Tokugawa Nights

Song: Tokugawa Nights

Album: Edo

Artist: Toussaint Morrison

Written by: Toussaint Morrison

Released June 24, 2014

ref: https://toussaintmorrison.bandcamp.com/track/tokugawa-nights

If you my people stop dreamin’, put you’re arrows in the air

Tonight we gonna make this an imperial affair

I don’t got much time, girl don’t worry ‘bout your hair

You can fix it in the car, if they care then they care

Bright Edo lights in the distance

Neon imprints on the sky, so close I could kiss it

A capital coddled by the city limits

And I’m bound to break’em all, let these cops try and fix it

Listless or interest, I passed the 5^th mission

Cue the sequel, this last level’s almost finished

Your opinion’s your own business

Me not replyin’- that’s an act of forgiveness

Thank me while you can feel it

The game needs me like Disney needs a villain

Your savior’s on the bench- now, it’s time for you to fill in

Trust me, the opposition don’t rest until they make a killin’

We rollin’ without credits, but still get continues

I like our odds: two in a million

Bank, character, soul- name it

If it’s worth your time, baby- then they wanna claim it

I’m not your everyday do-gooder

They got a different name for me in your neighborhood

There’s more than one way up, but more than one way

I could teach the steps for every time I’ve danced that route

Don’t need an answer now, but think about it for the ride

If the shogunate gets compromised, you’ll have to pick a side

They won’t ask it twice or have to mask the crime

Of standin’ you in line with every sunflower samurai

In opposition to the empire- you know me, right?

My blade sings like an unholy quire.

Once we land, I’m connectin’ with the homie, Mitsuyoshi

You’re on your own, unless you wanna roll with me

You said somethin’ about searchin’ for your father?

I’d be down for that adventure for a lil trade and barter.

The path grows narrow, the days get darker

The lines blur between arrival and departure

Your skin becomes an armor as the blades get sharper

And these Neo-Toyotomi wanna see me on a target for their archers

I just don’t have the patience

For cats that want my body and my head in two different places

Before we fall apart

You tell me where you wanna start.

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Chorus

Runnin’ free,

While this world’s on its way downhill

Might as well venture out our fill

All blade, no shield. All blade.

I’m just a flame in this oil spill

Movin’ as I may, burnin’ on and climbin’ until

The sky gives up the clouds

No, no- I’m not askin’. I’m telling you now.

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You need to stop drawin’ lines where the codes already broken

You’re in the wrong ride if you’re trying to find order

I’ll die in a fiery explosion before I resign to boredom

There’s no life in waitin’ for support from

A higher-up. Baby, I’ma fire up

Your engine and those senses until we’re flyin’ numb

These sub-bosses actin’ Godly

But they feel me even when they sippin’ milk of the poppy

Awfully reckless, pushin’ speed like a chemist

A wolf dressed in wool- Dr. Threadson

I’ma sellsword to pay back my student loans

And if I have to sell my piece, then I’ma go Kenshiro

Fist of the Deathstar. Leavin’ town never felt so gooooood…

And I knew it would.

I shouldn’t have to tell you this one’s the big one.

Just try ‘n keep up.

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Chorus

Runnin’ free,

While this world’s on its way downhill

Might as well venture out our fill

All blade, no shield. All blade.

I’m just a flame in this oil spill

Movin’ as I may, burnin’ on and climbin’ until

The sky gives up the clouds

No, no- I’m not askin’. I’m telling you now.

You’re honor isn’t made for a buy or sell

They’ll rewrite your history unless you write it for yourself

I wouldn’t blame ya for stayin’ on the track

I’m pickin’ up a blade and I’m takin’ it back.

I’m just a flame in this oil spill

Movin’ as I may, burnin’ on and climbin’ until

The sky gives up the clouds

No, no- I’m not askin’. I’m telling you now.