Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Music- Boss Battle

[MagatsutheCalamity]

Holy shit, this song is talking about Hijiri's death and eternal torture...

[madsli]

We sacrificed the son of god!

Man's greatest glimpse of fire red!

Haven't they lost their stable prayers from our greatest god?

Answer our prayers! Help us!

God! Almighty God! Can you hear me?

God! Almighty God! Can you hear me?

[TheDenssy]

escucho esto mientras espero el fin del mundo

[Expa0]

"We soar our hearts through so hot heaven

happiest to see the fire red

oh god, people see your prayers, Oh the country has comfort

Huh, you street punks

I am hot too

I am hotter than the most ankward... A question, a-re-you hot?

Come on!

Oh lord god!"

Geez this is very difficult to make out.

[Sho12345]

I was (higher?) and as ???? supposed to ????

I am therefore, GOD, I am a GOD, can you HEAR me.

GOD, I am a God, can you HEAR me?

damn....

[FujinKeima]

Funny how the boss song is talking about not cracking...With bosses like these,no wonder.....

[CagezeroGear]

GOD! I AM OVER GOD!

CAN YOU HEAR ME?!

...I am pretty sure he says this.

Whole game is about a human becoming greater creature than god himself.

[MetalestCross]

*CagezeroGear* what about the glowing orb thing?

[Vohaul86]

"This is the boss you shall not pass" fits most bosses, but luckily(?) many Fiends were passable... (After defeating Hell Biker, the next Fiend I faced was Trumpeter)

[kalaslsl]

I wish there was an extended version of this.

[TheJikou]

@kalaslsl watch?v=h5o2IuhaJgM&feature=re­lated

There are.

[Th3ba1r0n]

So death metal >:D

[Maytag99]

This song is amazing. One of the greatest pieces of boss music ever made. It's so bad-ass!

[nastynate3163]

I always thought they were saying DIE! instead of GOD!

[EphidelDarkheart]

ON THE NAME OF GOD (GOD GOD)

[Sho12345]

JHVH = JEHOVAH(english)

YHWH = YEHOWAH(hebrew)

[protestantpope]

For those wondering, God is called YHWH in the SMT universe, not JHVH. Also, I love this song more than I should.

[shadowlizard4sauke]

I almost screamed while hearing this. Its the most epic fear induced son g ever

[disastranagant]

The "vocals" are one of the builtin voices from apple plaintalk, adjusted to fit the music

[kyuubiflame]

i'm so making this my alarm for my phone

[SaxonProductions]

Good God, it's like autotuned screamo that loops after a minute and a half... I'm sorry, but I really don't like this song. It makes it hard to enjoy boss battles. I love the game itself, but this song just kills it for me...

[ImperviousMason]

@SaxonProductions cool story bro

[SaxonProductions]

@ImperviousMason Thank you, sir. I thought so too.

[LusoMayCry]

66666! well, not when you guys see it...

[fasrart]

We'll sacrifice the son of Heaven

Man's greatest glimpse of Fire red

Oh how theyre lost in their prayers of our greatest god

Let me sleep, please! I am a man, half-human

I am tired as heart and person weaken

On the name of God I will not crack! Can you hear them?

God! I will not crack. Can you hear them?

[Black0Seraph]

@fasrart it sounds exactly like that

[Puremage91694]

oh....my....god....

...

i just came....

[grendelson5]

Just started playing Nocturne this week, and just noticed the lyrics. This track just became creepier to me all of a sudden, haha.

[Onoku1690]

will someone plz just write Atlus and ask them for the lyrics...

[Domura]

We sacrificed the Son of Man, man's greatest glimpse of fire red.

Oh, how they're lost in their prayers, all for our greatest God.

Let me sleep, please! I am a man, half-human.

I am tired, and this heart and person weaken.

On the name of God, I will not crack! Can you hear that, God!?

I will not crack! Can you hear that!?

Closest approximation of the lyrics, accounting for some odd pauses in the lyrics by other versions and making sense of what would otherwise seem to be Engrish.

[frigidchick]

@Domura

Holy shit!! Those were lyrics? Wow! Good ears! This is my favorite RPG and I could never understand that song. I still loved it though.

[draconic33]

@Domura Saved the lyrics in a text file I called "Anthem of Humanity."

Thank you.

[WeaponXSigma]

@Domura Now that I listened closely to the lyrics, that sounds very accurate

[WeaponXSigma]

@Domura Now that I've heard this closely, I think it said "Now let me sleep please!" instead of "Let me sleep please!". Otherwise, I agree with you on that.

[Szriko]

@Domura

EZMode, your ears are awful. Almost as bad as your writing.

[Domura]

@Szriko Piss off. You butthurt I left Poosh? Find something better to do.

[cfebo20]

We'll sacrifice the son of heaven

Man's greatest glimpse of fire red

Oh how they're lost in their prayers for our greatest god

Let me sleep, please! I am a man, half human

I am tired as heart and person weaken

On the name of God! I will not crack. Can you hear them?

God! I will not crack. Can you hear them?

[NightmareLink561]

This song is horrible.

[GirugameshNoize]

@NightmareLink561 Your horrible.

[NightmareLink561]

@GirugameshNoize The comment section is for expressing opinions about the video/song. Just because you don't agree with mine, doesn't mean you have to bring out your inner 12-year old.

[GirugameshNoize]

@NightmareLink561 But it's untrue D:

And your avatar made me lol.

[NightmareLink561]

@GirugameshNoize My comment was an opinion, not a fact.

[Makoto03]

@GirugameshNoize is that all you fanboys can do when someone expresses a differing opinion?

