STARS OF TEARS (OUT TAKE)

STARS OF TEARS (OUT TAKE) (called Stars of Tears (Out Take) on the Revival disc) is Disc 1, Track 2 on the Xenogears Original Soundtrack and track 2 on the Xenogears Original Soundtrack Revival Disc -the first and the last-. It was also included as track 10 on the album Colours of Light (a compilation of Mitsuda's vocal works).

Aspiration is an instrumental remix of this track. A Japanese version was made for CREID, called Two Wings.

This track does not play in any cutscenes, areas, battles or menus in Xenogears. It was intended to play during a staff credits sequence after the opening cutscene; however, this was cut because it was decided that this would make the opening sequence too long.

The lyrics were written by Masato Kato and sung by Joanne Hogg, and are as follows:

Your fingertips moving gently to my heart The force of Life goes on and on The song remains Like a haunting melody Of angel music caught in chains

And I ask you Can we ease the pain of those who lost? (The force of life goes on) Can we know the cause of all this sorrow? (Tears of Loneliness) Can we catch the tears of a broken world? Falling down upon the earth, falling down

The waves of time take me deeper into you A haze as blue as summer skies And turn to find The key will not unlock the door This broken bird away it flies

And I ask you Can we ease the pain of those who lost? (The force of life goes on) Can we know the cause of all this sorrow? (Tears of Loneliness) Can we catch the tears of a broken world? Falling down upon the earth, falling down

Stars of Tears (20th Anniversary)
Stars of Tears is a remix of STARS OF TEARS (OUT TAKE) performed at the Xenogears 20th Anniversary Concert -The Beginning and the End-, and is the 23rd track on the associated Blu-Ray disc. Joanne Hogg reprised her role as the vocalist; the lyrics were the same as above, with the exception of the omission of lyrics in parentheses.

Trivia
STARS OF TEARS (OUT TAKE) is referenced in Project X Zone 2 chapter 30, 'Way Beyond Good & Evil': Xiaomu quotes "The waves of time take me deeper into you... A haze as blue as summer skies".