Notes: I wrote new words set to the melody of "Genjô Destruction" by SpyAIR, the terrific main song from the second animated Gintama movie. The lyrics are about Gintoki, Katsura and Takasugi from their childhood to some point in the Silver Soul arc, focusing on their identity as students of Shôyô.
Spoilers up through the Battle of Rakuyo Arc.
I've put stress markers in the form of underlined vowels at a couple of places where I think it might be harder to guess what to emphasize when singing. I tried to keep them down to a minimum, though.
Feedback very welcome! (I don't get much response on ffnet anymore so I confess I've almost come to forget I can post my stuff here, too…)
Into The Whirlwind, For Our Teacher
Wake up! It's no longer raining
Breakfast! Then it's time to train
Let's go and join the others
And we'll grow strong together
No more
We'll be lost and lonely
No more
Be the demon child
We've found our home and comrades
And we
Will learn to wield our swords!
Bring me down! - But then the crows came
Bring me down! - They burned the school down
Bring me down! - They took our light away
So what could we do?
Raise the banner of rebellion, let the war-cry roar,
Let us join the raging whirlwind as our anger soars,
We will slay the enemy and drive them out of here,
We will gather
All our power
Our strength and skills and hearts and swords
And get our teacher back!
With fury and resolve we joined the fighting
On the battlefield our clothes grew stiff with blood
But the weapons of the aliens were mighty
And we bitterly retreated through the mud,
Despite our longing
Then one day – when we were captured
Then one day – and it all ended
Then one day – the world was ripped apart
We were shattered
When you've lost your very heart
and all the light is gone,
We thought we'd reached the end
But we were still alive,
Should we burn this rotten world
Or live in tarnished peace?
Can we struggle,
Can we endure,
Find a way to lead us forward that would
Make our teacher proud?
Like our friend who has travelled to the stars
We all wandered down our different paths
Then a hatred sprang forth
And a promise to destroy
As one of us
Turned on the other two
[instrumental – if this was an AMV, here is where you would see selected shots of Gintoki vs Takasugi, of the Battle at Rakuyo reunion - and of Utsuro]
Raise the banner of rebellion, let the war-cry roar,
Let us join the raging whirlwind as our spirits soar,
We'll defeat the enemy and drive them out of here,
We will gather
All our allies
Our strength and skills and hearts and swords
For our teacher's soul!