【Touhou Lyrics】 Inchlings of the Shining Needle ~ Little Princess

Shinmyoumaru's theme. ...The long-awaited final boss of DDC themes! With this, the TH14 lyrical collection is complete. Shinmyoumaru is the boss, but the incident was also strongly enabled by Seija's coercion - so you can hear her here, egging the little princess on.
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ABOUT THIS SONG:
CHARACTERS: Shinmyoumaru Sukuna & Seija Kijin
ORIGINAL MUSIC: "Inchlings of the Shining Needle ~ Little Princess" (輝く針の小人族) by ZUN
ORIGINAL GAME: Touhou 14 - Double Dealing Character
LYRICS BY: Lyrica Live
VOCALS BY: Asa (as Seija) and Lori-hime (as Shinmyoumaru)
Please feel free to cover or use these lyrics, as long as you give credit to Lyrica Live!
VIDEO ARTWORK BY: Lori-hime
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(Weak, trampled, long forgotten.)
Weak, trampled, long forgotten…
(Crushed, conquered, left downtrodden.)
Crushed, conquered, left downtrodden…
(Caught, cut off, tamed and silenced.)
Caught, cut off, tamed and silenced…
(Used, beaten, quashed by violence.)
Used, beaten, quashed by violence…
(War, panic, shame and squalor.)
War, panic, shame and squalor…
(Poor, helpless, frail and smaller.)
Poor, helpless, frail and smaller…
Rise higher, stand up taller.
Rise higher, stand up taller.
We dream of revolution…
Ambitions far too great for this small scale.
Through long years of evolution…
This is the Shining Needle Inchlings’ tale.
What more can we do?
To answer those who would say that our story is through?
Let’s…
Rise higher, stand up taller.
Rise higher, stand up taller.
Raise havoc, scream and holler!
Raise havoc, scream and holler!!
Aim this point, sharp as a sword.
Meek no more, don’t be ignored.
Heed my wish, perfect exchange.
With one measure, these tides will change!
Make it glow, blind with the shine.
Seize my star, this night is mine.
Make it grow, larger than life.
Peace is built on warfare and strife!
Those born high won’t understand.
Threads of fate, sew by my hand.
We can’t be held back in fear.
Our new world will start building here!
Lift our heads, proud to the sky!
See that truth, brewed from a lie!
From this point, there’s only up!
Who can quell a storm in a teacup?
Rise higher, stand up taller.
Rise higher, stand up taller.
Raise havoc, scream and holler.
Raise havoc, scream and holler!!
Down climb this castle’s spires…
Against the odds, with heaven out of reach.
Still, march on through flames and fires…
And to the gods, a humble lesson teach!
Our fates were chosen for us…
And here we fall on two conflicting teams.
Now, one voice will start a chorus…
I’ll show you all the power of my dreams!
Thunder crash, brave through the rain!
Lightning clash, one last refrain!
Might en masse, weak versus strong!
You were outnumbered all along!
Comrades rise, justice is served!
Claim your prize, so long deserved!
Fight as one, not giving up!
Let’s unleash our storm in a teacup!

[@Suwawako]

Used, beaten, quashed by violence 😠💢 Used, beaten, quashed by violence 🥺✨

[@SeijaKijinTheAmanojaku]

You aren't wrong frog.

[@lowestpaper4186]

How one sentence can change with different expressions

[@MukyuMyonNyanMimi]

Indeed.

[@Sonicfalcon16]

Used, beaten, quashed by violence Used, beaten, qwashed by violence

[@DeadMedia-vf4je]

The duality is so funny

[@Pudding404]

Shinny and Seija's dynamic will always be my personal favorite. Seija may have taken advantage of Shinmyoumaru's emotions and generations of mistreatment to get the miracle mallet's power, but even after all that they're still on good terms. Seija's only friend is probably princess Sakuna, despite her nature as an amanojaku.

[@KirbyLinkACW]

When the world needed her most, she returned.

