Desert Lullaby (theme)

"Desert Lullaby"

"Desert Lullaby" (デザートララバイ, Dezāto Rarabai?) is the Dead Dunes' evening theme in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. It is composed and arranged by Naoshi Mizuta and performed by Gabe McNair. The lyrics were written by DAGMUSIC.

It appears on the Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII: Original Soundtrack as "Desert Lullaby" and Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Pre Soundtrack as "LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII BGM05". An instrumental version appears on the Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII: Original Soundtrack PLUS.

Lyrics[]

The official lyrics were released on the Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII: Original Soundtrack.

Silent Whisperers

Share their secrets

Mortal dreamers

Escaping with the wind

Legends speak of

Tales of fortune

Desert demons

Waiting, sleeping through the night

And so we're told

Of treasures worth their gold

Lost in the sea of sand

Empires did stand

Crumbling

A forgotten youth

And so we carry on

With hope and love detached from us

To gain what life we can save till dawn

The Gods have sung their song

Dead Dunes keep us all

Waiting for our souls to rise again

When the night rides in

Silence creeping

Desert lullabies

Forgotten with another time

Songs of harmony

Smiles and laughter

Those remembered

Softly kissing us good-bye

And so we're told

Of gems that light the soul

Convinced the other lands

Hold what we can't have

Squabbling

Till we find the truth

Digging through the sands while

Searching with our hands

For the treasure which lies

Beneath

Our feet

Brethren

Chaos reigning

All the lucky ones

Fighting to stay alive

And so we're told

Of the one who knows us all

Behind the lock and key

Lies, what we will be

Desperately

Trying to find the truth

And so we carry on

With hope and love detached from us

To gain what life we can save till dawn

The Gods have sung their song

Dead Dunes keep us all

Waiting for the hidden sign

For the shining light

For our souls to rise again

Musical themes

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy - Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call - Theatrhythm Final Fantasy All-Star Carnival - Theatrhythm Final Bar Line

Recurring themes	Airship theme - "Battle at the Big Bridge" - List of battle themes (Battle theme · Boss theme · Final boss theme) - "Chocobo Theme" - Dungeon theme - Ending theme - "Final Fantasy" - "Good Night" - Main theme - "Moogle Theme" - "Prelude" - Town theme - Victory Fanfare

