a collection of Samurai song lyrics as starters ! some paraphrasing for cohesivity. feel free to swap you for i ; or the other way around.
The Ballad of Buck Ravers
‘ Lost another day to pointless drudgery. ‘
‘ A slow chipping away of my autonomy ‘
‘ They’re rodents in a race…unsung and underpaid ‘
‘ My colleagues seem to me like sheep in an array ‘
‘The nauseating purr of the corpos of the world ‘
’ They’re naked emperors. ‘
’ I can hear the rattling of a purse. ‘
’ I hunger for the hearse. ‘
’ Nothing could be worse. ‘
’ Nothing could be worse than a life lived in debt. ‘
’ I’d rather be dead than a link in a chain of tyranny. ‘
’ I need a way to set it straight. ‘
’ You need to go out on the edge. ‘
’ I need to rage and get revenge. ‘
’ I need to feel myself again. ‘
’ Suit up, punch in, punch out, it’s non-stop. ‘
’ Suit up, punch in, punch out. Get fucked! ‘
’ You clamber for clout, year after year. ‘
’ I’ve had enough. I’ve done enough. ‘
’ There’s blood splatter on your face. ‘
’ I was once a decent man / woman. ‘
’ The promises I was made were made to keep me chained.
‘ I was concerned and kept on a wage
‘ The worst of my rage is yet to come. ‘
‘ One day, the curtain will fall.’
‘ You’re like a blind man lost in the streets. ‘
‘ There’s a pattern here. ‘
‘ I keep trying to leave. ‘
‘ I’ve got a bad feeling…but I need to feel it. ‘
‘ A black dog runs at my side. ‘
‘ Down the road….there’s no end in sight. ‘
‘ The city sleeps but in my mind….there’s a knot I can’t unwind. ‘
‘ Tonight is the night we run. ‘
‘ The hunter becomes what he hunts. ‘
‘ The escape and the chase become one. ‘
‘ In concrete canyons there are a hundred squinting neon eyes. ‘
‘ A black dog sits besides me, like a shadow needing light. ‘
‘ I stalk the backstreets, never at ease. ‘
‘ We’re locked in a chase that’ll never cease. ‘
‘ Another cruel day is coming soon. ‘
‘ You need to end this. ‘
‘ One final charge with the rising sun. ‘
‘ You’re like a black dog in my head…guiding me to the end. ‘
‘ We have a willingness to be bought. ‘
‘ It’s a hunger…a hunger to buy. ‘
‘ Your content is sold. ‘
‘ Your liquid dorsal is so profitable. ‘
‘ So savage is the new machine. ‘
‘ They’re geared to hunt down your privacy. ‘
‘ They’re geared to hunt down your dignity. ‘
‘ Kill it all for a like supreme! ‘
‘ We aim for stupid means. ‘
‘ There’s war in peace. ‘
‘ Adjust the language to what they believe. ‘
‘ What is the distance from not knowing to knowing this? ‘
Chippin’ In (2020 & 2077 versions)
‘ I’ve got chrome in my bloodstream. ‘
‘ You’ve got a hardwired metal soul. ‘
‘ I’m out looking for action. ‘
‘ I’m craving serious action. ‘
‘ When I boost, it’s for real. ‘
‘ The capacitors inside my brain are roaring. ‘
‘ There’s metal burning beneath my skin. ‘
‘ You know just how I feel. ‘
‘ It can’t hurt cause I’m already dead. ‘
‘ Ain’t no time as real as realtime. ‘
‘ I’ve got my head to the wall. ‘
‘ Can you hear my call? ‘
‘ I’m the man / woman of steel. ‘
‘ Is that how you feel? ‘
‘ It’s justice. I call it heavy violence. ‘
‘ Gonna boost and hit the streets. ‘
‘ Corpos plague us in violent droves. ‘
‘ They’re made of greed. ‘
‘ They’re packing heat! ‘
‘ I can’t be killed cause I’m already dead. ‘
‘ Don’t feed the ghost within. ‘
‘ We had to pay the price. ‘
‘ I saw in you what life was missing. ‘
‘ You lit a flame that consumed my hate. ‘
‘ I’m not one for reminiscing. ‘
‘ I’d trade it all for your sweet embrace. ‘
‘ There’s a canvas with two faces. ‘
‘ It was a passion for the ages. ‘
‘ And in the end….guess we paid the cost. ‘
‘ A thing of beauty - I know. ‘
‘ It will never fade away. ‘
‘ I can see it in your eyes. ‘
‘ How are you everywhere? ‘
‘ A metal soul of rage and fear. ‘
‘ That one thing changed it all. ‘
‘ That one sin that caused the fall. ‘
‘ You said what you had to say. ‘
‘ A thing of beauty will never fade away. ‘
‘ Somehow I’ll find a way. ‘
‘ I’ll never fade away. ‘
‘ We’ll never fade away. ‘