Jigoku Dayū Ibaraki

[00:52.88] Sewing in the illustrations
[00:57.85] Endless torture, raging demons
[01:02.79] All reside in devil's fire
[01:07.44] Underworld, Yomi, "home"
[01:12.79] Why is she depicting all the
[01:17.67] Scenes of hell and its inflictings
[01:22.78] Into her kimono's textures?
[01:27.48] Time to see what's come to be
[01:32.50] She has spent her life
[01:35.73] As a servant of
[01:38.97] Men and their disgusting desires
[01:45.36] Metaphorically
[01:49.16] And symbolically
[01:52.11] Living in literal purgatory
[01:59.24] Sewing in the illustrations
[02:03.92] Endless torture, raging demons
[02:08.78] All reside in devil's fire
[02:13.62] Underworld, Yomi, "home"
[02:18.55] Why is she depicting all the
[02:23.68] Scenes of hell and its inflictings
[02:28.83] Into her kimono's textures?
[02:33.79] Time to see what's come to be
[02:38.66] She has spent her life
[02:41.86] As a servant of
[02:45.31] Men and their disgusting desires
[02:51.88] Metaphorically
[02:55.27] And symbolically
[02:58.49] Living in literal purgatory
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[03:08.51] Long ago lived Otoboshi, daughter of a samurai (Samurai)
[03:15.90] Father killed, the family fled into the mountains, ambushed soon
[03:23.22] Bandits kidnapped her and sold her to a local brothel
[03:30.99] Forced into a life of servitude, a courtesan for all
[03:37.96] Naming herself Jigoku she wrapped herself in scenes of hell
[03:45.02] Flame and fire, skeletons, this kimono life represented
[03:53.13] Rising to the highest rank of courtesan she climbed
[04:01.69]
[04:19.15] But skeletons, in bags of flesh
[04:24.00] Is all we are
[04:28.57]
[04:31.51] Skeletons, in bags of flesh
[04:36.54] Is all we are
[04:41.35]
[04:43.90] Skeletons, in bags of flesh
[04:49.14] Is all we are
[04:54.19]
[04:56.42] Soon was sought by a zen priest who wanted to meet this elite
[05:03.57] Trading poems and revelations Jigoku soon tests the monk
[05:10.81] Sees him dancing, skeletons, consuming flesh and alcohol
[05:18.73] Over the years, finding enlightenment from Ikkyu's teachings
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[06:06.72] Do not bury me or burn my body when I have died
[06:12.03] Throw me in the fields
[06:14.01] So that I may feed all the starving dogs
[06:17.94] Do not bury me or burn my body when I have died
[06:23.28] Throw me in the fields
[06:25.50] So that I may feed all the starving dogs
[06:29.68] It kills me to see just what they've done
[06:35.38] It kills me to see just what she has become
[06:41.95] It kills me to see just what they've done
[06:47.74] It kills me to see just what she has become
[06:55.69] It kills me to see just what they've done (Fell ill, sings a song)
[07:01.44] It kills me to see just what she has become (The song ends, she dies)
[07:08.01] It kills me to see just what they've done (Young, but at peace)
[07:13.99] It kills me to see just what she has become (Life of hell cured by the hypocrite priest)
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