Concealed Destiny
By Lancelot Takeda

A crowd gathers, and children play,
Something special comes today
A lottery is what they say
But will there be a price to pay?

I hope the box, it won't pick me
The box is never wrong, you see
And if the box, it does pick me
I can't escape my destiny

Everyboy gather 'round
Come and risk your life
Put your name into the box
Do it for your wife

Do it for your family
Do it for your friends
For if somebody won't die now
We'll all die in the end.

I hope the box, it won't pick me
The box is never wrong, you see
And if the box, it does pick me
I can't escape my destiny

Every year around it goes
Another life is gone
The blood is shed, the grain it grows
The sacrifice goes on

And now I reach into the box
Oh God, is that my name?
Eyes glaze over, time to die?
Who am I to blame?

And now the box, it has picked
The box is never wrong, you see
Now that the box it has picked me
I can't escape my destiny

And now my friend and family
Their hope and love all aimed at me
I can't escape my destiny
This is how it's meant to be.