Samurai (侍?) is the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a persons in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau. In both countries the terms were nominalized to mean "those who serve in close attendance to the nobility," the pronunciation in Japanese changing to saburai. According to Wilson, an early reference to the word "samurai" appears in the Kokin Wakashū (905–914), the first imperial anthology of poems, completed in the first part of the 10th century.
By the end of the 12th century, samurai became almost entirely synonymous with bushi (武士), and the word was closely associated with the middle and upper echelons of the warrior class. The samurai followed a set of rules that came to be known as bushidō. While they numbered less than 10% of Japan's population samurai teachings can still be found today in both everyday life and in modern Japanese martial arts.
Plot
Billy is a teenage outcast in search of his life's true meaning. Day by day, he slaves away at the local burger joint, only to return home to a paraplegic father, whose own dreams of happiness have faded away in an alcoholic haze. Nonetheless, Billy tries to bond with his delusional father, but cannot break through the many layers of pain and regret that surround him. Frustrated, Billy longs to escape the dead-end existence that has engulfed his father, and now appears to be closing in on him as well. It's only within the confines of his small bedroom that Billy truly feels alive. Closing his eyes, he allows his vivid imagination to take over, sweeping him away from his bleak surroundings, and into a world of fantasy. In his dreams, Billy is no longer the misfit, but a brave warrior roaming freely. Along with his best friend Sarah, Billy travels blissfully through this imaginary world, only to awaken once again to the grim reality he struggles so hard to escape. In an attempt to rejuvenate his father, Billy hatches a plot to seek revenge on the man who allegedly crippled his father many years ago. This decision puts Billy face to face with the one thing he has yearned for so long to attain: a purpose. As Billy embarks on his mission, he soon finds that things aren't always what they seem, as his mission for revenge may ultimately become a mission for his very own survival.
Keywords: dream, outcast, samurai, shadow
For the sake of good there are those who will do bad.
Fisherman: I was standing on the beach, near the cliffs of Oshima/ I was spreading out the nets for the morning sun/ It was early in July, and the day was getting hot, so I stopped to wipe my eyes, and by accident I turned - and looked out to sea... And there came, breaking through the mist... roaring through the sea... four black dragons! Spitting fire! And I ran/ cursing through the fields/ calling the alarm/ shouting to the world/ Four black dragons! Spitting fire! And the earth trembled, and the sky cracked, and I thought it was the end of the world!
Reciter: Nippon! The floating kingdom! An island empire, which for centuries has lived in perfect peace, undisturbed by intruders from across the sea. Here, in the month of July, Eighteen hundred and fifty three, there is nothing to threaten the serene, and changeless cycle of our days.
Reciter: [sung] In the middle of the world we float/ in the middle of the sea/ The realities remain remote/ in the middle of the sea. Kings are burning somewhere/ Wheels are turning somewhere/ Trains are being run, wars are being won, things are being done/ Somewhere out there - not here. Here we paint screens; Yes! The arrangement of the screens. [claps] We sit inside the screens/ and contemplate the view/ that's painted on the screens/ more beautiful than true/ And no one presses in/ and no one glances out. And kings are burning somewhere - not here!
Reciter: A haiku: A gift unearned, and unexpected, often has a hidden price.
Reciter: A haiku: The hand which feeds it grudgingly, is the first hand the dog will bite. [grins] If it ever gets the chance.
Reciter: Yes! The arrangement of the bows. First, for the Emperor, descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu, all-knowing and all-powerful, ruler absolute! One year old. Second, for the Shogun, protector of the kingdom, keeper of the peace. Seldom seen. Third, for the Lords of the South, vassals to the Shogun, loyal to their master. Not for long.
Reciter: They come from a land of mystery, behind the setting sun - Barbarians with hooked noses, like mountain imps, giants with coarse hair and faces gray as the dead. Americans! Look how they glare! Look how they aim their sorcerer's weapons directly at us. Oh look! Their leader, Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry! Surely he is the king of the demons, come to strike us blind and devour our children! In this desperate hour, who will save Japan?
Shogun's Mother: It's the day of the rat, my lord. There are four days remaining, and I see you're entertaining, but we should have a chat, my lord. To begin, if I may, my lord; I've no wish to remind you, but you'll notice just behind you there are ships in the bay, they've been sitting there all day with a letter to convey and they haven't gone away, and there's every indication that they're planning to stay my lord. Have some tea my Lord, some chrysanthemum tea, it's an herb that's superb for disturbances at sea. Is the shogun feeling better? Good, now what about this letter? Is it wise to delay my lord? With the days disappearing might we benefit from hearing what the soothsayers say, my lord?
