"real Emotion" is the opening theme of Final Fantasy X-2. Though presented as a performance by Yuna in Luca, in reality, it is sung by Leblanc, posing as Yuna through the First Steps Garment Grid and Songstress dressphere. The song was composed by Kazuhiro Hara and arranged by h-wonder, and the lyrics were written by Kenn Kato.
Koda Kumi sang the Japanese version, while American singer-songwriter, Jade Villalon (now known as Jade Valerie) from the German pop group project Sweetbox, sang the English version. The lyrics were adapted into English by Brian Gray.
Lyrics[]
The official lyrics for the Japanese version were released on the single real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba and the Final Fantasy X-2: Original Soundtrack. The official lyrics for the English version sung by Jade were released on the Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission Original Soundtrack.
The game version, "FFX-2 Mix", omits the lyrics in italics.
Japanese version[]
- Japanese/English
- What can I do for you?
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- I can hear you
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- あの日ココロの彼方に 描いてた場所にいる
- 途方に暮れてたりする けれどもう戻れない
- 夢に見たカタチとは
- なにもかもが違う
- 現実には...眩暈さえする
- リアルな世界に揺れてる感情
- 負けたくない
- もうただ走るしかないこの胸に
- 聞こえてくる
- キミは一人じゃない
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- I can hear you
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- 決して振り向きはしない あなたには頼らない
- なにかがあれば必ず すぐに来てくれるから
- いまぼくにできること
- それは信じること...
- 真実なら この胸にある
- リアルな世界に揺れてる感情
- 支えるのは
- そうあなたが教えてくれたすべて
- いまの私
- だから、一人じゃない
- What can I do for you? (2x)
- What can I do for you? (4x)
- I can hear you
- リアルな世界に揺れてる感情
- 感じても
- あなたが目を閉じたならそこにいる
- 絆がある
- だから、一人じゃない
- リアルな世界に揺れてる感情
- 負けたくない
- もうただ走るしかないこの胸に
- 聴こえてくる
- キミは一人じゃない
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- I can hear you
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- I can hear you (2x)
- Rōmaji
- What can I do for you?
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- I can hear you
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- Ano hi kokoro no kanata ni egaiteta basho ni iru
- Tohō ni kuretetari suru keredo mō modorenai
- Yume ni mita katachi to wa
- Nanimokamo ga chigau
- Genjitsu ni wa...memai sae suru
- Riaru na sekai ni yureteru kanjō
- Maketakunai
- Mō tada hashiru shikanai kono mune ni
- Kikoetekuru
- Kimi wa hitori janai
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- I can hear you
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- Kesshite furimuki wa shinai anata ni wa toyoranai
- Nanika ga areba kanarazu suguni kitekureru kara
- Ima boku ni dekiru koto
- Sore wa shinjiru koto...
- Shinjitsunara kono mune ni aru
- Riaru na sekai ni yureteru kanjō
- Sasaeru no wa
- Sō anata ga oshietekureta subete
- Ima no watashi
- Dakara, hitori janai
- What can I do for you? (2x)
- What can I do for you? (4x)
- I can hear you
- Riaru na sekai ni yureteru kanjō
- Kanjitemo
- Anata ga me o tojitanara sokoni iru
- Kizuna ga aru
- Dakara, hitori janai
- Riaru na sekai ni yureteru kanjō
- Maketakunai
- Mō tada hashiru shikanai kono mune ni
- Kikoetekuru
- Kimi wa hitori janai
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- I can hear you
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- I can hear you (2x)
- Unofficial English translation
- What can I do for you?
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- I can hear you
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- I am in the place I imagined on the other side of my mind that day
- I am feeling at a loss. However, there is no going back.
- Everything is different from
- The way I saw it in my dream
- In reality...I even feel dizzy
- The emotions swaying in the real world
- I don't want to lose
- There is nothing more to do but just run
- I can hear you in my heart
- You are not alone
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- I can hear you
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- I will never turn around. I will not rely on you.
- You will always come for me right away if there is anything
- There is something I can do now,
- Which is to believe...
- The truth is in my heart
- The emotions swaying in the real world
- Everything you have
- Taught me like that is what is holding me up
- It is who I am now,
- So I am not alone
- What can I do for you? (2x)
- What can I do for you? (4x)
- I can hear you
- The emotions swaying in the real world
- Even if you feel them,
- I would be there if you closed your eyes
- There is a bond,
- So you are not alone
- The emotions swaying in the real world
- I don't want to lose
- There is nothing more to do but just run
- I can hear you in my heart
- You are not alone
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- I can hear you
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- I can hear you (2x)
English versions[]
Koda Kumi[]
- What can I do for you?
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- I can hear you
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- Never thought that I would wind up by myself
- If I told my wild imagination
- But I here I am finding myself so lost
- And there is a way for me to turn back
- All the things I see
- They are different from
- What I had imagined they would be
- Everything is different
- Now I'm getting dizzy spells
- It's real emotion, shakin' up the world
- I'll never give it up
- I don't ever wanna
- Lose this far
- No more than I can do
- When I am just too wrong
- And in my heart I can hear you say
- That I am not alone
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- I can hear you
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- Never gotta look back, I'm already here
- 'Cause you gave me faith
- I'm on my own now
- If anything happens unexpectedly,
- I know you are there to come and save me
- What do I do now?
- What can I do now?
