Silent Hill 2 OST - The Reverse Will

[Fabiano1231]

PLEASE SOMEONE TELL ME THE NAME OF THE TYPE OF FLUTE THAT BEGGINS AT 2:22

[Scawking]

@Fabiano1231 pan flute?

[Fabiano1231]

@Scawking I dont think so..

[Zomnificent]

I don't remember this anywhere in the game. It clashes with the rest of it. So does "Angel's Thanatos" at the end, IMO.

[Finozzi96]

@Zomnificent The Reverse Will = Rebirth Ending

[tccity1]

0:00 - 0:30 reminds me of those songs you'd hear when your shopping :P

[obanfans]

@tccity1 where the hell do you shop??? o.o

[Fabiano1231]

Someone know the name of the type of flute that beggins at 2:22

[lividmischief]

... i don't remember hearing this at all. ;~;

[Finozzi96]

@lividmischief The Reverse Will = Rebirth Ending

[Even457]

chocolate 1:00

[kdreamland]

I always forget the begining of this song, and think "ah? I missed another great sounding ambient track on SH2?"

Then the beat kicks in, and I jump from having the volume too high.

[TheLaughingLi0n]

Silent Hill 2 Horror Hop **Jams**

[Animeluver711]

Get funky! :D

[NenaGamer]

FRIGGIN AWESOME SONG! MAN I MISS PLAYING THIS GAME AND GETTING DIZZY IN THAT MOTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEL!

[viniot007]

gothic,blues,trip-hop,oh god Akira can do anything

[MRresievil310]

can you believe its already been ten years?

[Banim]

@MRresievil310 The thought is scary...

[Nachmanowicz]

Akira Yamaoka is a friggin' genius, I fucking tell you!

[KayoteThunder]

I don't remember this anywhere in the game.

[Yoshemo1]

@KayoteThunder I think its one of the songs in the ending credits

[tritonrecordings]

Favorite SH2 trip hop song :D

[ortherworld]

somehow it remind me of the good old days of 80-90s

[AelixVII]

At one point, it sounds like she's saying 'if I don't get shot'.

The song actually sounds kind of nice backwards too.

[OfnirNine]

Now I lay me down to sleep,

I pray the lord my soul to keep,

If I should die before I wake,

I pray the lord my soul to take

[NotAGoodUsername360]

@OfnirNine O_O

...that's a prayer my mother always told me when I was a little kid... I still say it every night out of habit...

[MyGodzilla99]

@NotAGoodUsername360 no it's a subliminal mesage when your hear this song backwards

[StevieWonder501]

@NotAGoodUsername360 Do you say it with your heart? - Grace and Love

[Fiixii]

"If I should shop at 5 o'clock, I'd see over there, yeah over there." That's what the words sound like, and it made me giggle

[MrOppourtunity]

@Fiixii This song was supposed to be played in reverse as a hint, they named it "The reverse will". She actually says (played in reverse) "now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the lord my soul to take"

[Pradadevilll]

@MrOppourtunity actually she says, "now i lay me down to sleep, i pray the lord my soul to keep. if i shoul die before i wake, i pray the lord my soul to take" :)

[phcopathicfyed]

OMG! I rewound this song using audacity, and it says "If i shall die before I wake, I pray the lord, I pray the lord my soul to take". It's very creepy actually.

[Pradadevilll]

@phcopathicfyed i think someone has the full reveresed song here on youtube:) Its Laura who is saying a CREEEPY prayer! ;)

[stickman225]

the epicness transcends the videogame and saturates the whole word

[gammaglobulin78]

I'm a single guy who loves silent hill and the music ;)

[GarmaZabi]

@gammaglobulin78 And so Konami made the first Silent Hill dating website.

[FernCloud123]

@gammaglobulin78

Silent Hill is for guys and girls, but mostly guys. :3

[Mrhashslinginslasher]

@FernCloud123

Untrue!

[plastreaka]

@FernCloud123

I just rofl'd at your comment.

