Pain

Pain
Original Title	Pain
Composer(s)	Yasunori Mitsuda
Vocals	Joanne Hogg
Language	English
Lyricist	Tetsuya Takahashi
Translator	Takeshi Mogi Matthew Zuckerman
Length	5:36
Used in	Xenosaga Episode I
Other versions	Pain Piano Version Pain -piano version- <New Recording> Pain instrumental Pain (Across the Kosmos)

Pain is Disc 2, Track 18 on the Xenosaga Original Soundtrack, Disc 1, Track 17 on the Xenosaga Episode I album, and Track 1 on the Kokoro / Joanne Hogg Theme from "Xenosaga Episode I" album. It was also included as track 4 on the album Colours of Light (a compilation of Mitsuda's vocal works).

It plays in the cutscene where the party escapes Proto Merkabah as KOS-MOS causes it to break apart from the inside.

Lyrics

First we touch, and we hurt each other
Then we tear our hearts apart
We are too close and I can feel the pain
Fill my empty heart

Is this pain too much for me?
Can I stay the same?
When this pain consumes my heart
Will I be able to hold on to my soul?

Kindness is something I don't want or need
The sunshine would just dissolve me into light
Give me a pain as pleasing as your sigh
So I can feel you all the day and night
And keep me from fading away

Even when we behold each other
Somehow our eyes do not meet
And when you hold me in your strong embrace
Still I feel no heat

But it gives me such delight
To feel you closer now
I know I am true to myself
Though it cuts deep into my heart somehow

Kindness is something I don't want or need
The sunshine would just dissolve me into light
Give me a pain as pleasing as your sigh
So I can feel you all the day and night
And keep me from fading away

Kindness is something I don't want or need
The sunshine would just dissolve me into light
Give me a pain as pleasing as your sigh
So I can feel you all the day and night
And keep me from fading away

Album notes

Album notes written by Yasunori Mitsuda. No official translation exists.

高橋監督からの要望は 「アメリカン・ポップス調で」とい うことだったのですが、 デモを作った段階では完全にア イリッシュ・サウンドでした。 そのギャップを埋めてくれ たのが吉良さんのギターで、改めて、色々なことが出来る ギタリストなんだな~と感心してしまいました。

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Pain Piano Version

Pain Piano Version
Original Title	Pain Piano Version
Composer(s)	Yasunori Mitsuda
Length	2:25
Used in	Xenosaga Episode I

Pain Piano Version is Track 3 on the DigiCube original Xenosaga music CD. It is a remix of Pain for solo piano.

Pain -piano version- ❮New Recording❯

Pain -piano version- <New Recording>
Original Title	Pain -piano version- <New Recording>
Composer(s)	Yasunori Mitsuda
Length	2:46
Used in	Xenosaga Episode I

Pain -piano version- <New Recording> is Disc 1, Track 21 on the Xenosaga Episode I album. It is a slightly slower rerecording of Pain Piano Version.

Pain instrumental

Pain instrumental
Original Title	Pain instrumental
Composer(s)	Yasunori Mitsuda
Length	5:37
Used in	Xenosaga Episode I

Pain instrumental is Track 4 on the Kokoro / Joanne Hogg Theme from "Xenosaga Episode I" album. It is a version of Pain with no vocals.

Pain (Across the Kosmos)

Pain
Original Title	Pain
Composer(s)	Yasunori Mitsuda
Arrangement	Hiroyuki Nakayama
Length	4:55

Pain is Track 16 on the Across the Kosmos Xenosaga piano collection. It is a piano arrangement of Pain, arranged by Hiroyuki Nakayama and performed by Benyamin Nuss.

Album notes

Album notes written by Hiroyuki Nakayama.

Official translation

To give this beautiful melody some depth, I used several accompaniment formulae. After the modulation, I make the melody sing in the low register of the piano, like a cello, in a dramatic development. I then come back to the initial key, and in a movement that leads to the climax, sing the melody in a heartbroken manner, as if old memories from afar were flowing back.

Original text

美しいメロディーが浮き立つよう、さまざまな伴奏形で彩るようアレンジしました。 転調後はチェロをイメージした低音部にメロディーを歌わせて、ドラマチックに展開させました。元調に戻ってからは、遠い彼方の思い出に浸るよう切なく歌い、クライマックスへ向かいます。最後は落ち着いた雰囲気で、余韻の中消えるように終わります。