Otherworld (theme)

"Otherworld" is a song from Final Fantasy X. It was arranged by The Black Mages' rhythm guitarist Michio Okamiya, with lyrics by Takuya Sugimoto and performed by Bill Muir. It plays during the first FMV of the game and a looped version plays during the battle against Jecht as Braska's Final Aeon.

Lyrics
Go now, if you want it An otherworld awaits you Don't you give up on it You bite the hand that feeds you

All alone, cold fields you wander Memories of it, cloud your sight Fills your dreams, disturbs your slumber Lost your way, a fallen knight

Hold now, aim is steady An otherworld awaits you One thousand years, you ready? The otherworld, it takes you

Go into the sand, and the dust, and the sky Go now, there's no better plan, than to do or to die Free me, pray to the faith in the face of the light Feed me, fill me with sin, and get ready to fight You know you will You know you will You know it, you know it, you know it, you know it, that you will You know it, you know it, you know it, you know it, that you will You know you will...

Fight, fight, fight Fight, fight, fight Fight, fight, fight Fight, fight, fight!

Hope dies, and you wander The otherworld, it makes you Dreams, they rip asunder The otherworld, it hates you

Free now, ride up on it Up to the heights, it takes you Go now, if you want it An otherworld awaits you

Interpretation
"Otherworld" is generally thought to be a retelling of Tidus's journey. Many verses point out facts and events in the game. The following is a list of quite explicit references in the lyrics:


 * An otherworld awaits you

Spira


 * You bite the hand that feeds you

Tidus hated Jecht and, to a certain extent, Auron, both of whom raised him.


 * All alone, cold fields you wander

Tidus finds himself alone upon arriving in Spira.


 * Memories of it, cloud your sight

Dream Zanarkand


 * Fills your dreams, disturbs your slumber

Zanarkand fills the dreams of the fayth


 * Lost your way, a fallen knight

Jecht is Sin


 * One thousand years, you ready?

Tidus initially thinks that he has been flung a thousand years into the future.


 * Free me, pray to the faith in the face of the light

Yuna is freed from her sacrifice


 * Feed me, fill me with sin, and get ready to fight

Jecht feeds upon death and longs to die.


 * The otherworld, it makes you

Tidus is created by the fayth of Spira


 * The otherworld, it hates you

Tidus upturns Yevon with his ideas


 * Free now, ride up on it 
 * Up to the heights, it takes you 
 * Go now, if you want it 
 * The otherworld awaits you

The entire section is a reference to Tidus's disappearance at the end of the game and his return (his return is shown briefly at the end of Final Fantasy X and is shown entirely at the end of Final Fantasy X-2).

Dissidia Final Fantasy
This song appears in Dissidia Final Fantasy. It appears as a background music that can be chosen for a battle, or may be automatically chosen when Tidus or Jecht are fought, or if a battle is fought at Dream's End.

The Black Mages
The Black Mages created an alternate version of "Otherworld" in their second album, The Black Mages II: The Skies Above, featuring Kazco Hamano as a guest vocalist.

Trivia

 * At the end of the original version, Muir is heard screaming "Straightedge! Till I die! Lost Cause!", a reference to his favored genre, his band, and his last recorded album with it.
 * A common misconception is that the German band Rammstein is the performer of this song. This could easily be proven false, however, due to the fact that Rammstein is usually seen performing in German rather than English. we just wrote a whole big article on who performed it.

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