[@Dreigonix]

ALL MY FAVORITE KZbinRS ARE COMING BACK TODAY

[@spaghettiking7312]

😭

[@ValentinesGrimoire]

DEADASSS

[@prinnynaito]

damn came here to say that but you beat me to it

[@powawawawawa]

I'm so happy. I can sing this song while fighting Sukuna again. LyricaLive is awesome

[@jvts8916]

It's really funny how Shimmy in the games went from "I wanna start a revolution" to "I wanna be a giantess!"

[@PhantomGato-v-]

Went from being manipulated to short person syndrome

[@hiddenflare6169]

Wait there's a difference :P.

[@PhantomGato-v-]

@@hiddenflare6169 She was super serious in DDC and was very self righteous. And then in the fighting games she uhh wants to be big.

[@jvts8916]

@@hiddenflare6169 who knows, maybe Seija could read those intrusive thoughts better than Shimmy herself could

[@IbanPlay]

The characterization of Seija & Shinmyoumaru through the tones used here is really excellent, you can really feel seija's enjoyment of the chaos she's causing in your voice!

[@lilsigtum2182]

iban jumpscare

[@mosstastic]

Given the fact that Seija lied about inchlings being humiliated, i like to think that she came up with her lyrics on the spot

[@Rurenithelazyperson]

Which makes sense

[@cafedew]

She's back, wooooooooooo I love the dynamic between Sukuna and Seija you portray through your lyrics as early on it feels like Sukuna is being led on and guided by Seija, but as it goes on Sukuna becomes the leading voice as she spearheads the rebellion just as Seija wanted

[@fanopaimiles9102]

WE'RE MAKING OUT OF THE SHINING NEEDLE CASTLE WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🔥🔥

[@kirbykirisame1366]

WAKE UP BABE! NEW LYRICA LIVE COVER JUST DROPPED!

[@SourCandiesArt]

My heart actually skipped a beat seeing the notification. This was literally _the_ track I was hoping you'd cover some day; Getting it as a grand return makes it all the more satisfying to see.

[@firestorm09890]

I really like the references to all the other bosses in the game with the colored text in the beginning. one more severed head joke for the road

[@goyavoyage]

OH!! Thank you for making me noticing that, it's brilliant!

[@pestermaster7617]

Good to hear you again! I love how at first Seija practicaly tells Sukuna what to say (while Seija she says it louder, aspecially at first, I take the braces as her whispering the speech to her ear), but at the end she Goes more into crowd following her lead, like "you are ready now). Also, these Pixel Sprite just bobbing up and down is honestly so cute!

[@powawawawawa]

3:09 I love Seija just sounds like She's rooting for Shinmy from here LOL.

[@Shanghai-Doll-With-a-Hat]

I did NOT expect to find an Inchlings of the needle castle lyric video out of nowhere! Lori definitely embraced that inchling voice huh... It's just barely hovering outside the ear piercing range, so it's cool!

[@thelittlefire1914]

YOURE BACKKKKKKKK I MISSED YOUUUUUUUUUU edit: AND YOU KILLED ITTTTTTTTTTTTTT edit2: it’s real… it’s actually real… I’ve been waiting so long..! edit3: Shinmy's voice... who gave this goober the mic... edit4: 0:14 the colors and lyrics correspond to different DDC characters... that's genius... edit5: holy heck I might actually like SeiShin now

[@Suwawako]

The beginning part gives me so much energy, I'd listen to that chorus over and over until it gets boring. 3:51 😅 my name is there

[@MoriyaSuwakoFumo]

What the frog!?

[@Albert-Live]

@@MoriyaSuwakoFumo What the frog!?

[@BakaCirnofumo9]

​@@Albert-Live What the Frog!?

[@2huUuuUUUU]

@@BakaCirnofumo9 What the frog‽

[@dragonxd2283]

What the frog!?

[@Rusalka6969]

aaaaaaaaaaaa wonderful cover!!!!!!!! Seija and Shimmy friendship!!!!!!!!!!

