【Touhou Lyrics】 A Tiny, Tiny, Clever Commander
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Nazrin's theme. ...Simple and cute. Because "mouse" rhymes with "dowse," it's like she just was begging for lyrics.
...Um, don't read this, but just for the record. The final line recorded elsewhere was "The reigning little dowser general..." It's been bugging me like crazy since I realized that the final line of each verse almost had a little rhyme scheme going, if only the last bit used "clever" instead. "You never..." / "So ever(y)..." / "The clever..." Why not? Like, why? It's the most obvious word choice on the planet, literally right in the title. So disappointed in my myself. So anyway I changed it; I know that sounds incredibly pointless and unimportant but boy I feel better now.
...Also. Now listen here, the theme of this song is "size doesn't matter," but I went through so much tweaking to avoid any... innuendo... so before you make a comment for the love of Byakuren DO NOT GO THERE, I BEG YOU.
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Touhou Project 12, Undefined Fantastic Object
Nazrin: "A Tiny, Tiny, Clever Commander"
Original music by ZUN.
English lyrics and fandub vocals by me.
Art from the official art book, Symposium of Post-Mysticism.
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Size doesn’t mean nothin’ when it comes to value of a treasure,
'Cause a small flake of pure gold trumps the massivest stone.
The price of a rare pleasure
Is more than you can measure;
You never oughta size up anything by dimensions alone.
Size doesn’t mean nothin’ when it comes to each critical detail,
'Cause a real leader never wavers a plan back and forth.
Points plotted on free scale,
Aligned ready to prevail;
So every step is toward a goal, look ahead straight to the north.
Size doesn’t mean nothin’ when it comes to strength of a commander,
When a bold tiger heart beats in the hide of a mouse.
Greater is thought grander,
But just try to withstand her:
The clever little dowser general with a big world to dowse.