Shogun's Mother: It's the day of the ox, my lord. Only two days remaining, and today already waning, I've a few further shocks my lord. To begin, let me say, at the risk of repetition, there are ships in the bay, and they didn't ask permission but they sit there all day in contemptuous array, with a letter to convey, and they haven't gone away, and there's every indication that they still plan to stay, and you look a little gray, my lord... Have some tea, my lord, some chrysanthemum tea, while we plan if we can what our answer ought to be. If the tea the shogun drank will serve to keep the shogun tranquil I suggest, if I may, my lord, we consult the confucians, they have mystical solutions, there are none wise as they my lord.
Shogun's Mother: It's the day of the tiger, my lord. Only two days remaining, and I'm tired of explaining, there are ships in the bay, with a letter to convey, they're on permanent display, and we must take some position, or the southern coalition will be soon holding sway my lord, and we'll all have to pay, my lord. Have some tea, my lord, some chrysanthemum tea, it's a tangled situation as your father would agree. And it mightn't be so tangled if you hadn't had him strangled, but I fear that I stray my lord. I've a nagging suspicion that in view of your condition what we should do is pray, my lord.
You are (the) sun.
You are (the) light.
You are the love who controls the night.
You are my support.
You are (the) sun.
You are (the) light.
You are the love who controls the night.
You are my support.
You are (the) sun.
You are (the) sun.
You are (the) light.
You are the love who controls the night.
You give me power.
You protect me.
You are my love.
Lay me down
On the street
Where the hobos meet
Southern day dreams
I don’t know
Which way the wind blows
But I’ll tell you what comes and goes
People grow old and die
Cold like a Samurai
Under a dim, breathtaking winter sky
Perrier c’est foux
Lonely days
By the sea
Watch the ships go by
Taiwanese
Half as old
As the sky seems
In my larger dreams
Mangosteen
[HOOK x2]
Cadillac gold grills in my mother fuckin' mouth
Cocaine, gold chain rests on my vertebrae
All them niggas that be hatin' better watch what they
say
I heat 'em up, beat 'em up I'm Cassius Clay
[Verse 1]
Mountain Climbing's about the rhyming, I (work) to the
tippy-top
Me, my notepad, Mary Jane, sticky pot
Ticks from the clock, so it means I don't get to stop
I be in the studio pacing, waiting for this shit to
drop
Niggas wish whether we flop Divac
Flock to take me a boombox, every fucking 2 knocks
I see you running ya chops, chop it up and get chopped
Bag 'em up, he off the docks, and bitch I'm at the
beach
Bitch I'm at the beach, (oh) bitch I'm at the beach
With a childish flow, that means this shit is at your
reach
I'm here to keep it g, from the eyes (I's) how I see
You're here to be a b-i-t on my d
I need no ID for you to recognize
I exercise my thought, got you petrified, bitch I'm
next to die
(Die) Consider me invisible, and also one mentally
fucked individual
(A bunch of coughing and trading blunts, passing the
weed around)
[HOOK x2]
[Verse 2]
Why the fuck got these niggas gotta hate for?
I got a lot of shit they can't pay for
Cooler than the beach, fuck the lakeshore
You niggas take six, well I'mma take more
I'm like a virgin dick, I go hard, and I get up in your
bitch and boguard (both gone?)
Niggas riding waves without the chauffeur
I'mma drown your ass and take your surfboard (PUSSY!)
My shit stink, no cushion Whoopie
Goldberg I beat the track Goldberg
Dusting off my shoulders and keep it moving forward
Nigga sat and playing Madden on the couch, bored
Slower, you mother fuckers goin' nowhere
Except for taking Grandma to the store
Turn the television on and check the score
And trail like a tail on a fucking horse
Silent warrior, of the east
Living for a course or to fight for peace
In your eyes reflects the sun
Red as any blood
Samurai do you live to die
Your eyes glued to the sky
Samurai have you no time to see?
The love waiting for you
Samurai
When she calls to you, do you hear?
Murmur of your child, still he's waiting there
Blades of steel may take your life
None can kill a love
Samurai do you live to die
Your eyes, oh
Samurai have you no time to see?