[@Flowery0]

It's kinda funny that Seija's pixel art here is ever so slightly different from the one on reverse ideology

[@KyoukoShrine]

Now that I came to read their stories... wow. Wonderful job with all these references! LOL As someone who loves to do these, you two nailed down so many in so few verses! Nice! I can almost see Seija whispering and filling poor Sukuna's mind with commun- revolution ideals!!!!

[@doutchebags]

1:40 I think someone's smoke detector has low batteries, and its low battery screech got picked up in the line delivery. It almost sounds like a gym shoe squeaking on the floor of a basketball court.

[@cheatyhotbeef2636]

TRUE I'VE FOUND 3 SO FAR

[@thelittlefire1914]

minor editing mistake, 0/10, do better /j

[@DONKAFJORD]

lori hime YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIREE!!!!!!

[@cafedew]

Greater split horizontal... Goodbye

[@magicfibre]

I like to think this is just how Shinmyoumaru's voice crack sounds

[@turkia6148]

Finally, we needed more peak in the Touhou community.

[@Jann75]

You know, a long time ago I wondered why this song sounded like this, every interpretation I heard felt like it put it ignored some part of the song or just wasn't sukuna's actual character in the story. After a long amount of thinking that I could very well back up with a wall of text, I thought that the aspect that everyone was missing was an emphasis on the past of the inchlings and miracle mallet explaining the regal and magical dreamlike feeling that's tied so much to sukuna's and DDC's theming did it finally feel like it clicked for me and ZUN's comments all made sense, and even works on top of the usual interpretations because its an unignorable aspect to most of them. But I think this is the first time that somehow, something else finally clicked for me and I have to applaud you for giving as Big as a catharsis as the inchling's long due finale itself did, even if Sukuna herself would never know about this

[@Jann75]

ALSO DDC'S COMPLETE WOO

[@yadfssg]

I’ve only discovered this channel months after the green sanatorium lyrics video, thought it was fully dead lol, this is a pleasant surprise! nice lyrics, I really liked the fact seija is also involved here, since she was the true cause of the incident

[@Nixolas_Zinn]

Have a war welcome back to the place you used to haunt, cheers mate

[@Kit-pj5kq]

Peace is built on warfare and strife!

[@nathanbronx6199]

Just wow. I'm not even that into touhou and I can tell. What amazing writing abilities you have. Lyrica. You have such well thought out wordplay and meaning in your songs some of your lines are too good to call all that you do here a hobby, Any fan of this series would appreciate how far away you probably need to go from yourself to make the character look alive, as if you read all of their thoughts and reimagined them. "Who can quell a storm in a teacup". The amount of meaning that line has from matching the characters description in a physical sense, her mindset and theme. To how in the real world someone who has been discriminated must feel, how they'd want society to change. and how bitter and "storm" like their heart feels seen as small and insignificant like a teapot. Of course the inchling here who talks about a "revolution" carries a mallet (hammer) and carries a needle around (sickle, if only it looked more like a scyth). Calls on her "comrades". Just perfect. Sure I like most appreciate your voice and like your sound but im in awe of such attention to detail and carefully placed words I wish i could deconstruct your songs more but sadly time doesnt let me get too much into this series.

[@lyrica-live]

^^ Thank you so very much for such a thoughtful comment...!! What you explained is definitely exactly my purpose in writing lyrics: to choose words carefully with respect to character details, in a way that can connect those tangible details to broader relatable themes, expressed in the characters' own voice. And I was proud of choosing "storm in a teacup" as the focal point here for those reasons. It means a lot to have it appreciated like that! I completely understand not being able to get into large series (Touhou is the only one I have capacity for...), but you already have such a nice and thoughtful outlook on it, it would be wonderful to consider you a fellow fan however deep you go~ I wish you the best!

[@spaghettiking7312]

Lyrica back with the best final boss theme in the series, and the cutest Shinmy voice ever.

[@Gyrokun]

Pure Furies:

[@spaghettiking7312]

@@Gyrokun Disagree.

[@KyoukoShrine]

@@spaghettiking7312 Pure furies, huh.

[@KyoukoShrine]

I could see it. Gotta double-check if Lyri intends to sing it tho, since I don't want to interfere with any of her intentions lol For sure I'll be covering the stage tho.

