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Well, you killed your first man at thirteen
Killer instinct, animal supreme
By sixteen you had to learn to fight
The way of the warrior, you took it as your rite
Sunlight, falling on your steel
Death in life is your ideal
Life is like a wheel
Sunlight, falling on your steel
Death in life is your ideal
Life is like a wheel
Through earth and water, fire and wind
You came at last, nothing was the end
I'll make a cut by fire and stones
Take you and your blade, break you both in two
Break you both in two
Sunlight, falling on your steel
Death in life is your ideal
Life is like a wheel
Sunlight, falling on your steel
Death in life is your ideal
Life is like a wheel, rolling on and on
Sunlight, falling on your steel
Death in life is your ideal
Life is like a wheel
Sunlight, falling on your steel
Death in life is your ideal
Life is like a wheel
Sunlight, falling on your steel
Death in life is your ideal
Life is like a wheel
Sunlight, falling on your steel
Death in life is your ideal
Life is like a wheel
And it's rolling still
Killer instinct, animal supreme
By sixteen you had to learn to fight
The way of the warrior, you took it as your rite
Sunlight, falling on your steel
Death in life is your ideal
Life is like a wheel
Sunlight, falling on your steel
Death in life is your ideal
Life is like a wheel
Through earth and water, fire and wind
You came at last, nothing was the end
I'll make a cut by fire and stones
Take you and your blade, break you both in two
Break you both in two
Sunlight, falling on your steel
Death in life is your ideal
Life is like a wheel
Sunlight, falling on your steel
Death in life is your ideal
Life is like a wheel, rolling on and on
Sunlight, falling on your steel
Death in life is your ideal
Life is like a wheel
Sunlight, falling on your steel
Death in life is your ideal
Life is like a wheel
Sunlight, falling on your steel
Death in life is your ideal
Life is like a wheel
Sunlight, falling on your steel
Death in life is your ideal
Life is like a wheel
And it's rolling still
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The Song is based on samurai legend Miyamoto Musashi
Earth, water, fire and wind were four of the chapters of Miyamoto Musashi's "Book of 5 Rings".
@SpiralArchitectX there are five chapters (rings). The one you’re missing is ‘void’ or ‘emptiness’.
I rather like this song, I'm not sure if it really is very significant, it's pretty much about the life of a warrior.
The 5 chapters are Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, and lastly Void ("nothing was the end"). One of the techniques described in the book of five rings is the fire and stones cut, which is a very severe cut to your opponent's blade and/or body.
i know it's probably Miyamoto Musashi, but it sounds like his archrival, Sasaki Kojiro with it's intensity and the line "Death in life is your ideal", Sasaki was big on killing, he knew nothing else. but if all your skills were in the use of a sword...it's kinda hard to imagine anything else right?
Just finished listening to The Book of Five Rings and I could tell from a few lines in the books this song was gleaned from his works. Absolute epic song and storyline . Up the Irons