The love waiting for you
Stronger than the sun, your desire
Changing all around, frenzied by the fire
Blinded by the inner light
Did you lose the way?
Samurai do you live to die
Your eyes, oh
Samurai have you no time to see?
The love waiting for you
Samurai do you live to die
Your eyes glued to the sky
Samurai have you no time to see?
The love waiting for you
written by David Crosby
spirit son of a samurai, tilting at windmills
a misfit in this century
he was looking for a living to be proud of
he was driven before a dozen winds at once
like a salmon jumping upstream
without the fishes sense
not to wonder, wonder, wonder
well he was carrying his baggage
chained to his feet, his weapon held across his eyes
he was looking for the light
he was looking for the light
well he was the only one i met
a one two two three four
walkin' the line of the razor's edge
talkin' a long time ago-whoa
a slice of the sky in a silver wedge
higher and higher we go-whoa
let's go
born to the gods on the silken trail
thrust from the earth far below
unspoken lass never seek the grail
so be it i need it long legs blue eyes
oo she drives me crazy
ooo whoa drive me cra'-yeah-ah
ooo whoa drive me crazy yeah-yeah
ladies in black put a spell on me
feels like my head's goin' round and round
round and round around
ladies in white ain't my cup of tea
so be it well i need it long hair blue eyes
oo she drives me crazy
ooo whoa whoa whoa w-w-whoa ah
ooo whoa ya drive me cra' yeah yeah-ah-ah
so many things that i know about you
still ten thousand light years away
how can i make love to both of you
so be it well i need it long hair blue eyes
oo she drives me crazy
ooo whoa
ya drives me cra' what she do what she do
ooo whoa oh drive me cra' yeah-yeah
ooo whoa whoa
oh drive me cra' what she do when she do
ooo whoa whoa oh samurai ah whoa whoa whoa
look out look out
I did some time in Tokyo in a dojo
Learned karate and kung fu
And judo because you know
I'm a fuckin' samurai from the darkside
Eating fried rice, and I lie
I'm not Bruce Lee, I'm not Chinese
I'm on the trapeze, and I'm free
In Nagasaki, I'm drinking saki
And watching hockey in my jockeys
And I'm a servant to technology
I'm a fuckin' samurai, from the darkside
Eating fried rice, and I lie
I'm not Bruce Lee, I'm not Chinese
I'm on the trapeze, and I'm free
In my Nissan, I put the priest on
And I head out on the highway to Budokan
I'm metal basted and domo wasted
I'm a fuckin' samurai from the darkside
Eating fried rice, and I lie
I'm not Bruce Lee, I'm not Chinese
I am absolutely now prepared to pay the price
Even if I ultimately pay with my own life
Where did you give everything, to sacrifice it all
and without the will to die I know that I can't win
No mind, no pain, nothing can hold me back
Now I stand without fear in the valley of death
I'm willing to die, die, willing to die
Samurai
Die, willing to die, like a Samurai
Deep within my self is a decision that I made
to win it all, overwhelm those
who would want to bury me
To never, never yield and even with my only ?sprat?
to remain defiant, never to admit defeat
No mind, no pain, nothing can hold me back
Now I stand without fear in the valley of death
I'm willing to die, die, willing to die
Samurai
Die, willing to die, like a Samurai
Die!
Are you willing to die?
Die!
Are you willing to die?