[@spaghettiking7312]

@@KyoukoShrine Give me Junko.🙏

[@nokialol_]

the lyricist is back 🗣🔥🔥✍️

[@pizza9798]

Shimmy! Glad to see you back, your videos are so gooood. Edit: After a few listens, I want to say I adore the use of "storm in a teacup" here, the double meaning of Shimmy's small size and also the normal meaning of the phrase works so well.

[@Chaossoul87]

This is the first time Lyrica's uploaded since I got into touhou. Neat

[@WatatsukiNoToyohime]

Ohhh myy godddd i loved Seija in this video, she sounds so manipulative, which she isss💚💚💚

[@NguyenHuuTrung_]

If this was mixed differently, this song could go from great to *straight masterpiece.* You should consider it, also, welcome back.

[@Definitelynotknownatall]

*visits Lyrica's grave- i mean, channel to listen clownpiece's song again* *instantly gets flashbanged with a video posted one hour ago*

[@cooleecoolee9504]

This had the same energy of visiting the guy you killed grave just to find a giant hole under the tombstone

[@BreadBoxVideo]

Welcome back, this was fun as always. I always like the musical theater-like edge that you bring to the writing and performances in these.

[@ShorkBoi]

You should probably replace your smoke detector. I hear the beeps in the background.

[@brokendoll3368]

"Thunder crash, brave through the rain" Sounds like Lori-hime-san edges on her vocal spektrum here.

[@ClayAmol]

Just wanted to say that i've been listening your songs every night for sleeping since last year (I'm also listening a lot during the day too, btw i saw the change of thumbail for the 8 bit style day by day and I loved it, i'm happy that everything is now in chibi 8 bit form), and i'm never bored of it, I love your songs so so much, it helps me a lot, and it helped me before, it's been already like 6-7 years (don't remember the exact date) that I know this channel and i'm actually so happy that your still releasing !!! and plzz I beg you to never erased all of your videos (even old one) without telling it before, it would BREAK me if in one day everything disapear ! And sorry for my broken english, kiss from France.

[@magicfibre]

I'm so glad you gave Shinmyoumaru that voice!

[@emiliavalentino7226]

It's so good to have you back.

[@callie_calamari]

I WAS LITERALLY JUST THINKING YESTERDAY "huh, i wonder when lyrica will upload again" AND HERE YOU ARE

[@ThorirPP]

I always love every touhou lyrics you post, and this one is no exception. Amazing job as always, thank you so much for gifting us this masterpiece

[@socratessocrates6604]

Welcome back

[@JhasmineWisheart]

SHE'S BACKKKKKKK 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 I really loved the lyrics for this one, def has got to be one of my favorites Edit:spelling

[@V1_the_macheen]

our queen came back everyone support her!!!

[@ninryu4]

This is my favorite theme so I'm ecstatic you covered it

[@akomeadyen1294]

More awesome lyrica music! Thank you’s so much!

[@SeigaNyan-Nyan]

I'm so excited that Lyrica's back (with an awesome cover too!) I love Kobito of the Shining Needle, will totally listen to this a lot :D !!

[@Ronprettyblood]

SHE HAS RETURNED THE QUEENS HAVE RETURNED!!!! I was crying tears of joy when i saw she uploaded

[@AdamChan318]

Amazing lyrics and singing as always!

[@malikmal04]

great song, thanks lyrica!❤

[@gugalaxy7772]

I've been getting really into little princess for the past couple of weeks so this is a great addition to the playlist of gems!

[@Alex-pq8og]

I didn’t think that I would be so happy about the release of the video, thank you.

[@PwnerGeist]

Jeeeeze you're still at it

[@hiddenflare6169]

I can't help but replay and enjoy this one a lot. Nice work on the lyrics off of this one..... Also why can't I help but think she's going to say "THUNDER THIGHS!" at 3:12

[@KyoukoShrine]

Btw, Lyri is 0:16 a color code for Wakasagihime, Sekibanki and Kagerou, with 0:21 being a color code to Sukuna, Seija and...? Heh. Nice one :3

[@KyoukoShrine]

It's really smart. Caught for the fish, Cut-Off for the Dullahan, Tamed for the Wolf. Used for Seija's Puppet (poor Shinmy), Beaten for Seija, quashed by violence...?

