Lyric

ONI NI IKKON

One more cup

Smile as you pour

And the night grows deep

Drink up, drink up

O demon of Oe

At the bottom of the cup

A blade gleams

ONI NI IKKON

One more cup

Don't draw yet

Don't strike yet

Once he falls asleep

We'll take his head

Then Lord Raiko—

It's your turn

They say young women

Vanish from the capital

Another night passes

And another won't return

Beyond the mountains

A demon waits

They call him

Shuten Doji

Raiko leads

His band of six

Blades concealed

Dressed as mountain priests

Along the road

Three old men appear

And give them sake—

Poison to demons

Through the castle gates

The demons glare

"For mountain priests

Your eyes are sharp"

Raiko smiles

"You must have us

Mistaken for someone else"

For suspicious demons

We dance and play

A cup in the right hand

A scheme in the left

Not yet

Not yet

Don't draw your blade

One cup

Two cups

The demon's eyes

Begin to glaze

Third cup—

The demon sways

Laugh

Laugh

Until the night grows old

Pour

Pour

Until the cup runs dry

The cup rolls

Across the tatami

Now—

The hunt for demons

Begins

ONI NI IKKON

One more cup

Smile as you pour

And the night grows deep

Drink up, drink up

O demon of Oe

At the bottom of the cup

A blade gleams

ONI NI IKKON

One more cup

Don't draw yet

Don't strike yet

Once he falls asleep

We'll take his head

Then Lord Raiko—

It's your turn

Inside his chamber

Lies a crimson demon

Nothing like the face

That laughed at the feast

Those three old men

Appear once more

And bind the demon's

Hands and feet

Raiko raises

His sword

And brings it down

The demon's head

Flies through the air

It should be over—

But it isn't

The severed head

Bares its fangs

And flies straight

For Raiko

ONI NI IKKON

One more cup

Put him to sleep with sake

Cut him down with steel

But the severed head

Comes flying back

Fangs reaching

For Lord Raiko

ONI NI IKKON

One more cup

A sacred helmet

Stops those fangs

By the time the morning sun

Reaches the capital

The demon of Oe

Is finally done

Ah

The nights of Oe

Are frightening indeed

And so ends the tale

Of Lord Raiko

And the demon

That concludes

Tonight's story