I know just as many girls as I do guys that love the Silent Hill series, including the movie.

I'm a girl and I think Silent Hill is the shit.

Know your stuff before you post it, kthxbai. :3

[Channelhybrid1]

im working on a video for this song, playing it backwards to find out what the voice is saying.

[Firemoon454]

@Pradadevilll I said that exact same thing. Did you copy me?>:(

[Pradadevilll]

@Firemoon454 no, dude i didnt copy you! Its what she is saying, so of course i wrote it! i didnt know that you wrote it to! :)

[Firemoon454]

@Pradadevilll Oh Okay. Sorry:)

[Pradadevilll]

@Firemoon454 hahah, its okay :D

[Firemoon454]

@Pradadevilll Great! Oh, and for the record, I'm a girl, if you were wondering:D

[Pradadevilll]

@Firemoon454 Hahaha:D no i werent, but hey im a girl too, so that might be why ;)

[mitchlel]

this song reminds me of phantasm for some reason

[colombiatm]

this is simply... an outstanding arrangement.

[PhilipsLS1300]

oooow why cant i live in silent hill .... :'(

[Mr6hero9]

@PhilipsLS1300 you probably already do.. O_O

[JukemDrawles89]

@PhilipsLS1300 Your mind is capable of doing so much. google "Lucid dreams"

[Bazzabazeman]

Those lyrics are the same as the girls say in the movie, when they went bed in the town where Cheryll's father goes looking

[ByouDanseiKamiEnSai]

Reminds me of the sick beats on Cowboy Bebop. :D im sure those who watched the show would agree.

[SuperhumanChichi]

I always wondered why I didn't remember hearing this song when I played the game... turns out I got the "in water" ending, so no wonder. Didn't realize that the different endings have different songs, that's pretty neat.

[Firemoon454]

Here are the lyrics to this song....

Now I lay me down to sleep,

I prey the lord my soul to keep,

If I should die before I wake,

I prey the lord my soul to take

(Plays in reverse)

[jortiz76542]

@Firemoon454 that's partially true, the only lyrics used are "I pray the lord my soul to take. If I should die before I wake".

[randomusername27]

this game has to be in my top 10 of all time,probably my top 5.

[MrPlayLol]

0:00 - 10:00 pretty Silent Hill 2 song

0:11 - 3:34 aw fuck!

[KaiserVadin]

~ I pray the lord for my soul to take ~ is part of the lyrics on this song ...

[janett3333]

reminds me of being in a city at night and watching cars race for some reason

[WhiteN0iz]

God, I love this song.

When it plays during the Rebirth ending, it's feels like by deciding 'fuck this I'm bringing Mary back' you've messed something up, like it wasn't supposed to happen and you've bent reality.

[JasonLGrey]

@WhiteN0iz Technically it could be called a bad thing. After all, the old gods of the town... aren't the nicest of deities. I read somewhere, on a forum I used to frequent I think, that this ending means the town wins. By bringing Mary back, you undo everything Harry did in the first game.

[FinalFantasyLov3r124]

The lyrics for this son go well with the Rebirth ending

[iGekki]

I must say this.

This song gave me an eargasm.

[TheUnforgivingOne]

this song reminds me of a place i have not yet been to............tokyo Japan

all the lights and high tech buldings and its just so much different there then here....and for me better aswell cause people are them selves over there

over here if you were to dress up and walk around you'd get jumped

[ZangetsuLover]

@TheUnforgivingOne Ugh, I've been there. It's the same over in Japan, "America must be amazing, all of that freedom and seeing all the sights". And you would say what almost every person has said to a foreigner, "It's alright", or "It's not as great as it sounds". They say the same exact thing in Japan. "It's not that great over here, kind of boring". I'm getting tired of people that see Japan and freak out because they're an Otaku and they feel like they belong over there. >.>

[zlollylawz]

@ZangetsuLover OMG i agree, very annoying = A =

[Gridseeker]

@TheUnforgivingOne Where you live? I`ve lived there for 1 year in Osaka but I`ve visited a couple of times Tokyo too and let me tell you that, tough in some sense is true, the image you have is not very accurate: in Japan there are lot of interesting and different places, not only high tech buildings like the ones in Ginza , even in Tokyo still left some traditional places. But anyway, if one day you have the chance, go to Japan and maybe you`ll see that is very different as you conceived it.

