Choosing Hope

I've attended a number of recording sessions over the years, but this honestly was the first time I had to fight back tears while listening in. I hope everyone else is as moved by the song as I was.

Nobuo Uematsu

"Choosing Hope" is the main theme of Final Fantasy XV: Comrades, the multiplayer expansion of Final Fantasy XV. It is composed by Nobuo Uematsu, arranged by Tsutomu Narita, and sung by Emiko Suzuki.

Uematsu thought that a gospel sound would befit Comrades, and "Choosing Hope" was written with a swing rhythm Suzuki had sung before in gospel music. The lyrics describe the state of the world during Comrades, which takes place after Noctis departs Lucis and the world plunges further and further into darkness. The former members of Kingsglaive (the player characters) try to protect the populace until the coming of the True King. It speaks of keeping hope alive in trying times, the people needing to persevere.

The theme is playable in the music player.

LyricsEdit

Battle-scarred down to the bone

Falling, failing to believe

Living in so much despair

With no hope of release

Was I born to be betrayed?

Was I born to simply die?

Can I bear to seek the truth

When it feels like a lie?

Into the darkness we will fly

Soaring above our fears

Praying this world will survive

Fighting and striving for the light

Living life knowing that we must die

Loving until the end

Choosing hope when all hope has seemed lost

And believing in the strength of our friends

If the Oracle can heal

If the plague can be removed

And the darkness overcome

Then I'll carry on, too

Must I live to sacrifice?

Must I die to make things right?

Do I dare believe in hope

When surrounded by night?

Into the darkness we will fly

Soaring above our fears

Praying this world will survive

Fighting and striving for the light

Living life knowing that we must die

Loving until the end

Choosing hope when all hope has seemed lost

And believing in the strength of our friends

We fought even the fiercest of foes

Strong against all the odds

Giving our all when friends needed us most

Without ever counting the cost

I chose hope when all hope had seemed lost

And I believed in the strength of my friends