- For the truth that you have made me see
- All that I can do now
- Is believe in what I feel
- It's real emotion, shakin' up the world
- I'll be forever blessed for you to stand by me
- Then, before
- So many things you tell me
- That's why I am here
- You give me strength and now I know
- That I am not alone
- What can I do for you? (2x)
- What can I do for you? (4x)
- I can hear you
- It's real emotion, shakin' up the world
- You're always here with me, so deep in my heart
- And I am there
- Beside you when you need me
- Since I'm finally strong
- Just close your eyes and you'll see me there
- 'Cause you are not alone
- It's real emotion, shakin' up the world
- I'll never give it up
- I don't ever wanna
- Lose this far
- No more than I can do
- When I am just too wrong
- And in my heart I can hear you say
- That I am not alone
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- I can hear you
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- I can hear you (2x)
Jade[]
- What can I do for you?
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- I can hear you
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- Far beyond the hazy borders of my heart
- I could see a place that's something like this
- Every now and then I don't know what to do
- Still I know that I can never go back
- But the things I've seen in those hazy dreams
- Can't compare to what I'm seeing now
- Everything's so different
- That it brings me to my knees
- And though I know the world of
- real Emotion has surrounded me
- I won't give in to it
- Now I know that forward is the only way my heart can go
- I hear your voice calling out to me:
- "You'll never be alone."
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- I can hear you
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- I don't plan on looking back on my old life
- I don't ever plan to rely on you
- Even if by chance everything should go wrong
- You'd come anyway and try to save me
- Though from time to time it's an upward climb
- All I know is that I must believe
- 'Cause the truth I'm seeking
- Always was inside of me
- And when I find the world of
- real Emotion has surrounded me
- The many things that you
- Taught me then will always be enough to get me
- through the pain
- Because of you I am strong enough
- To know I'm not alone.
- What can I do for you? (2x)
- What can I do for you? (4x)
- I can hear you
- And if I find the real world of
- emotion has surrounded me
- And I can't go on
- You are there the moment
- that I close my eyes to comfort me
- We are connected for all of time
- I'll never be alone.
- And though I know the world of
- real Emotion has surrounded me
- I won't give in to it
- Now I know that forward is the only way my heart can go
- I hear your voice calling out to me:
- "You'll never be alone."
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- I can hear you
- What can I do for you? (3x)
- I can hear you (2x)
Game appearances[]
Final Fantasy X-2[]
Yuna? performing "real Emotion".
"real Emotion" is track 2 of disc 1 of the game's original soundtrack, titled "real Emotion (FFX-2 Mix)". The "FFX-2 Mix" of the English version sung by Jade is track 1 on the Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission Original Soundtrack.
During the quick cuts near the end of the Japanese version's FMV, it goes from Yuna? to a backup dancer and to a background guitarist before returning to her. In the English version, the quick cuts focus on the Songstress dressphere. Yuna? smiles in the Japanese version but looks indifferent in the English one. In the HD Remaster, the Japanese version retains its original FMV. The overseas version uses the original overseas version, making "real Emotion" and "1000 Words" the only content in the HD Remaster not faithful to the International version.
Leblanc has stolen Yuna's Garment Grid to impersonate her and hold a concert in Luca, hoping to cash in on Yuna's fame and ruin her reputation. Yuna, Rikku, and Paine track her down but Yuna must don a moogle costume and keep a low profile while the others infiltrate the concert. While Leblanc performs on stage, Rikku and Paine brawl with Leblanc's lackeys disguised as Luca security guards; after the performance, Rikku and Paine confront Leblanc on the stage who escapes to the docks. YRP finally catch up with her and reclaim their Garment Grid and dressphere, the latter having a peculiar resonance with Yuna.
When Yuna later uses the Songstress dressphere to perform, she sings a song manifested from Lenne's feelings. Who composed "real Emotion" and how Leblanc came to know it is unknown, though it is possible it was another song contained in the sphere itself.
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call[]
The song is a downloadable Battle Music Sequence (BMS) track. It was delisted from the eShop on August 1, 2017.
Arrangement album appearances[]
real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba[]
The single by Koda Kumi includes the full-length Japanese version of "real Emotion" as the 1st track, and an instrumental version as the 3rd.
Grow into One[]
The Koda Kumi single has her full-length version of "real Emotion" as the 2nd track.
Come With Me[]
The Koda Kumi single includes a different English version as the 2nd track. The lyrics were translated into English by Sachi Bennett. The single also includes a remix titled "real Emotion/DJ MSK Remix" as the 4th track.
Adagio[]
The Jade Villalon version was credited to Sweetbox for the project's 2004 album, Adagio, where it is included along with "1000 Words". This is because Villalon was still the project's frontwoman and left in the year 2007 but returned in 2020. The album's special edition includes Jade's full-length version of "real Emotion" as the 16th and final track.
Koda Kumi Driving Hit's[]
The remix version "real Emotion (HOUSE NATION Sunset In Ibiza Remix)" is the album's 5th track.
Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 5[]
The remix version "real Emotion (KOZM Remix)" is the album's 5th track.
Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 8[]
The album includes a remix version called "real Emotion (TeddyLoid Remix)" as its 11th track.
Music video[]
Koda recorded an official music video for "real Emotion" that incorporates scenes from Final Fantasy X-2. She also did motion capture for Yuna/Leblanc's dance moves in the game's opening sequence, marking the first time a musical artist was involved in creating a dance for a video game.
Gallery[]
Sheet music[]
