Leona Lewis's "My Hands" in FFXIII!?

Oh my goodness.

It seems an announcement has just been made about Final Fantasy 13.

One which firstly states that 9th March 2010 is the release date for both NA and EU versions of FFXIII (which is amazingly early, by the way. 3 months is the shortest ever in FF history)

And two, which announces that they will be using Leona Lewis's "My Hands", a track off her new album Echo as the theme song for the english version of FF13!

Wow. I'm actually really excited because...
I love Final Fantasy (anyone who knows me knows this lol), and
I love Leona Lewis. Her voice is so rich and powerful, and the song is really pretty nice. Its soulful and has emotional depth.

Its really hard for me to believe that 2 things that I like are "combining powers". I bet the end result will be awesome.



I'm still not too sure how this theme song will fit in with FFXIII, but at the same time, I haven't played it yet, so its hard to tell, but I do know that I already like it, so I'm really happy with this announcement. I hope the game version gets a rearrangement though.

Also, I hope that Leona Lewis will actually be doing another song for FF13, because the Japanese version gets a theme song and an insert song. It'd be amazing if Leona gets to work on new material especially for FF.

FF13 Theme Song : 君がいるから Kimi Ga Iru Kara - English Romaji lyrics

The full version of Final Fantasy 13's theme song is out!
Its called "Kimi Ga Iru Kara" which kinda translates into "Because I Have You" or "Because You Are Here".



Anyway, I was looking for the romaji version of the lyrics so that I could sing it just by reading English instead of Japanese (which is harder for me) but couldn't find any, so I just decided to romanize the lyrics myself. If you use it please credit me. Thanks.

Kimi Ga Iru Kara
Theme Song for Final Fantasy XIII
Vocal: Sugawara Sayuri
Lyrics: Sugawara Sayuri / Nakajima Yukino
Music: Masashi Hamauzu
Arrangement: Sin

Romanization by Spira / Clarencedesu

Naitatte iindayo kimi ga fuini souitte kureta kara
Nandaka ureshikute namida jyanaku egao ga koboreta
Bukiyou sugiru kotobade kimi wo kizutsukete shimatta
Soredemo hanaretari shinaide ima mo koushite sasaeni natte kureterunda
Kitto...

Kanaetai negai kanaetai yume
Todoketai omoisubete
Shinji tsuzukeru kotoga kiseki wo yonde
Mirai ni tsunagatte yuku yo
Zutto ne zutto mimamotte ite hoshii
Dear my friend

Kiminara daijyoubu dayo wakare kiwani sou itte kureta kara
Kanjiteta kodokuga sono hitokotode kirei ni nakunatta
Atarashii tobira wo kiraku sore wa daredemo kowakute fuan darake dakedo
Senaka wo oshite kureta kimi wo omoidaseba chikara ga afurete kurukara ne

Sunaona kimochi yuzurenai mono
Shoujikina kotoba subete
Koe nishite tsutaeru kotoga dekita nara mirai wa hirogatte yukuyo
itsumo sou itsumo kokoroni kimiga iru kara
Dear My Friend

(interlude)

Tachi domattemo wasure souni nattemo
Nandomo nandodemo maewo muite yuku tochikauyo
Miageta sora hikari ga sashikondeiru
Kimini mata aeru hi made

Sunaona kimochi yuzurenai mono
Shoujikina kotoba subete
Koe nishite tsutaeru kotoga dekita nara mirai wa hirogatte yukuyo
Negai kanaetai yume
Todoketai omoisubete
Shinji tsuzukeru kotoga kiseki wo yonde
Mirai ni tsunagatte yuku yo
Zutto ne zutto mimamotte ite hoshii
Dear my friend

---
Romanization by Spira / Clarencedesu

Looking forward to FF13 next month. :D
Do leave comments, or point out mistakes if any :D

The Spirit is over town...

Theres this... song.. in Dissidia that is kinda catchy. Its called COSMOS. Comes with a relaxed rock vibe and sung in English that doesn't sound foreign. The lyrics however were obviously not written by someone who has English as a first language...

"The Spirit is over town, waiting for me to hit the floor
Blooming white sky for the voice of one calling tonight
Tonight fate is the red crown, the red crown around your door
Time is scattering the seeds of the mourning daylight"

The band that did this song is Your Favourite Enemies, apparently from Montreal.
The guy who sings has a very raw evocative voice. I guess thats what rock band singers are good at.

Anyway I don't even know why I like the song.. I guess its because its kinda melancholic.. I don't particularly like it that I would sing along, nor do I approve of the faux-prophetic Engrish lyrics, but I just want to hear it. I guess its captivating like that... At least its better than THIS-IS-THE-BEGINNING Eternity (of Blue Dragon fame).

You can listen to Cosmos here...

On a completely unrelated note... the popular local sketch parody production Chestnuts is back! Though I've never watched it before, peoeple I know who have watched it were raving about all its pop-culture parodies with a very strong local twist and amazing comic timing. Its quite rare because very few people can make fun of local pop-culture and make different people laugh at the same thing for different reasons.

In any case, I'm determined to catch this years staging at Victoria Theatre come February. Here's their promotional site thingy. Darkknuts