STARS OF TEARS (OUT TAKE)
| STARS OF TEARS (OUT TAKE) Stars of Tears (Out Take) | |
|---|---|
Revival music video | |
| Original Title | STARS OF TEARS (OUT TAKE) |
| Composer(s) | Yasunori Mitsuda |
| Vocals | Joanne Hogg |
| Language | English |
| Lyricist | Masato Kato |
| Length | 2:58 |
| Used in | Xenogears |
| Other versions | Aspiration Two Wings Stars of Tears (20th Anniversary) |
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 song is also the audio to a music video stored in the English version of Xenogears' second disc; however, this file cannot ordinarily be accessed without extraction tools or similar methods.
Lyrics[edit]
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)[edit]
| Stars of Tears | |
|---|---|
| Original Title | STARS OF TEARS |
| Composer(s) | Yasunori Mitsuda |
| Length | 4:23 |
| Used in | Xenogears |
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[edit]
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".