[xnire]

Maria is sooo CUTE !!

[DavidScorcelletti]

Interesting, from 0:07 till 0:11 you can hear a sound sample of a child that can later be heard in the save rooms of Castlevania: Curse of Darkness. It makes sense since both of these games were made by Konami.

[SharksIncorporated]

@DavidScorcelletti Yup, you are correct, what its saying in reverse is "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray my Lord my soul to keep, if I shall die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take" :D

[rinofang]

"Now I lay me down to sleep,

I pray the lord my soul to keep,

If I should die before I wake,

I pray the lord my soul to take"

[FinalFantasyLov3r124]

When does this play?

[Twinsais]

@FinalFantasyLov3r124

It's the ending credits for the Rebirth ending

[waternights]

this is scary...

[Nudge009]

@waternights D: it shouldn't be lawlz it's actually a prayer reversed

[electrizer]

I love listening to this while walking through Piccadilly in London eveningtime, with all those ads flashing, colorful decorations in Chinatown, all those people having fun. that gives so much essence to this track

[Yuzoboy]

@electrizer And it hought i was the only UK person to listen to this stuff whilst walking through the city:)

[electrizer]

@Yuzoboy haha, cool stuff man! Dude, that song, Piccadilly Cicrus and Saturday night. Perfect background for perfect music!

[FinalFantasyLov3r124]

I love this song!

[202cardline]

What would I say to Akira if I could meet him...

[GentleLily101]

its funny how everyone is like "Whats she sayin?!"

Well i am here to tell you :P

The actually have this song reversed on here and she is saying "I pray the lord (2x), if i should die (2x), I pray the lord (2x), my soul to take."

[peterk5699]

@GentleLily101 It's actually "Now I lay me down to sleep/Pray the lord my soul to keep/if I die before I wake/Pray the lord my soul to take"

[GentleLily101]

@peterk5699 I dont believe she is saying the entire prayer. Have you heard the reversed version? I'm not saying your wrong its just from what i hear in the reversed version she only says little parts of it.

[peterk5699]

@GentleLily101 Nahh, not the whole prayer/poem. She's saying the first verse as it seems to be the best known part and has been used in numerous songs. It seems to have a slightly sinister element to it.

[GentleLily101]

@peterk5699 Haha I don't know why people would consider it to be sinister other than the fact its a prayer about the chances of dying in your sleep xD

But yeah I think we were both right ^^

[peterk5699]

@GentleLily101 Well I'd like to think is still has sinister undertones. Makes things a lot more interesting. And anyway - dying in your sleep? What a boring way to go.

[GentleLily101]

@peterk5699 Yeah lol xD I mean think about it, "Now i lay me down to sleep, i pray the lord my soul to keep" then the part that makes me think that is the "if i shall die before i wake i pray the lord my soul to take" haha

[peterk5699]

@GentleLily101 I'd rather not have my soul taken by the Lord, the Devil has a much more interesting lifestyle - Fire, naked dancers, alchohol, this

[GentleLily101]

@peterk5699 Good for you.

[billywanker]

@peterk5699 And violent rape, haha.

[peterk5699]

@billywanker Yes. There's that also, although violent rape is a past hobby of mine now. Comsumption of said raped bodies is my newest hobby.

[billywanker]

@peterk5699 Can't have one without the other!

[peterk5699]

@billywanker Exactly!! Having raped the bodies I have killed and frozen the corpses to save for a good meal. I have many recipes including: Virgin tongue, peppered calf, smokey thigh, liver and onion stew and human heart well done.

[SharksIncorporated]

@peterk5699 Sounds delicious :D

I'm serious, I got really hungry reading that...

