The Ballade of Puppets: The Ghost Awaits in the World Beyond (OST Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence)
Kugutsuuta kagirohi ha yomi ni mata muto
Kagirohi ha yomini mata muto
Kagirohi ha yomini mata muto
Sakuhana wa nomini-koi tonku Ikeru yo ni A ga rika ga shimo Ime wa kenu ura mite chiru
Ura mite chiru
Komoyamo kanashimi Komoyarini amitomo Komyuomo tsumeta mini Naruuuuu
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"Please let the dawn be waiting in the underworld"
"Please let the dawn be waiting in the underworld"
The blossoms beseech the gods "Even though in this world we may know grief and suffering" "Our dreams shall never die" and they fall from the branch in anger
And they fall from the branch in anger
In the sad perpetual darkness of a hundred nights They pray to the gods of the land for the egg of the next world to be born.