The IIId Empire (English) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by manorexic 

Cover art for The IIId Empire (English) lyrics by Dir En Grey

KYO'S THOUGHTS ON THE LYRICS: "Put simply, these lyrics are about war, right? But I wasn’t born in a time of war. So to be blunt, these lyrics have no weight behind them. But I’m in fact making fun of myself for the very act of writing and singing these kind of things in the song, despite that I know nothing of war. Like, ‘what an ass I am, I don’t know shit’. Only that portion."

"The Third Empire" hmmm.... the Third Reich?

Brainwash makes us sing a sorrowful song... For the country to prosper.

This really makes me think of Nazi Germany, I knoew he probably meant it more for Japan, but perhaps that is the point of the name play... to draw parallels.