Blade In The Snow

[Part I: Sakura's Omen]
 [instrumental]
 [Part II: A Master and a Servant]
 Scars of countless number
 Carved with the knife of time
 Gone are fights for pain inside
 Flames smothered by defeat
 Once was he invincible
 Once walked above the gods
 Beat by unlikely champion
 Now he kneels before a man
 All was changed, a fateful night
 Battle for the thousandth blade
 Humble mind over haughty matter
 In a master a servant revealed
 Flakes cold, white slowly fall
 Grows silent the land again
 Leaves wither, speak the words unheard
 Yet true for a tormented soul seeking answer
 Flakes cold, white slowly fall
 Grows silent the land again.
 Silent are the woods, silent are the waters,
 Silent is the bridge once surrounded by a wall of steel
 One arrived, two walked away, nothing stayed the same
 To feel the life in every breath, every soul he takes
 That is the way of a warrior.
 Stars so far away, alone they stay, like now my blade in the snow
 No more there's a need to ask the questions
 Stars they guide me, they give my peace, as I leave my blade in the snow
 No more there's a need to find an answer
 Stars so far away, alone they stay like now my blade in the snow
 Now I've found the path, now's there a meaning for my war
 Free from all, he joined a war
 No longer one his own
 Once alone, now gives his swords
 To serve his master's cause
 [Solo: Pepe, Jouni, Mika, Matias]
 [Part III: Betrayal and standing death]
 Traitor, a betrayal, a fallen among them
 Serpent, poisons me, it's venom my own blood
 Despair, defeat draws near, no way to change the course
 Only one, after nightfall still stands on his feet.
 [Part IV: River Sanzu / Birth of a legend]
 [instrumental]
 [Part V: Blade in the Snow]
 Stars so far away, alone they stay, like now my blade in the snow
 No more there's a need to ask the questions
 Stars so far away, alone they stay, like now my blade in the snow
 No more there's a need to ask the questions (please give me peace)
 Stars, they guide me, they give me peace, I leave my blade in the snow
 Stars please guide me
 Flakes cold, white slowly fall
 Grows silent the land again
 Earth, mountains, rivers - hidden in the nothingness
 In the nothingness
 Earth mountains, rivers revealed
 It is our path defining our desires
 Our desires defining our goal
 Our goal defining our deeds
 Our deeds defining who we are
 Spring flowers, winter snows
 There's no being or non-being, nor denial itself.
 I've been set free