Black tar

Black tar is Disc 2, Track 1 on the XenobladeX Original Soundtrack.

The song plays when engaged in combat with a regular enemy: the first half of the song plays in ground combat while the second half plays in Skell combat. The first half also plays in the following story fights, as well as the cutscenes immediately prior: It also plays in battle against the during the Time Attack Mission Gone Berserk, as well as against the following enemies in Squad Missions:
 * The Origin Blatta in the.
 * The in.
 * The Arrow Germivores in Close Comrades.
 * The s in Spy Games.
 * The Shallows Grex and Greedy Forfex in Nine Lives.
 * The during Corporate Espionage.
 * The during Carried Away.
 * The Levitath during Odd Symbiosis.
 * The Greedy Millesaur during Hunting the Headless.

mpi and David Whitaker provided vocals for the track: Whitaker performed the rapped parts, and mpi performed the sung parts.

Part 1
(Whitaker) Not even a distant land We're stuck on a whole different planet No peace lookin' at the sky

Trouble's always all around so we stay quick with the guns and cannons Standing as long as we can until we get all Dolls up

Then call all bets off We'll blow through your tar Dealing with lives messed up

On a sea of dark matter Every minute matters Living while other lives shatter

Seeing ghosts scatter As they pour out We can handle them

It's the tar taking over that came unexpected Hard to accept it Getting marked for death

Seeing friends snatched and darkly possessed

The tar inside stealing the body and breath Till only a shell is left Witness to Hell in the flesh A Fight to the death Screaming Where's the relief? Maybe no more sleep

All swallowed in grief Images Start to stalk like a beast I hear voices but no one talking to me…

(mpi) It's like I'm washing away All my peaceful days Anyway Anyhow  Nothing left of that scene  If you are losing your way  You need some protection  Black tar, it gets you  Where ever you go  They could find you quickly, it's sticky  However you try to tough it out  You just can't beat them 

(Whitaker) They said seek to find the field So we can sharpen skills  But Now we can only feel  All The pain of the danger being real  And we may have to kill  Just to stay alive  Cause They've taken away close mates  And we don't know our own fates 

We've been tasked to protect and take on ghosts  But now this black tar is new  And the damage is quick  It moves really fast  Plus it covers everything  This wasn't in the profile 

So Now We've got to find a way to win or we die out 

Living life on the run  With a hand on a gun Where's the exits We can't go back where we came from  We can't go back where we came from 

Part 2
(mpi) Get armed, Don't look back  Shoot them with your guns  Yes, Get up, Don't give up  Shoot them  All the power you got 

(Whitaker) ''Hello…? Is this thing on? Am I all alone?  Is anyone there?'' I need a bigger gun Help if you can 

Please wake me up Not to sound cliché But this world sucks!

(mpi) So close it's a voice I'm hearing Overwhelms me, Can't stop bleeding Show me, show me, show me, show me, show me, show me, in the fog  ''How many times you gotta kill your friends?  How do you feel you gotta shoot their head?  Just like the endless war, war, war''

''How do I know?  This goddamn stuff is all around '' ''How can I get out?  This nightmare I've got to escape '' Just screaming  You hear them over and over  You will get running  So we can find the way to get out 

(Whitaker) We're stuck on a different planet  A lot more than we can manage  But we gotta keep on standing  We're stuck on a different planet  A lot more than we can manage  But we gotta keep on standing  Just want live in peace yet  Black tar's gonna keep us restless  Running just to own our own breaths  Just want live in peace yet  Black tar's gonna keep us restless  Running just to keep our own breaths 

People are dripping black tar  It's taken a ship down so far  Don't wanna lose hope  But here we are  Wishing to see the sunrise  But the sun doesn't rise in this sky  Black Tar covers most eyes

Credits
Lyrics: mpi/David Whitaker Music: Hiroyuki Sawano Vocal: mpi Rap: David Whitaker Keyboards & Programming: Hiroyuki Sawano Drums: Yu "masshoi" Yamauchi Bass: Toshino Tanabe Guitars: Hiroshi Iimuro