【Touhou Lyrics】 Satori Maiden ~ 3rd Eye

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Satori's theme. ...Well, this might sound a bit too dramatic for Satori's character, but the imaginable struggle of a mind-reading youkai like her is just beyond tragic. I'm sure that Satori went through similar emotional hardships as her sister Koishi, being endlessly exposed to ugly thoughts of hatred and fear... but, rather than sealing her third eye, Satori has a different solution: She'll use hypnosis to draw out the far more beautiful thoughts that lie beneath-- that is, the beautifully traumatic memories of danmaku. Danmaku is the answer to everything!

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Touhou Project 11, Subterranean Animism
Satori Komeiji: "Satori Maiden ~ 3rd Eye"
Original music by ZUN.
English lyrics and fandub vocals by me.
Art from the official art book, The Grimoire of Marisa.

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Stop— I can hear them now, the voices in my head,
They’re flooding in at once, in a rush, leaving nowhere to hide.
There’s no escape from this rising sense of dread
When it’s already here, inside…

Stop— Why, if only we could speak without a word:
In wishing to be closer, we stray too close in the end.
Deep, chilling thoughts unlike ears have ever heard
Are echoing again…

“A͟ m͝o̸n͡st̕er͡… A͢ ͘mons̀t̨er…҉ A ҉mo̡ns̛t̀er̢… ̨S̨tay̕ ̧away͟…”
“҉Sh̶e̷’́ś ̴sc̸ar͏y…̵ The͞ ͏w͟ąy̵ ҉she’s ̵look̡i̛n̷g͘ ҉a̧t́ ͏m͟e i̶s s͠o͡ scar͜y͟…͞ ̢Stơp lo̸o̴kin̕g ̡a͢t͡ m̷e.”
“͡No̷t t̡h́at.” ͢ “͡Pl̸ease, anythin͟g͠ ̶b̵ut t̷h̷at!̀” ́ “D͞o҉n’t c͠om̕e̵ any͝ c͘lo̸ser͢…!!̸”

I have enough of my own overwhelming nightmares.
Temptation calls to seal the rest, these heavy ties to sever.
“Close your eyes”… what for me isn’t all that easy:
To suffer hate in search of love, or lose them both forever?

No…

Stop— Every moment trapped in someone else’s hell:
No love is unconditional where there is fear to be found.
If that’s the case, then it may be just as well
To hide it all away underground.

Stop— Though I look away, I’ve seen it all before:
Another ugly truth lies behind these cold, brittle locks.
Dig even deeper; there must be something more:
A last hope at the bottom of the box?

Come play my game, for a moment of entertainment,
To keep my mind preoccupied with memories of beauty.
All my life in a palace of self-containment:
So let me show you what I see, and share with you my duty:…

Sleep…