[peterk5699]

@SharksIncorporated Good to know. I have a couple of virgin tongues in my freezer from the two I slaughtered last night. Fancy some?

[zlollylawz]

Akira is simply amazing i would worship this man if i could. :)

[zak832]

@zlollylawz why cant you :)

[00Neven]

If you can send me a link where did you download it, I would very appreciate it! or something else because I'm always on a trip so... I would love to listen some of that kinda music. Thanks in advance!

[FMAfanFMA]

The beginning reminded me a bit of Twilight Princess. But this is an incredible track. <3

[miriamuSama]

The girl talking in this song is Laura.

Listen good.

[FinalFantasyLov3r124]

Beautiful song! Beautiful played backwards too! Silent Hill ROCKS!!!!!

[XVsiLEnT]

dam akira yamaoka is so good..love how he makes songs with a good rythm and beat just like the song alone in the town

[kiteofdark]

The voices are backwards. If you play them forwards it says "Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the lord my soul to keep" I think, not in that order though. It's mixed up.

[PunkJolie]

if i should die before i wake

i pray the lord my soul to take.

[kapaka]

Every time I think about certain moments in this game it gives me the shivers, like when Laura is playing the piano at the hotel. Something about this scene and many others is just so saddening. Just the thought of them brings me back to how I originally felt the first time I played this.

[Devinfilms6679]

8O!!! the very beginning sounds exactly like when you take a turn on Rome Total War!!

[slipslooosh]

Silent hill has the most amazing sond track!

[jasonisunavailable]

@slipslooosh It has a great Sound track as well!

[silenthill123321]

@slipslooosh duh silent hill's got it like that

[rezzydevil]

Strange but none the less beautiful I love it.

[raiomix]

In which part of the game does this song play?

[sirdownloadsalot]

It plays during the "Rebirth" ending.

[Sxrojas]

You know that if you play this song backwards you hear the lords prayer, and thats why its called the reversed will

[RobNoBarKid]

it's actually just two lines of the "Evening Prayer"

[mastanoodles]

Sans doute la meilleur de toute :) <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

[MiauMewNyu]

Does anyone else think this sounds a bit like a Joy Division song? I'm starting to wonder if Akira Yamaoka's a fan of them...

[Scribe155]

Maybe he is...I'm definitely a fan of Joy Division and I can see some slight similarities....especially from songs like Disorder....but this is more emotionally colourful and less melancholic

[visualkei72]

@Scribe155

I really don't see how this sounds even remotely similar to Disorder. This has an urban jazz drum, and melodically is completely different.

I'm a big fan of the SH series music, but that song in particular doesn't crossover in my opinion. Maybe some other tracks might though.

[6kasuNOmally6]

@MiauMewNyu thats a good point actually.. i guess some of akiras sounds are kinda like that.. its just trip hop though.

i am a beliver in joy division!!! 8D

[bofudito]

Man, this songs is so f#% georgeous, Akira is one of the people that admire a lot!! I mean he rocks!!

[mreapr2]

search this song backwards its a little weird

[fatalframe95]

yeah, because her heart was pure and had nothing to darken her heart :)

[KALESSIN1000]

exelente cancion

[domandbren]

I wish we could see what silent hill looked like to her.

[ares5566]

the reason its called the reverse will is because played backwards you can hear laura's voice praying

[Alavistaven2012]

Interesting song. I LOVE IT :D mp3 links?

[Jasonkun]

This is from the Rebirth ending I believe?

[Jasonkun]

Nope the in water ending is Angel's Thornatos. This is the rebirth ending.

[orgad]

it might be just me, but i think that in the reversed version of this you can hear "pray the l0rd" and "save me"

[CheshireCat555]

"i pray the lord. i pray the lord. if i should die. if i should die. before i wake. before i wake i pray the lord.. my soul to take" it repeats again. its just a prayer.. like a will of who her soul belongs too.. (god) thus the name "The reverse will"

[KSNBULLET]

The reversed version of this song is a child saying "Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the lord my soul to keep, if I shall die before I wake, I pray the lord my soul to take."

