This is a bonus track to the Warrior Creed album. Until now the extended version was only available on the compilation NO RED SEAS VOL I, released as digital download March 9, 2012.
lyrics
I have no parents
I make the heavens and earth my parents.
I have no home
I make awareness my home.
I have no life or death
I make the tides of breathing my life and death.
I have no divine power
I make honesty my divine power.
I have no means
I make understanding my means.
I have no magic secrets
I make character my magic secret.
I have no body
I make endurance my body.
I have no eyes
I make the flash of lightening my eyes.
I have no ears
I make sensibility my ears.
I have no limbs
I make promptness my limbs.
I have no strategy
I make "unshadowed by thought" my strategy.
I have no designs
I make "seizing opportunity by the forelock" my design.
I have no miracles
I make right-action my miracles.
I have no principles
I make adaptability to all circumstances my principles.
I have no tactics
I make emptiness and fullness my tactics.
I have no talents
I make ready wit my talent.
I have no friends
I make my mind my friend.
I have no enemy
I make carelessness my enemy.
I have no armor
I make benevolence and righteousness my armor.
I have no castle
I make immovable-mind my castle.
I have no sword
I make absence of self my sword.
credits
from Warrior Creed,
released December 22, 2008
Words: anonymous 14th century samurai, Japan
Music: Joy of Life
English vocals: Gary Carey
German vocals and all instruments: Apoptose
Drums: Fanfarenzug Leipzig
Recorded before a live audience, these compositions leverage the strengths of two ambient masters into a hypnotic 18-track set. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 25, 2024