Game specific themes

Final Fantasy	"Main Theme" - "Battle" - "Chaos Shrine" - "Matoya's Cave" - "Mt. Gulg"
Final Fantasy II	"Battle Theme 1" - "The Rebel Army" - "Main Theme" - "Battle Theme 2" - "Tower of the Magi" - "Finale"
Final Fantasy III	"The Altar Cave" - "Battle 1" - "Eternal Wind" - "Tozus" - "Battle 2" - "The Boundless Ocean" - "Priestess Aria" - "Doga and Unei" - "The Crystal Tower" - "The Dark Crystals" - "Last Battle"
Final Fantasy IV	"The Red Wings" - "Theme of Love" - "Main Theme of FINAL FANTASY IV" - "Battle 1" - "Battle 2" - "Rydia" - "Edward's Harp" - "Mystic Mysidia" - "Battle With the Four Fiends" - "Troian Beauty" - "Dancing Calbrena" - "The Final Battle"
Final Fantasy V	"Main Theme of Final Fantasy V" - "Lenna's Theme" - "Battle 1" - "Battle 2" - "Mambo de Chocobo" - "Sorrows of Parting" - "Home, Sweet Home" - "Music Box" - "The Evil Lord X-Death" - "Legend of the Deep Forest" - "A New World" - "The Final Battle" - "Dear Friends" - "Ending Theme"
Final Fantasy VI	"Battle" - "The Decisive Battle" - "Terra's Theme" - "Celes's Theme" - "Kefka" - "The Phantom Forest" - "Kids Run Through the City" - "Aria di Mezzo Carattere" - "Relm's Theme" - "Battle to the Death" - "Searching for Friends" - "Dancing Mad"
Final Fantasy VII series	Final Fantasy VII	"Opening - Bombing Mission" - "Anxiety" - "Tifa's Theme" - "Let the Battles Begin!" - "Turks' Theme" - "Fight On!" - "Main Theme of Final Fantasy VII" - "Farm Boy" - "JENOVA" - "Cosmo Canyon" - "Descendant of Shinobi" - "Aerith's Theme" - "Birth of a God" - "One-Winged Angel"
	Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children	"The Promised Land" - "Divinity I" - "Divinity II" - "CALLING" - "Safe and Sound"
	Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-	"Redemption" - "Longing"
	Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII-	"Theme of Elfe"
	Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-	"CRISIS CORE Theme" - "The Price of Freedom" - "Why"
	Final Fantasy VII Remake	"RUN RUN RUN" - "Stand Up" - "Scarlet's Theme" - "Hollow" - "Stamp" - "The Midgar Blues" - "The Happy Turtle Fight Song" - "The Happy Turtle Jingle" - "Why Can't I Be a Turtle?" - "Turtle Doo-wop" - "Give In to the Riptide" - "You, Me (Sun, Surf, and Beach)" - "Technologic Terrapin"
	Final Fantasy VII The First Soldier	"The Soldiers From The Start"
	Final Fantasy VII Rebirth	"Rufus's Welcoming Ceremony" - "Ballad of the Bald - Shine Bright, My Sun" - "Bare Your Soul" - "The Gus Funk" - "Straight Outta Corneoland" - "No Promises to Keep" - "Me and My Chocobo" - "Crazy Chocobo - Rebirth" - "Crazy Motorcycle - The Night Chase" - "New Merc in Town" - "Midgar Blues del Amor" - "Gotta Walk On" - "Golden Sparks" - "Shape of My Love" - "Stamp"
Final Fantasy VIII	"Liberi Fatali" - "Balamb GARDEN" - "Blue Fields" - "Don't Be Afraid" - "Force Your Way" - "The Man with the Machine Gun" - "Premonition" - "Fisherman's Horizon" - "The Oath" - "Eyes On Me" - "Ride On" - "The Castle" - "The Legendary Beast" - "Maybe I'm a Lion" - "The Extreme"
Final Fantasy IX	"A Place to Call Home" - "Vamo'alla flamenco" - "Battle 1" - "Battle 2" - "Festival of the Hunt" - "Kuja's Theme" - "Roses of May" - "Unrequited Love" - "Not Alone" - "The Final Battle" - "Melodies Of Life"
Final Fantasy X series	Final Fantasy X	"Zanarkand" - "Tidus's Theme" - "Otherworld" - "Battle Theme" - "Hymn of the Fayth" - "Thunder Plains" - "Assault" - "Via Purifico" - "SUTEKI DA NE (Isn't It Wonderful?)" - "Fight With Seymour" - "A Contest Of Aeons" - "Final Battle"
Final Fantasy X series	Final Fantasy X-2	"KUON: Memories of Waves and Light" - "real Emotion" - "Yuna's Ballad" - "1000 Words" - "Their Resting Place"
Final Fantasy XI	"Memoro de la Ŝtono" - "Vana'diel March" - "Ronfaure" - "Battle Theme" - "Gustaberg" - "Rolanberry Fields" - "Voyager" - "Selbina" - "The Grand Duchy of Jeuno" - "Battle in the Dungeon #2" - "Mog House" - "Awakening" - "The Sanctuary of Zi'Tah" - "Fighters of the Crystal" - "Faded Memories - Promyvion" - "Distant Worlds" - "Griffons Never Die" - "Wings of the Goddess" - "Ragnarok" - "Forever Today" - "Rhapsodies of Vana'diel"
Final Fantasy XII	"Opening Movie (FFXII Theme)" - "Boss Battle" - "Streets of Rabanastre" - "The Dalmasca Estersand" - "Giza Plains" - "Flash of Steel" - "The Archadian Empire" - "Battle with an Esper" - "Life and Death" - "Eruyt Village" - "To Walk Amongst Gods" - "Struggle for Freedom" - "Kiss Me Good-Bye"
Lightning Saga	Final Fantasy XIII	"FINAL FANTASY XIII - The Promise" - "Saber's Edge" - "Ragnarok" - "Eternal Love" - "Blinded By Light" - "March of the Dreadnoughts" - "The Gapra Whitewood" - "Fighting Fate" - "Will to Fight" - "Fang's Theme" - "Sulyya Springs" - "Dust to Dust" - "Born Anew" - "Nascent Requiem" - "Kimi ga Irukara" - "My Hands"
	Final Fantasy XIII-2	"FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 - Wishes -" - "Etro's Champion" - "Paradox" - "Noel's Theme" - "New Bodhum" - "Historia Crux" - "Worlds Collide" - "Unseen Intruder" - "The Last Hunter" - "Eclipse" - "Village and Void" - "Caius's Theme" - "Limit Break!" - "Starting Over" - "Plains of Eternity" - "Yeul's Theme" - "New World"
	Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII	"Crimson Blitz" - "The Savior's Words" - "Noel's Theme - The Shadow Hunter -" - "Noel and Yeul - The Promise -" - "Desert Lullaby" - "Fang's Theme - The Boss -" - "Savior of Souls" - "Divine Love" - "Almighty Bhunivelze"
Final Fantasy XIV	Before Meteor	"Twilight over Thanalan" - "Siren Song" - "Primal Judgment" - "Nemesis" - "Good King Moggle Mog XII" - "Imperial Will" - "Fallen Angel" - "Rise of the White Raven" - "Answers"
	A Realm Reborn	"Torn from the Heavens" - "A New Hope" - "To the Sun" - "The Land Breathes" - "Serenity" - "Under the Weight" - "Thunderer" - "Penitus" - "Bite of the Black Wolf" - "The Maker's Ruin" - "Ultima" - "Dawn of a New Era" - "Calamity Unbound" - "Through the Maelstrom" - "Pa-Paya" - "Thunder Rolls" - "Oblivion"
	Heavensward	"Heavensward" - "Solid" - "Melt" - "Ominous Prognisticks" - "Painted Foothills" - "Unbending Steel" - "Unbreakable" - "Imagination" - "Heroes" - "Dragonsong" - "Locus" - "Metal" - "Fiend" - "Revenge Twofold" - "Exponential Entropy" - "Moebius" - "Rise" - "Equilibrium"
	Stormblood	"Storm of Blood" - "The Measure of Our Reach" - "Triumph" - "Crimson Sunrise" - "Beauty's Wicked Wiles" - "The Worm's Tail" - "The Measure of His Reach" - "Revolutions" - "Amatsu Kaze" - "Wayward Daughter" - "eScape" - "From the Heavens" - "Sunrise" - "Starlight, Starbright"
	Shadowbringers	"Shadowbringers" - "Insatiable" - "What Angel Wakes Me" - "Civilizations" - "'Neath Dark Waters" - "Invincible" - "Tomorrow and Tomorrow" - "A Long Fall" - "Alien Manifestation (From NieR:Automata)" - "Song of the Ancients - Atonement (From NieR:Automata)" - "Bipolar Nightmare (From NieR:Automata)" - "Weight of the World - Prelude Version" - "Return to Oblivion" - "Gangos" - "To the Edge" - "Promises to Keep" - "Kainé - Final Fantasy Main Theme Version" - "Weight of the World - Instrumental Version (From NieR:Automata)" - "City Ruins - Rays of Light (From NieR:Automata)" - "In the Arms of War" - "Smells Like Teenage Riot"
	Endwalker	"Endwalker" - "Finality" - "Endcaller" - "Close in the Distance" - "The Final Day" - "Flow" - "Hic Svnt Leones" - "In the Balance" - "Scream" - "White Stone Black" - "Dedicated to Moonlight" - "Athena, the Tireless One"
	Final Fantasy XIV battle themes
Final Fantasy XV Universe	Final Fantasy XV	"Somnus" - "Stand Your Ground" - "Veiled in Black" - "Valse di Fantastica" - "The Fight Is On!" - "APOCALYPSIS NOCTIS" - "OMNIS LACRIMA" - "NOCTIS" - "Starlit Waltz" - "LUNA" - "Hellfire" - "Magna Insomnia" - "Stand By Me" - "Too Much Is Never Enough" - "I Will Be" - "Choosing Hope" - "Conditioned to Hate" - "Prayer of the Oracle"
Final Fantasy XV Universe	Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV	"Calling for Rain"
Final Fantasy XVI	"Land of Eikons" - "Sixteen Bells" - "On the Wind Borne – The Rosarian Ducal Anthem" - "Away" - Control" - "Find the Flame" - "To Sail Forbidden Seas" - "Do or Die" - "Titan Lost" - "Ascension" - "The Riddle" - "Bow" - "Hymn of the Penitent" - "My Star" - "Tsuki Wo Miteita - Moongazing"
Final Fantasy Tactics	"Trisection" - "Protagonist's Theme" - "Ultima's Transformation" - "Ultima's Perfection"
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance series	Final Fantasy Tactics Advance	"Main Theme" - "Teach Me, Montblanc" - "Shiroi Hana"
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance series	Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift	"Summer Vacation"
Vagrant Story	"A Man Consumed"
Type series	Final Fantasy Type-0	"The Beginning of the End" - "Tempus Finis" - "Vermilion Fire" - "Colorful - Falling in Love" - "Zero" - "Utakata"
Type series	Final Fantasy Agito	"FINAL FANTASY AGITO: The Beginning of the End" - "FINAL FANTASY AGITO" - "Forbidden Fruit" - "My Diamond"
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles	"Sound of the Wind" - "Moonless Starry Night"
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers	"Kuule tää unelmain"
Dissidia series	Dissidia Final Fantasy	"DISSIDIA" - "The Messenger" - "Cosmos" - "Chaos"
Dissidia series	Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy	"Cantata Mortis & God in Fire"
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call	"THEATRHYTHM FINAL FANTASY CURTAIN CALL Special Arrangement Medley"
Chocobo series	Chocobo Racing	"Diamonds in My Heart"
	Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon	"Door Crawl"
	Chocobo GP	"Choco-race" - "Breakneck Cactuar!" - "Change"
Final Fantasy Dimensions II	"Timeless Tomorrow"
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius	"DUEL!!" - "Touch It - FINAL FANTASY BRAVE EXVIUS Remix" - "Immortal Flame"
World of Final Fantasy	"Innocent²" - "World of Nine Wood Hills" - "Silent World" - "World Parade"
Mobius Final Fantasy	"Always There" - "Capricious Cait Sith"
Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin	"Jack's Theme" - "Shadows Rising"

