The Samurai's Brother

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-8Z3nU1v8Y [lyrics starting at 34s, end at 2m05s, song ending at 2m13s]

an assassin in the shadows
a blade on your throat
quiet as a mouse
no life to emote

blood flowing
a drop falls on his hand
memories flowing
a flashback to his land
his brother playing, swimming and splashing on his face
his mother coming and they go for a race
years pass in peace, then a war breaks
brother wants to fight, no bigger stakes

he wants peace, no fighting no war
his brother now hates him, to the very core
war ends, his brother doesnt return
seeing mother's tears, he decides to learn

he trains in shadows, gathering intelligence
everything he knows, killing in elegance
traveling the land, following the tracks
learns of the humanity his brother now lacks

burned down villages, childrens bodies smoldering
raped women, oh the horrors of plundering
his own brother, in charge of it all
decisions made, he has to fall

a whole bloody decade of being on his heels
breaking his heart, every time he kills
as he now sits behind him, lurking in the darkness
his consciousness dim, thinking of the harshness

as he sneaks up behind him, dagger in his hand
tears rolling down his face, thinking of the land
thinking of the past, no longer steadfast

as the blade slits your throat, you know who killed you
you did, apathy overruled you and you knew
you take out your knife and stab in the darkness
killing you both, no more killing,
everything
harmless