Past, Presence, Future
About Sagara Sanosuke

They say to leave your past behind ya
Well, that's something I just can't do
I can never forget his smiling face
And I don't think I ever want to

Without him I couldn't exist
He was the whole world to me
His eyes were my stars, his skin my heaven
Oh, how he made me happy

And now, he's gone, been gone a long time
At first I wouldn't believe he was dead
I thought it was all just a conspiracy
Until I saw his severed head

He was no longer smiling
And his eyes no longer shone
He was gone, lost forever
And I no longer had a home

So I roamed the streets for years
Surviving with fighting skill
Until I made it my business
To do others' dirty work for thrills

I became Zanza the Fighter for Hire
A smile never crossed my face
I had a vendetta against the world
My joy hidden without a trace

I swore vengeance on those who had killed him
Swore I would rip them to shreds
Swore they would pay for what they did
In cutting off his beautiful head

I swore to never forgive them
Swore they would feel my wrath
As slowly I made my way towards them
Leaving behind a bloody path

So close I came to destroying them
To make them pay for what they'd done
But one job got between me and my goal
One man stood in my way, just one

Battousai the Manslayer, a legend,
Stood fast on my road to revenge
It was my business to kill him
But instead, he put me to an end

He killed Zanza the Fighter for Hire
And all his seething with him
Just as he had killed Battousai
For committing so many sins

He had changed my life forever
With just a reverse-blade sword
Battousai, no, Kenshin Himura
Was now my savior sworn

I promised to help him always
As he had once helped me
For now I had a reason for living
A hope instead of misery

I know can never repay him
For all that he has done
He is so much to so many
Though he's only one man, just one

I swear to always protect him
To always fight by his side
To never back down from a battle
To never break down and cry

To never resort to violence
Unless there's no other choice
To protect the weak and the wounded
And be, for the frightened, their voice

To never destroy for thrills
To always stand up for the needy
To bring down the up-risers and fiends
To bring light to those who are greedy

To become a better person
Than I had once become
For that is what He would have wanted
My sky, my stars, my sun

They say to leave your past behind ya
Well that's something I just can't do
But now I can look to the future
And I see something promising and new

I see Him standing there waiting
Glowing with inner delight
Watching over me always
Even when I sleep at night

I now know he never left me
They could never take him away
He'll always be there for me
And with me he'll always stay

Until I join him in slumber
Where I can stand by his side
And be with him always and forever
My tears, then, I won't hide

And for all of this enlightenment
I have only one person to thank
The smiling, red-haired wanderer
Who with me was more than frank

Himura the wonderful person
Who shred light on my darkened soul
To him I'll forever be grateful
And only happiness know

Thanks to Kenshin Himura
I regained my lost innocence
I found the light I was missing
And then found my happiness

And to Kenshin Himura
To the doctors and little girls at play,
And to little Missy and Yahiko
I have only one thing to say:

How rich you've made my life
After losing my dear love so
How much you all mean to me
You all will never know

They say to leave you're past behind ya
Well, that's something that I can't do
But now I have a wonderful present
And bright future waiting too

All thanks to that red-haired wanderer....Kenshin