[msv2100]

IT's supposed to be that, but it is still not clear.

[PingGuerrero]

this is the most interesting song in the game.

[Rohtix]

I've loved this track for years

[xxxCRAZYLOVExxx]

fucking nice song, from a fucking epic game....

[electrokev]

I just played this game again on the PS2(due to an Xbox in the repair shop) and have to say that this may be the most fitting soundtrack to a game I've ever heard. It's sparse, hauntingly beautiful and has a very cold, isolated feel to it. Much like the game itself. Love it the more and more I listen to it.

[hotcarl84]

this is pure genius

[TheVideoGameQueen]

Being really tired, this song is very unsettling to me.

Doesn't help that I know the creepiest sequence is a backwards prayer. D:

[pacman467]

If Akira produced rap beats he would make a quite a mint.

[zapz0rd]

@pacman467 no shit dude, this song has mad flow. a very musical and vibrant beat.

[RedheDude]

@pacman467 That fucking does it, now I have to lower my standards and comment T.T Akria Yamaoka and the guy who made all the puzzles and the other guy who did all the drawings split up. Akira then preceded to pursue TECHNO for awhile...it was fucking awful. I want to cry when I realize that silent hill is over. Everything after 4...garbage, the movies...garbage...Nothing is even made by the same people anymore! Silent hill was a pearl of artistic quality on a bed of oysters.

[RedheDude]

@pacman467 But what people don't realize about things as rare and precious as Silent his is that trying to make it a cash cow is akin to synthesizing gems. Sure, the synthetic pearl is pretty but it doesn't have the authenticity or worth of the original.

[pkfirestorm]

real lyrics is backwords its a prayer from the bible

[Ombrenuit]

Not quite. It's a mix of three repeated phrases, "I pray to the lord," "If I should die," and "I'm pretty. I'm so pretty."

[RecalltoHell]

actually it's the whole prayer: Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep;Should I die before I wake,I pray the Lord my soul to take.

[webb101094]

that's the same prayer they used in the movie

[RecalltoHell]

yeah, but the movie came out 5 years later.

[TightDawgLATE]

As recalltohell above me said, it is indeed "Now I lay me down to sleep, pray the lord my soul to keep, if I should die before I wake, I prayer the lord my soul to take."

And I remember the first place I ever heard that line was in a Metallica song, not the bible lol XD

[xxxCRAZYLOVExxx]

what song was it?

[TightDawgLATE]

Enter Sandman

[RoyalScarlet01]

Somebody should post this song playing backwards and see what it sounds like

[whiteclaudia9]

Who's that director who made Eraser Head and Dune?? I heard he's a fan of this series. That makes sense. Most of his movies have that disturbing, surreal quality to them. I wonder if Blue Velvet is on here...

[thedarknessmademe]

That's David Lynch.

Funny guy, love his movies.

[whiteclaudia9]

Dune was hard to follow, but it was a cool movie anyway. I don't think I could stomach Eraser Head though.

[CoolDevicesXxm4]

this song makes me think of Christmas for some reason <3 <3 <3

[phase866]

Yah!

Or like...a place with lots of snow right?

[AerodynamicAnime67]

This is absolutely GORGEOUS!!!!!

[Darktroller2]

At which point of the game does this music play?

[DarkLink595]

Credit's theme after you beat the game.

[oddmanout1792]

yeah, except my ending, "in water", i got angel's thanatos in the credits. it depends which ending you get

[bananalumpy]

It plays during the credits if you get the Rebirth ending

[Jobeykobra]

Wow, unknownbeast000, calm down. I feel the same way you do, seeing as everyone labels someone as depressed and hopeless as an emo. The guy didn't call you an emo, did he?

Anyway, I love this song. I'm probably gonna make a music video with it.

[UnknownBeast2010]

This song...relates to me..I have no hope.