Melancholia

Melancholia (called Melancholia in the JASRAC database) is Disc 3, Track 6 on the XenobladeX Original Soundtrack.

It plays on the Squad Selection screen, as well as in the following cutscenes:
 * Irina and the party reflect on them having rescued the BLADEs that had taunted Irina earlier at the end of Renewed Will.
 * Kiefer and Leland Cole clear up their relation at the end of Fathers and Sons.
 * H.B. and the party find Solan at the end of A New Rival?.
 * suggests that the party take out the Sailing Grex during A Day in the Life.

The lyrics were written by mpi and David Whitaker, and sung by Whitaker and Aimee Blackschleger. It was originally a song on Sawano's musica album, released in 2009. The version for Xenoblade Chronicles X is a remastered version of the same song.

Lyrics
(Blackschleger) With this life, I'm exhausted They are frozen, people's eyes Kind of close to endless mental slavery Always look up to the sky Is this what I'm living for? How can I spin this world better?

Every place I used to live All the news we used to hear All the things we heard from you Are almost making fun of me Every day we work so hard Every thing will never change

(Whitaker) Push forward, it's time to make the day yours Push forward, it's time to make the day yours See, it's not the cards that life deals Anyone can alter situations Push forward, it's time to make the day yours Anyone can alter situations

They try to wear me down with what they tell me I'm just trying to make moves, see beyond what they're trying to sell

Push for it, even if some attempts fail Take problems mix 'em up like a cocktail It's not the cards that life deals Anyone can alter their situations by Not sitting around, accepting the Abuse and devastation

(Blackschleger) All of my life's begun to change you, until the end Someone's death means An indication of the new world They hope won't be the same

(Whitaker) We're kept unheard if we're silent Waiting on others to make a sound, Leads to walking blind instead of self-reliance Eyes on the back of the pack It's time to make the day yours Complacency never makes an impact Believe media controls you if you don't act Nothing ventured, nothing gained But when we speak, listen, and act, That's what we change

(Blackschleger) There's a chance for me to find my way of life Anyway I know some nervous strain of time You cheer me, reminds me There is a sun rise You told me to save me from a hell on earth

All of the world's begun to take me into the sun Hiding people getting out from crumbling shelter Now the time has come today

(Whitaker) We're kept unheard if we're silent Waiting on others to make a sound, Leads to walking blind instead of self-reliance Eyes on the back of the pack It's time to make the day yours Complacency never makes an impact Believe media controls you if you don't act Nothing ventured, nothing gained But when we speak, listen, and act, There's nothing that can't change All things can change

Melancholia ~featuring vocal: Aimee Blackschleger~
Melancholia ~featuring vocal: Aimee Blackschleger~ is Track 11 on Hiroyuki Sawano's album musica. It was released on the 15th of July 2009, before Xenoblade Chronicles X began development, making it the only track in the series (besides Green Sleeves) known to not have originally been composed for the game it appears in. Melancholia as it appears in Xenoblade Chronicles X is a version of this track with the balance between instruments changed (e.g. with a less prominent drum line).

Credits
Lyrics: mpi/David Whitaker Music: Hiroyuki Sawano Vocal: Aimee Blackschleger Rap: David Whitaker Piano, Keyboards & Programming: Hiroyuki Sawano Drums: Yasuo Sano Guitars: Hiroshi Iimuro Bass: Takeshi Taneda