Majesty

"I'm not there yet!"
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## Majesty

### Artist(s)

Ben Moon
Veela (featured)

### Series

*The Adventures of Evie and Mya*

***Majesty*** is a drum and bass song by Canadian musician Ben Moon, featuring vocals from Canadian singer and songwriter Veela. It was released on October 19th, 2012.

## Episode Appearances

An instrumental snippet of *Majesty* plays in *Warbringer* as Mya begs for Harlow to kill her.

## Lyrics

It's not enough

I've given up

They're wielding guns

We've been taken over

Uncertain hooves

Let instinct choose

Their every move to leave us cornered

I know it's true

Our sweat and blood

And armoured skirts crimson

Storybook pretty soldiers

As we grow up

There's nothing left

Bow and arrow in hand

Stand up, follow orders (Ah, ah, ah)

How cruel have we become

To know what we have done

Tomorrow, another one, "Dear you're not here"

We watched them leave

Leave our homes (Forgettable)

We embrace steel and now we know

That we have control

Orient maid, free our souls

Feel the drums and they hum so loud

Shooting guns from a one-man crowd

Geisha of Blades, wise and cold

No fun and no love and not too proud

What they've done to a lover's hometown (Ah, ah, ah)

How cruel have I become

To know what I have done

Tomorrow, another one, "Dear you're not here"

And how we feel, no one can know (Identical)

Our virtues close and personal

So we have control

Sister of Blades, take my soul

Feel the drums and they hum so loud

Shooting guns from a one-man crowd

Release my pain, one-handed blow

No fun and no love and not too proud

What they've done to a lover's hometown

I'll be your leader to the other side

Now we ride, inclined, to die

Women like us, I've come to find

Are seldom blind to life's many horrors

In strength they trust, and keep in mind

The people lost and left behind

Orient maid, free our souls

Feel the drums and they hum so loud

Shooting guns from a one-man crowd

Geisha of Blades, wise and cold

No fun and no love and not too proud

What they've done to a lover's hometown

Sister of Blades, take my soul

Feel the drums and they hum so loud

Shooting guns from a one-man crowd

Release my pain, one-handed blow

No fun and no love and not too proud

What they've done to a lover's hometown

It's just a game, not a war

Feel the drums and they hum so loud

Shooting guns from a one-man crowd

We cannot gain as we lose more

No fun and no love and not too proud

What they've done to a lover's hometown

## Trivia

* Veela wrote *Majesty* about (and dedicated it to) the sacrifice of Aizu warrior Nakano Takeko, who led a group of ad hoc woman soldiers in Imperial Japan during the Boshin War. While fighting in the battle, Takeko was shot in the chest and was succumbing to the wound inflicted on her. Knowing the enemy would find her body and take her head as a war trophy, she asked her sister to behead her in order to avoid such a fate and have an honorable burial, which she complied to.
	+ In the song, Veela refers to Takeko's sister with "Sister of Blades, "Geisha of Blades," and "Orient maid." She also alludes to Takeko's sacrifice with "Sister of Blades, take my soul" and "Release my pain, one-handed blow."
* The song is the most popular video on Veela's YouTube channel and considered to be one of her most popular, although *Ghost Assassin* is widely considered to be her most popular song overall since it has over sixteen million views on Liquicity.
* Originally, the song's thumbnail was as Veela dressed as Nakano Takeko herself. In 2023, Veela moved away from the thumbnail and changed it to a different picture, citing feedback from eastern/Asian fans, as well as her own personal belief, that it was cultural appropriation - something she did not want to remain associated with. She has personally noted in a video that she has received some backlash over the decision, but does "not give a f\*ck" about any of it and instead deletes the negative comments.
* *Majesty* inspired Season 3 as a whole.
	+ Av also views both Evie and Mya in the role of Nakano Takeko in *Majesty* in Season 3 (Evie with leadership and Mya with her near-sacrifice).
	+ In *Rise to Power*, Evie quotes one of the song's lines: "It's just a game, not a war."
	+ The title of *Two Lives, Many Horrors* is derived from the song. Av says she originally misinterpreted the line as "Women like us, I've come to find / Are seldom blind to life's many horrors" as "Two lives, many horrors."
	+ In *Ultimatum*, Mya witnessing Nakano Takeko's sacrifice in a dream was inspired by *Majesty*.