[@thenthson]

I knew I was staying awake for something. Now if minusT would upload my extended day would be complete.

[@pinocchialice6665]

Glad to see y'all release another drop! I'm all for this one~

[@Derk_Mage]

You’re finally back 🥹…

[@TheBenchLord]

I can definitely believe that this song took a year to cook

[@oceanman2011]

WELCOME BACK LYRICA

[@ProfessorStarstar]

FINALLY YOU RETURNED!!

[@shinyumbreon1774]

THEY LIVE!!!!!

[@MrStanopolak]

you are still active owo and drop my absolute favorite track ever!!! YASSSS

[@topologinanabee9012]

Pleasure to see you've returned! I've missed you, Lyrica!

[@gibsongamin]

Waited for a new song:)

[@siegesquirrel42]

Great to see you again!

[@Roos333]

YOU BACK!

[@meguminthearchwizard5551]

BABE LYRCA JUST DROPPED ANOTHER BANGER

[@THEVOICESOHGOD]

PEAK HAS RETURNED

[@under2100]

Me alegra ver que aun estan haciendo arte

[@charsage1036]

She has returned!

[@anidiot8238]

SHE'S BACK YESSS

[@gumball6445]

THE GOAT RETURNS!

[@MINNOWBER]

NEW LYRICA LIVE LYRICS MY INNER MIDDLE SCHOOLER TOUHOU FANGIRL EMERGES ONCE AGAIN!!!

[@TheLastYoloFighters]

The legend is back!

[@reesedoesstuff732]

i just saw this and i was like, oh lyrica vid, but the second i sa it was from 17 minutes ago, i was fucking like, fuck yeah, lyrica live uploaded!

[@literallyafrog367]

HYPE! Hope there's more in the vault.

[@marcotorres5177]

THE RESSURECTION HAS COME

[@meririmari6726]

Welcome back!!!

[@taxesihardlyknowem8459]

WE'RE SO BACK

[@SonicNoob8theHedgehog]

Welcome back! :)

[@llllllllemon]

THE RETURN OF THE QUEEN!

[@Ipopshit999]

AYYYYY ANOTHER LYRIC VIDEO LESS GOOOO

[@user-gi4ld2jd3f]

I'm so happy that she come back

[@yukinagato4319]

missed you!

[@marcelofonseca184]

THE RETURN OF THE QUEEN

[@Sonicfalcon16]

It was so worth it to get this big build up to that ending verse

[@speeddemon4835]

After a year, she returned, and I love it

[@anthonylarajr8892]

She returned,!!,❤❤❤❤❤

[@aqilshadow5451]

She is back!!!

[@Sariel_reuploading]

I literally screamed when I saw this included in my KZbin mix. LET'S GOOO!!

[@nova_kaiser]

HOOOOOLLLYYY SHIIIT LYRICA UPLOADED??

[@cheatyhotbeef2636]

at 0:01 to 0:03 is that a battery warning on a smoke detector

[@cheatyhotbeef2636]

it happened again at 1:39 to 1:41 🙃

[@theomnissiah-9120]

Oh good. I thought I was going crazy

[@foggy8298]

The return!!!!

[@Gaudimann]

Alright, caught up again! It´s always a pleasure listening to your amazing lyrics! And I see you are fixated on Pixel-Art now, how nice!^^

[@Yamamekurodaniii]

welcome back!

[@arvenn3974]

LYRICA IS BACK LET'S GOOOOOOOOO

[@esauwojciechowskie513]

Lyrica blessed us with yet another banger 🙌🏻

[@bolteraptor6641]

Oh my god, yeeees, glad to have you back

[@Kitsuneko64]

Omg i waited for it for so long thanks !

[@penguinwafflemchubbly]

YOWZA!! Another Lyrica Live classic!!!