choir (Namahage) At the edge of dawn The masks were raised Not beasts of wrath But winter's gaze If your soul was clean The door stayed bright If you lied to the cold You fed the night Namahage, come Break the ice Namahage, come Test our lives Take our fear Leave the fire Namahage, come Ancient choir (Namahage) Namahage, rise Through the snow Namahage, rise Let them know From the storm We were born Namahage, rise Till the dawn #OriginalSong #HeavyMetal #HardRock