Lyrics by Shogun
Do you love Shogun's songs? Here you'll find the lyrics to Shogun's songs so you can sing them at the top of your lungs, make your own versions, or simply understand them properly.
Find here the lyrics to your favorite songs by Shogun.
Do you see the song you like in this list of Shogun's songs?
- As Easy As You Make It
- Burning Down the Light
- Can't Live Without Your Love
- Cloak and Dagger
- Cold Truth
- Find Me (feat Tania Zygar)
- First Time
- If Tomorrow Comes
- Love is a Game
- Only the Lonely
- Out of Love Again
- Shock to the Heart
- Time Will Tell
- Tokyo Girl
- Too Late for Hunter
- Too Much To Love
- TV Hero
- Voices From The Heart
- When The Light Go Down
- You are What You are
Shogun (English: SHOH-gun; Japanese: 将軍, romanized: shōgun, pronounced [ɕoːɡɯɴ] ), officially sei-i taishōgun (征夷大将軍, "Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force Against the Barbarians"), was the title of the military rulers of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868. Nominally appointed by the Emperor, shoguns were usually the de facto rulers of the country, except during parts of the Kamakura period and Sengoku period when the shoguns themselves were figureheads, with real power in the hands of the shikken (執権) of the Hōjō clan and kanrei (管領) of the Hosokawa clan. In addition, Taira no Kiyomori and Toyotomi Hideyoshi were leaders of the warrior class who did not hold the position of shogun, the highest office of the warrior class, yet gained the positions of daijō-daijin (太政大臣, Chancellor of the Realm) and kampaku (関白, Imperial Regent), the highest offices of the aristocratic class. As such, they ran their governments as its de facto rulers. The office of shogun was in practice hereditary, although over the course of the history of Japan several different clans held the position. The title was originally held by military commanders during the Heian period in the eighth and ninth centuries. When Minamoto no Yoritomo gained political ascendency over Japan in 1185, the title was revived to regularize his position, making him the first shogun in the usually understood sense. It is often said that one must be of the Minamoto lineage to become a shogun, but this is not true. While it is true that the Minamoto lineage was respected as a lineage suitable for the position of shogun, the fourth and fifth shoguns of the Kamakura shogunate were from the Fujiwara lineage (although their mothers were from the Minamoto lineage), and the sixth through ninth shoguns were from the imperial lineage. Oda Nobunaga, who claimed to be a descendant of the Taira clan, was approached for the position of shogun a month before his death. The shogun's officials were collectively referred to as the bakufu (幕府, IPA: [baꜜkɯ̥ɸɯ]; "tent government"); they were the ones who carried out the actual duties of administration, while the imperial court retained only nominal authority. The tent symbolized the shogun's role as the military's field commander but also denoted that such an office was meant to be temporary. Nevertheless, the institution, known in English as the shogunate ( SHOH-gə-nayt), persisted for nearly 700 years, ending when Tokugawa Yoshinobu relinquished the office to Emperor Meiji in 1867 as part of the Meiji Restoration.
It often happens that when you like a song by a specific group or artist, you like other songs of theirs too. So if you like a song by Shogun, you'll probably like many other songs by Shogun.
The lyrics of Shogun's songs often follow certain patterns that you can discover if you pay close attention. Are you up for finding out what they are?
To discover the patterns in Shogun's songs, you just have to read their lyrics carefully, paying attention not just to what they say, but how they are constructed.
Analyzing the lyrics of Shogun's songs can be a lot of fun and if you enjoy composing, it can help you find formulas to create your own compositions.
