Swordsman's Duality

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A ruthless assassin in this day and age is worthless
But the assassin still lives under the pacifist's surface
After the battle's end, I've traveled throughout Japan
Seeking some redemption for all of those murdered men
Swore never to kill again, never to let blood spill again
We killed to build it, now let's defend this age we're living in
I accept that nothing I do will ever really remove the sin
But least I can do is protect those around me until I meet my end
I was about to disappear like a ghost after the fight was won
Arai Shakku stopped to laugh at me for being dumb
Try sticking by your ideals with this sword at your hip
And if it breaks, come and see me in Kyoto for a bit
I was ready to give up the blade, but Shakku had the answer
The killings we're responsible for will eat us like a cancer
I'd like to think we did right, but only time will tell
Take this, and we can discuss the answers we found in hell

I tried to shoulder the world's misery with swordsmanship that mimics wizardry
Taught to defend lives, and that's what this sword is to me
I struggled and I killed and I fought
For a world from my dreams which I now see it's not
A sword is a weapon and its art is to kill
It opened a hole in my heart that's getting harder to fill
Now the pacifist and assassin are waging a war inside of me
A fractured psyche, a swordman's duality

Thinking back, I was an idiot, didn't know what lay before me
When Katsura asked me Will you slay for me
Thought that I could shoulder the sins of a war for everyone
As long as I could lay down the blade when it was done
With the Sakabato, I wandered peacefully for ten years
Apologizing to the families of the men I killed, amidst tears
But the reflexes of an assassin still exist under the surface
A killer with ideals is still just as worthless
In my core, I'm still a manslayer, despite how hard I've tried to be
Literally anything but, I try to hide that side of me
Constantly taking care not to end whoever is fighting me
Fighting to keep the killer within me, still inside of me
Because if I take another life, who knows if I can come back
Battousai has no place here, let him remain in the past
The future lays before me and I aim to protect it
Even knowing that the sins of my past can't be corrected

I tried to shoulder the world's misery, with swordsmanship that mimics wizardry
Taught to defend lives, and that's what this sword is to me
I struggled, and I killed and I fought
For a world from my dreams which I now see it's not
A sword is a weapon and its art is to kill
It opened a hole in my heart that's getting harder to fill
Now the pacifist and assassin are waging a war inside of me
A fractured psyche, a swordsman's duality

With the godspeed sword of Hiten Mitsurugi
I can leave you dead before you thought of what to do to me
I murdered people dutifully, Iizuka said I did it beautifully
Not for gold or fame or fun or of anything of use to me
Perfected the art of killing, though it never brought me peace
All for the arrogant notion I was bringing people some relief
Destruction never brought serenity, so ending all my enemies
Just guaranteed that no one could be safe, trying to be a friend to me
Whether they became the targets of those that sought revenge on me
Or my reflexes remembering I was a breath away from my ending scene
I'll accept any attempt on my life that you can send at me
And end you while you stare into eyes bearing no empathy
My blade knows no surrendering, though it's fluent in dismembering
And turning antagonists into distant memories
But I refuse to kill again, even unintentionally
Battousai is dead, this one is only Kenshin, see

I tried to shoulder the world's misery, with swordsmanship that mimics wizardry
Taught to defend lives, and that's what this sword is to me
I struggled and I killed and I fought
For a world from my dreams which I now see it's not
A sword is a weapon and its art is to kill
It opened a hole in my heart that's getting harder to fill
Now the pacifist and assassin are waging a war inside of me
A fractured psyche, a swordsman's duality

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