Like a samurai
[Solo]
No mind, no pain, nothing can hold me back
Now I stand without fear in the valley of death
I'm willing to die, die, willing to die
Samurai
wassup wassup hi hi, where my niggaz thats reaching for the sky
blowing up fireworks, fourth of july
keep the swagger on a hundred, countings stacks on the side
this avias avias in yo speakers, thugs my music blowing up in yo tweakers
yall rappers old news like neon beepers
i bury yall lyrics 6 feet, um the reaper
verse1:
i once was lost but now im found, as i stand in my armor head facing the
ground
i remember those days that i thought i was a goner, now they call me
emperor bringing my family honor
everytime i refer back to the past i think of how i was clowned sitting in
class
now my life is the bomb it is a blast, and like gum i always wonder how
long its gonna last
theres was tough times getting kicked out in the streets
in my teens a runaway then to shelter would seek
i had fury so deep my face redder than dragons
always desired love so in music found passion
i stand 5 foot 8 with my shield on my side
blocking out all haters with envys and pride
cute face thin waist so im fit for a bride
an ill slice a ninja neck i have nothing to hide
every since i was younger niggas called me gay
they ridicule played in my head like symphonaes
i just wanted to fit in this all i was begging
wanted them to realize i was the next rap legend
and so the truth then hit the light now um chirping like crickets
niggaz downloading music, selling out show tickets
now the tables turned im surrounded by troops
lyrics wetter than a fresh bowl of egg drop soup
and i owe thanks to my god
my spiritual uplifter, who was there from the start
i now desire serenity, spread my wings and be free
shivers running through my body like a cold mug of tea
who gone make it to top yo we gonna see
music play more than videogames on a wii
im a samurai im the seed of prosperity
and i say
take me away
i tell him
take me away
i just wanna be free
take me away
take me away
whats comes around goes around
im the king of the this city im the king of this town
i have the victory so put ya swords down
i am a samurai sword, knives, and gown
When you came into
My room last night
And took off all your clothes
Did you think I would resist
Letting you inside
Did you think I could resist you
My favorite Samurai
You swam across the bedroom
Drunk on my champagne
You got into the air
Across the River Wye
And pushed aside your headstone
My favorite Samurai
Then you showed me something
I didn't know
How to let go
I was falling
Through the Tivoli sky
Expecting to fly
Expecting to fly
When I stood beside your tomb
Last night
Recalling how you rose
Did you think I would persist
Refusing to die
See how I've persisted
Freedom is all about living a dream
You gotta cut the pain stop taking it in
Fear is a callin' it's a killer of all
It's making me sick I can't take no more
Heads up in life it's a fucked up game
It's easy to fall in and live against the grain
Then you're stuck in the middle of Heaven and Hell
Yeah, you get stuck in the middle of Heaven and hell
Sun comes a rising
My faith is my fortune
I patiently breath in my soul
under my wounds in the depth of frustration
Visions of pain I have sewn
Freedom is all about living a dream
You gotta cut the pain you gotta cut the pain
Stop taking it in
Sun comes a rising
My faith is my fortune
I patiently breath in my soul
under my wounds in the depth of frustration
Visions of pain I have sewn
Hear me I'm calling for I've fallen deep now
Only my self I'm to blame
Time is my anchor and Hell comes to love
Ai....
Quanto querer
Cabe em meu coração
Ai....
Me faz sofrer
Faz que me mata
E se não mata fere
Vai....
Sem me dizer
Na casa da paixão
Sai....
Quando bem quer
Traz uma praga
E me afaga a pele
Crescei, luar
Prá iluminar as trevas
Fundas da paixão
Eu quis lutar
Contra o poder do amor
Caí nos pés do vencedor
Para ser o serviçal
De um samurai
Mas eu tou tão feliz!
Dizem que o amor
Atrai...
wassup wassup hi hi, where my niggaz thats reaching for the sky
blowing up fireworks, fourth of july
keep the swagger on a hundred, countings stacks on the side
this avias avias in yo speakers, thugs my music blowing up in yo tweakers
yall rappers old news like neon beepers
i bury yall lyrics 6 feet, um the reaper
verse1:
i once was lost but now im found, as i stand in my armor head facing the
ground
i remember those days that i thought i was a goner, now they call me
emperor bringing my family honor
everytime i refer back to the past i think of how i was clowned sitting in
class
now my life is the bomb it is a blast, and like gum i always wonder how
long its gonna last
theres was tough times getting kicked out in the streets
in my teens a runaway then to shelter would seek
i had fury so deep my face redder than dragons
always desired love so in music found passion
i stand 5 foot 8 with my shield on my side
blocking out all haters with envys and pride
cute face thin waist so im fit for a bride
an ill slice a ninja neck i have nothing to hide
every since i was younger niggas called me gay
they ridicule played in my head like symphonaes
i just wanted to fit in this all i was begging
wanted them to realize i was the next rap legend
and so the truth then hit the light now um chirping like crickets
niggaz downloading music, selling out show tickets
now the tables turned im surrounded by troops
lyrics wetter than a fresh bowl of egg drop soup
and i owe thanks to my god
my spiritual uplifter, who was there from the start
i now desire serenity, spread my wings and be free
shivers running through my body like a cold mug of tea
who gone make it to top yo we gonna see
music play more than videogames on a wii
im a samurai im the seed of prosperity
and i say
take me away
i tell him
take me away
i just wanna be free
take me away
take me away
whats comes around goes around
im the king of the this city im the king of this town
i have the victory so put ya swords down