Sean Wolcott – Lady Swordfighter: Escape from Hachijo-jima

(Theme From) Escape from Hachijō-jima

Verse 1
The moon…
I cry alone
Closed inside a cage
Chains echoing
In the shadows

Pre-Chorus
Chain…
Five are bound

Chorus
Fire…Burn this island down
Escape…Cross the rising waves
Death…Take vengeance in blood

Verse 2
The wind...
The dream is gone
The flower scatters, yet never fades
Into darkness
I wear the ko-omote mask
It becomes me
I strike like a thousand waves

Chorus
Fire…Burn this island down
Escape…Cross the rising waves
Death…Take vengeance in blood

Ballad of Prisoner 47: The Betrayed
In Yoshiwara I wore silk.
I painted my lips red.
I spoke words that turned men into fools.
But even fools know when to cast aside their playthings.
I was his favorite—until I knew his secrets.
Until he feared my voice more than my beauty.
So he accused me.
Wrapped my name in lies.
Sold me to the sea.
Here, there is no perfume to hide the rot.
No painted screens to make a prison look like paradise.
But I have learned this:
Even a drowned lotus will bloom again.

Ballad of Prisoner 34: The Avenger
My husband’s hands were heavier than the katana at his side.
When he swung, I learned to take the pain
like a victim takes the blade.
Until one day I returned it.
They said I dishonored him.
That a wife’s duty is to endure.
So the magistrate gave me a mercy
worse than death
exile.
But what is mercy
when the sea feels like home?
Let them call me
the Crimson Widow.
Let them whisper my crime
like a warning.
I will carve my own justice
into the bones of this world.

Ballad of Prisoner 55: The Fortune Teller
The stars whispered–
and I listened.

That was my crime.
They called me sorceress.
Witch.
A woman whose eyes saw too much.
A lord’s wife feared the omen I gave her.
So she colored me red in lies.
Dragged from my shrine.
Head shaved.
Hands bound.
Though my chains weight heavy—
Still I see.
The ocean carried me here.

But the wind carries secrets.
And it tells me: 
this prison
will not hold us forever.

Bad Girls Go to Hell
Verse 1
Did I fall into hell?
I know this hell well
I have claws
I laugh in the flames

Chorus
We are sisters
We ride waves of fire
Bad girls go to hell
But come back to kill

Verse 2
I rise from the depths
Cannot be stopped
The caged cat
Escapes by fire
Like a tidal wave
I cast vengeance upon you

Chorus
We are sisters
We ride waves of fire
Bad girls go to hell
But come back to kill

Ballad of Prisoner 13: The Bandit
They called me the Wolf.
I ran with men who feared nothing.
I stole from those who had everything—
And gave to those without.
The shogun called it treason.
I call it justice.
But betrayal is sharper than any blade.
I know—because one cut me down.
He sold me for his own life.
They chained me like a beast.
But a wolf does not die in a cage.
She waits.
She listens.
And when the bars break—
She runs with the flames at her back.

Ko-omote Mask of Warden Ichirō
…and she appeared as the Akagashira" Hannya

Ballad of Prisoner 68: The Wrongly Accused
The shore does not choose the tide that crashes upon it.
Nor did I choose my fate.
They called me the butcher—
though my blade lay still.
Feared not for what I did,
but what I could become.
A samurai’s vow?
Empty words from a woman’s mouth.
My village burned.
My family—erased.
They branded me:
Bakeneko, the ghost cat
Blood was spilled—
not mine.
The claw marks told the tale.
Chained, cast into the waves.
But a warrior does not drown.
She waits.
She sharpens her sword
in silence.
I wear the mask—
the face I lost.
Vengeance rises,
taller than the waves.

Together We are Free

Verse 1
Birds to the sky
Souls into the sea

Pre-Chorus
We are coming home
Stone turns into ash
The waves carry us

Chorus
Now
We fly together
Now
We are free

Verse 2
Blood dyes the water
Tears scatter into the sky

Pre-Chorus
We are coming home
Stone turns into ash
The waves carry us

Chorus
Now
We fly together
Now
We are free

Outro
Riding the waves
Riding the waves
Riding the waves
Coming home


On the Shore of Revenge

Intro
As my journey ends
Another begins
My thirst for blood has just awakened

Verse 1
I stand on the shore
Let the wind carry our names, calling to our lost lives
It begins now

Verse 2
I will find you in the dark
There’s no escape—your fate is already sealed
My blade is calling (for you)

Outro (Whispered)
Please say a prayer to release her from this fearsome obsession.

Sean Wolcott – Lady Swordfighter

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

Verse 1
Nine lives are not enough, not enough
No matter how many times you stop me
I'll follow you to hell to get revenge
No matter how many times I die, the Bakeneko returns at night

Chorus
Blade, blade in the night
Blade, blade in the night
Blade in the night

Verse 2
Possessed by a spirit of revenge
I came from the shadow of the past
My claws are sharp
And I'm ready to strike at any moment

Chorus
Blade, blade in the night
Blade, blade in the night
Blade, blade in the night
Blade in the night

A Phoenix Raises Its Wings

Shura Ona Musha
Begins her journey
She pursues Tetsugorō to the depths of hell
She seeks revenge for the merciless edge of the yakuza's blade
For the unjust fate that befell her family

Gift of the Cursed Blade
The Goze of the Haunted Forest
As she dies among the autumn leaves,
She bestows the cursed blade
Destined for the throats of Shura's enemies

Among Autumn Leaves, She Dies
Listen as the story continues
Shura Ona Musha now has defeated many foes
She travels to Mt. Fuji with the Komusō
The mountains tremble as they approach their destination

Wandering Priest of Nothingness / Hand of the Sessho-seki

The night sky dances with flames
The Bakeneko prowls in the shadows
Striding towards destiny
The glass eye of her adversary
Reflects the wrongs she will soon right

Reflections in a Glass Eye

Verse 1
Many seasons of emptiness
A bright unlucky star is born
Lightning, flames, rain down
Now is the time to die

Chorus
Going home
Going home

Verse 2　
Though you may have forgotten
I can not forget what I saw in that glass eye
The darkness of the bottomless memories
Tomorrow is just a dream, a field of flowers

Chorus
Going home