Template:Listen "Otherworld" is a song from Final Fantasy X. It was composed by Nobuo Uematsu, 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, you know, you know, you know, that you will...
You know, you know, you know, you know, 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. All lines do point out facts and events in the game.
- Go now, if you want it and Don't you give up on it
Tidus initially wants to go back home to Zanarkand. He joins the others in hope of returning back.
- An otherworld awaits you
- 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 and Tidus's only intention of returning back home.
- Fills your dreams, disturbs your slumber
Zanarkand fills the dreams of the Fayth.
- Lost your way, a fallen knight
Auron tells Tidus that Jecht is Sin.
- Hold now, aim is steady
Tidus in Blitzball and his attempt with the Jecht Shot.
- One thousand years, you ready?
Tidus initially thinks that he has been flung a thousand years into the future.
- Go, into the sand, and the dust, and the sky
The various areas that Tidus and the others travels to. Sand refers Bikanel, dust refers to the temples, and sky refers to the Fahrenheit.
- Go now, there's no better plan, than to do or to die
After fully realizing that there's no way back to Zanarkand, along with the fact that Yuna and the other Summoners must sacrifice themselves in order for Sin to be destroyed, Tidus resolves to keep moving forward and helping Yuna.
- 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.
- Hope dies, and you wander
Tidus wants to believe that there's a workaround for the sacrifice that Summoners have to do.
- 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 stanza 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).
Other Versions
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. Like every other of Dissidia's tracks, this version is reused in Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy.
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 "Straight edge! Till I die! Lost Cause!", a reference to his subculture, 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 Muir being credited as the performer of the song in every official release, as well as the ending credits in the game.
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