in the shell

[SPOILERS......] I'm talking about the song the Tachikomas are singing as the satellite with their AIs on it crashes to the Earth in order to block the path of the nuclear missile that was fired on Dejima (2nd Gig, Episode 26): "We're all alive. It's because we're all alive that we're sad. When...

Anyone have any leads on the source of the "death song" that the Tachikomas sing towards the end of Episode 26, 2nd gig?

-jester

Hey- Does anyone know where the Tachikomas' "death" song from the 2nd Gig finale comes from? Very haunting melody and lyrics, sounds like it could be a Japanese folk song, but I wouldn't put it past the geniuses behind GITS to come up with it themselves.

Thanks in advance.


-Jester