千本桜 [Senbonzakura] [English translation]

Fearlessly moving forward, riding the wings of Nike*

Through with the fighting for the millenium

Fixing a patriotic flag on every person’s bike, we

Scatter the spirits with an ICBM

On the front lines, scrambling side to side

Toiling, dying, what else is new?

Rising with the new generation tide

As the cycle of life turns on

Senbonzakura, from cherries in the night

Now not even your voice will carry out of sight

Here our feast table lies, with iron key and lock

You can patronize us from the chopping block

In this legion of worlds, this universe so broad

Not one heartbroken word will reach the ear of God

Though the blue up above seems fathomlessly high

The machine gun fire pierces through the sky

War heros mingle with the whores of the red light quarter

Must be they haven’t seen this district before

Him, her, we all are chosen, in no specific order

Fall into saintly step with, “one, two, three, four”

Marching onward, under the gate of Zen

Driving all our demons away

Surely we’ll be rewarded in the end

By the thunder of the applause

Senbonzakura, those cherries in the night

Now not even your voice will carry out of sight

Here our feast table lies, with iron key and lock

You can patronize us from the chopping block

In this legion of worlds, this universe so broad

Not one heartbroken word will reach the ear of God

But I see hills of hope now with the naked eye

As the fireworks are lighting up the sky

On the front lines, scrambling side to side

Toiling, dying, what else is new?

Rising with the new generation tide

As the cycle of life turns on

Senbonzakura, from cherries in the night

Now not even your voice will carry out of sight

Here’s our feast offering, in prison quarantine

So I dare you, spring from off your guillotine

Senbonzakura, their petals taking flight

If you sing me a song, I’ll dance till morning light

Here the banquet is done, within a cage of steel

Take your blazing gun, and fire it at will

*the goddess of victory