Here we stand, the prided Japanese fleet
From the bauxite eaten, to the oil drunk
We're destined to fight, destined for defeat
And with our pride, we're destined to be sunk
Are we ship girls? No, we are very much less
We're but a tool so the nation survives
Mere ships, no, pawns in a big game of chess
Our soul, expendable, to save real lives
The dew may fall and the flower remain,
Only to wither in the morning sun,
Or it may stay on the flower the same,
But be gone before the evening is done
This is a ship girl's life, one amidst war
One into which we're made... but fought, whom for?
