real Emotion

"real Emotion" from Final Fantasy X-2 (Japanese)

"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. Kenn Kato wrote the song and Kazuhiro Hara composed it.

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.

Lyrics[]

The game version, "FFX-2 Mix", omits the lyrics in italics.

Japanese version[]

Kanji[]

What can I do for you?

What can I do for you? (Yeah, yeah)

What can I do for you? (Nana, yeah)

What can I do for you?

I can hear you

What can I do for you? (Oh, oh)

What can I do for you? (Oh baby)

What can I do for you?

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?

I can hear you

What can I do for you?

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?

What can I do for you?

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

聞こえてくる

キミは一人じゃない

What can I do for you? (Yeah, yeah)

What can I do for you? (Nana, yeah)

What can I do for you?

I can hear you

What can I do for you? (Oh, oh)

What can I do for you? (Oh baby! Ohohoh, yeah)

What can I do for you?

I can hear you

I can hear you!

Rōmaji[]

What can I do for you?

What can I do for you? (Yeah, yeah)

What can I do for you? (Nana, yeah)

What can I do for you?

I can hear you

What can I do for you? (Oh, oh)

What can I do for you? (Oh baby)

What can I do for you?

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?

I can hear you

What can I do for you?

Kesshite furimuki wa shinai

Anatani wa toyoranai

Nanika ga areba kanarazu

Suguni kite kureru kara

Ima boku ni dekiru koto

Sore wa shinjiru koto...

Shinjitsu nara kono mune ni aru

Riaru na sekai ni yureteru kanjō

Sasaeru no wa

Sō anata ga oshieteku retasubete

Ima no watashi

Dakara, hitori janai

What can I do for you?

What can I do for you?

I can hear you

Riaru na sekai ni yureteru kanjō

Kanjitemo

Anata ga me o tojita nara sokoni iru

Kizuna ga aru

Dakara, hitori janai

Riaru na sekai ni yureteru kanjō

Maketakunai

Mō tada hashiru shikanai kono mune ni

Kikoete kuru

Kimi wa hitori janai

What can I do for you? (Yeah, yeah)

What can I do for you? (Nana, yeah)

What can I do for you?

I can hear you

What can I do for you? (Oh, oh)

What can I do for you? (Oh baby! Ohohoh, yeah)

What can I do for you?

I can hear you

I can hear you!

English translation[]

What can I do for you?

What can I do for you? (Yeah, yeah)

What can I do for you? (Nana, yeah)

What can I do for you?

I can hear you

What can I do for you? (Oh, oh)

What can I do for you? (Oh baby)

What can I do for you?

I'm in the place I pictured

In my heart that day

Sometimes, I'm at a loss,

But I can't go back

Everything is different from

The shape I dreamed of

The reality... makes me dizzy

Emotions swaying in the real world

I don't want to lose

I have no choice but to run,

And I can hear it in my heart

You are not alone

What can I do for you?

I can hear you

What can I do for you?

I'm never going to turn around

I'll never rely on you

Because if something happens to me,

You will always come right away

The only thing I can do now

Is to believe...

The truth is in my heart

Emotions swaying in the real world

What supports me is

Everything that you taught me

That is who I am now,

So, I am not alone

What can I do for you?

What can I do for you?

I can hear you

Emotions swaying in the real world

Even if you feel it,

If you close your eyes, I will be there

There is a bond

So, you are not alone

Emotions swaying in the real world

I don't want to lose

I have no choice but to run,

And I can hear it in my heart

You are not alone

What can I do for you? (Yeah, yeah)

What can I do for you? (Nana, yeah)

What can I do for you?

I can hear you

What can I do for you? (Oh, oh)

What can I do for you? (Oh baby! Ohohoh, yeah)

What can I do for you?

I can hear you

I can hear you!

English versions[]

Koda Kumi[]

What can I do for you?

What can I do for you? (Yeah, yeah)

What can I do for you? (Nana, yeah)

What can I do for you?

I can hear you

What can I do for you? (Oh, oh)

What can I do for you? (Oh baby)

What can I do for you?

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?

I can hear you

What can I do for you?

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?

What can I do for you?

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? (Yeah, yeah)

What can I do for you? (Nana, yeah)

What can I do for you?

I can hear you

What can I do for you? (Oh, oh)

What can I do for you? (Oh baby! Ohohoh, yeah)

What can I do for you?

I can hear you

I can hear you!

Jade[]

What can I do for you?

I can't hear you

What can I do for you?

Far beyond the hazy borders of my heart

I could see a place

That's somethin' 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 seein' 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?

I can't hear you

What can I do for you?

I don't plan on lookin' 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 seekin'

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?

What can I do for you?

I can't 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...

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?

I can't hear you

What can I do for you?

I can't hear you

I can't hear you!

Game appearances[]

Final Fantasy X-2[]

"real Emotion" is the second track on the first disc of the game's original soundtrack, titled "real Emotion (FFX-2 Mix)".

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 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 in the game's world 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[]

Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission Original Soundtrack[]

The song's shortened version, "real Emotion (FFX-2 Mix)", is the album's first track.

Real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba[]

The single by Koda Kumi includes the full-length Japanese version of "real Emotion" as the first track, and an instrumental version as the third.

Come With Me[]

The Koda Kumi single includes a different English version as the second track. The single also includes a remix titled "real Emotion (DJ MSK Remix)" as the fourth track.

Grow into One[]

The Koda Kumi single has her full-length version of "real Emotion" as the second 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 fifth track.

Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 5[]

The remix version "real Emotion (KOZM Remix)" is the album's fifth 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.