Otherworld (theme)

Otherworld is a song from Final Fantasy X. It was arranged by the Black Mages's rythm 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.

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.

Lyrics
tVamjvowClk 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

Meaning
Otherworld is generally accepted to be a metaphor for Tidus's journey. Examples follow:

Go now, if you want it : Tidus had to go to Spira, even though he didn't want to. An otherworld awaits you : Spira Don't you give up on it : Tidus never gives up hope to go home, or later, to keep Yuna alive. You bite the hand that feeds you : Tidus hated Jecht and to a certain extent, Auron, both of whom raised him.

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 intially thinks that he has been flung 1000 years into the future.

Go into the sand, and the dust, and the sky : Bikanel, Zanarkand, and the Farenheit respectively. 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 death at the end of the game and his return at the end of X-2.