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

Content	Allusions - Artwork - Demo - Script - Story - Timeline - Translations - Version differences - Wallpapers
Gameplay	Features	Characters - Locations - Menu
	Inventory	Accessories - Adornments - Garb - Items - Shields - Shops - Weapons
	Mechanics	Abilities - Auto-abilities - Difficulty level - Elements - Energy Points - Overclock - Schemata - Stagger - Stats - Statuses - Victory poses
	Field	Chronostasis - Quests
	Enemies	Enemies - Enemy abilities
	Other	Achievements and Trophies - Days - Downloadable content - Eradia - Outerworld Services - Time - Yggdrasil
Media	Related games	Final Fantasy XIII - Final Fantasy XIII-2
	Collections	Final Fantasy XIII -Lightning Ultimate Box-
	Novelizations	Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Chronicle of Chaotic Era - Final Fantasy XIII: Reminiscence -tracer of memories-
	Videos	Inside The Square - Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Retro-spective trailer
	Music albums	Original Soundtrack - Pre Soundtrack - Original Soundtrack PLUS
	Music themes	"Crimson Blitz" - "The Savior's Words" - "Noel's Theme - The Shadow Hunter -" - "Noel and Yeul - The Promise -" - "Desert Lullaby" - "Fang's Theme - The Boss -" - "Savior of Souls" - "Divine Love" - "Almighty Bhunivelze" "FINAL FANTASY - Yusnaan Ver." - "Eternal Winds - The Dead Dunes" - "Battle at the Big Bridge - Yusnaan Ver." - "Terra's Theme - Biggs & Wedge Ver."

Desert Lullaby (theme)

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