"Worlds Collide" (衝突する世界, Shōtotsusuru Sekai?) is a boss theme from Final Fantasy XIII-2 and is also used in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.
It was composed and arranged by Naoshi Mizuta with vocals by David Whitaker who also wrote the lyrics. The game's soundtrack album uses a version of the theme that is different from the one featured in game, with slightly altered instrumentation and cleaner sounding vocals.
Lyrics[]
The official lyrics were released on the Final Fantasy XIII-2: Original Soundtrack.
- Worlds
- Collide and people fade
- Seeking Gates through timelines
- We've all prayed
- Let's fix the past
- Trade in now to see smiling faces
- This
- Hope
- Heart of Chaos can not take
- Paradoxes must break
- This is the path I must take
- My destiny may change your fate
- The pain my heart feels is my strength
- Worlds
- Collide and people fade
- Seeking Gates through timelines
- We've all prayed
- Let's fix the past
- Trade in now to see smiling faces
- This
- Hope
- Heart of Chaos can not take
- Paradoxes must break
- This is the path I must take
- My destiny may change your fate
- The pain my heart feels is my strength
- Worlds
- Collide and people fade
- Seeking Gates through timelines
- We've all prayed
- Let's fix the past
- Trade in now to see smiling faces
- This
- Hope
- Heart of Chaos can not take
- Paradoxes must break
- This is the path I must take
- My destiny may change your fate
- The future to come is one we've made
Game appearances[]
Final Fantasy XIII-2[]
The theme plays during Serah and Noel's battle in the Bresha Ruins with Paradox Alpha in 5 AF, the battle with Aloeidai in the Yaschas Massif in 10 AF, and also during the battle with Kalavinka in Bresha Ruins 100 AF.
It is the 20th track of disc 1 on the Final Fantasy XIII-2: Original Soundtrack.
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII[]
"Worlds Collide" plays in the battle against Zaltys Brimstone at the Slaughterhouse and for random encounters in certain areas in Yusnaan.
Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia[]
"Worlds Collide" plays in battles involving Serah during Arc 1 Chapter 9 and later. Most of the time, it serves as the boss theme for the last wave of curtain battles.
Trivia[]
- "Worlds Collide" references several gameplay and story elements of Final Fantasy XIII-2, including Time Gates, the Heart of Chaos and paradoxes and resolving them.