[NightmareLink561]

@Makoto03 THANK YOU.

[Dranex11]

@Makoto03 like your so different.. and you think if someone made fun of something you liked that you wouldnt retaliate..? give me a break.. i hate people and thier holier than thou style additudes.. get real

[OtisIsMyHomeDog]

Holy crap there are actual words in this song?!? I always thought it was just dogs barking or something..ah well. I love it :P

[ShintoCowboy]

the one part has to do with let me sleep please and being a demon and a half human, but can't remember the actual wording

[ShintoCowboy]

Potato had the correct lyrics but someone spent a great deal of time voting it into oblivion

[VamPeru]

That words...are like form an "Angry Jesus"...only my opinion..

[ClownVonDavid]

You suck the horse! You suck the belly!

Pancreas hates an iron nail!

Ah, I think I'll see if I can find this small pancreas, god damn.

Can't sleep! Yoinks!

I'm a damn Martian!

[jeonjon]

@ClownVonDavid

greatest interpretation ever

[RobbRR1]

wat is the name of this song? anyone know

[edisjigsaw12]

@RobbRR1

Its as it said... Boss Battle. Its kinda generic, but ya.

[gouryoku]

I think my version is right, I'm in love with this song.

We sacrificed the son of heaven!

Man's greatest glimpse of fire red!

How come they lost their fires from the worlds greatest god?

Please reflame/retrain us!

Now help us, die!

I think i can help us all to have the greatest time preaching to you! Idon't care about God! Almighty God! Can you hear me?

God! Almighty God! Can you hear me?

[zorsmobile]

parallel diminished fifths? lol bach is rolling over in his grave and it's awesome

[RhysWood]

This game has bigger balls than any other in existence. Think about it, badass soundtrack, relentless random encounters, battles that will screw you over if you make the smallest mistake, and it starts with the FUCKING END OF THE WORLD!

[NightmareLink561]

@RhysWood Almost exactly the same as fucking Pokemon.

[RhysWood]

@NightmareLink561 If that was your attempt at a joke you just failed. Big time. You fail on so many levels, and your opinion of not liking this is fine by me, but attacking the fans is unfair. And by the way this is one of the best RPGs ever made, and your shallow opinion cannot change that. Fuck off.

[NightmareLink561]

@RhysWood Oh, really? So, it is fact that this game is one of the best RPGs ever? Okay, because your comment about this is obviously not an opinion. It's a FACT that this game is one of the best. Oh wait, I don't think so, and that's an opinion, so, no this is not one of the best. Nice Try. Oh, and btw, I never said the game was bad, fuckhead, the music is.

[RhysWood]

@NightmareLink561 I never said it was fact either. But it's still a fantastic game and if you don't like the music that's fine, many people don't. But many people do as well. It's just a case of opinion. And if I jumped the gun a little, well, my bad.

[TheFanaticRat]

Okay this song scares the shit outta me...but for some reason makes me want to play this game that much more...

[edisjigsaw12]

I always think of the battle with Girimehkala when I listen to this!

[blazerkane]

we need an extended version

1:28 isnt enough to fit all the win in this song

[Azurehaseo7]

@blazerkane somebody did make an extended one that last 7 minutes and its downloadable :D I had it on like all day XD

[blazerkane]

@Azurehaseo7 yeah i checked out, its awesome!

but i also make an extended version, some time before, lol

[Hashishiyy]

Always wondered what those lyrics were...

Sounds like: "Yankee Liberal, Die!"

[gamester512]

Epic! ^_^

[xRocketzFighterx]

My playstation 2 is possesed to this song.

[pronetocrash2]

We sacrificed the son of god!

Man's greatest glimpse of fire red!

Haven't they lost their stable prayers from our greatest god?

Answer our prayers! Help us! [PURE GIBBERISH] (sounds like help us get free cable LOL)

God! Almighty God! Can you hear me?

God! Almighty God! Can you hear me?

[izanagidyne]

Lol! good ear! and the lyrics is fit for dark rpg boss battle

[8bitfist]

awesome now i can sing along. lmao

[AugerMartel]

Man I didn't even know it had lyrics, I thought it was all muttering. Thanks for that.

[TrevorCBelmont]

@pronetocrash2

huh, didn't even think they were saying real words just death metal WARBLING nonsense lol

[skuckon]

@pronetocrash2 Someone got it with the gibberish (this is an alternate interpretation):

We'll sacrafice the son of Heaven

Man's greatest glimpse of Fire red

Oh how theyre lost in their prayers of our greatest god

Let me sleep, please! I am a man, half-human

I am tired as heart and person weaken

On the name of God! Almighty God! Can you hear them?

God! Almighty God! Can you hear them?

[pronetocrash2]

@skuckon That makes a lot more sense and I'm actually surprised with how well it ties into the story. Thanks for telling me. I'm kinda =|'d at the "tired as heart and person weaken" line but there's always the chance that that's just Engrish and ARE the actual lyrics.

[skuckon]

@pronetocrash2 If you think about that part though (in terms of TDE), his humanity is fading. So that line makes sense.

[popimpi]

@skuckon If you focus on the non distorted voice in the song you can hear those lyrics quite clearly it's hard to focus past the synthesized voice but when you hear it it's easy.

[ShinshoGurren]

@pronetocrash2 Oh! Could've sworn it was backmasked.

[Jeremymia]

THE FUCK IS SAYING WHAT?

[kalaslsl]

My favorite song from this game!

[WeaponXSigma]

Imagine this song being a ringtone on your phone lol awkward moments will ensue if you go to a church and this song plays when your phone ring lmfao.

[Crok425]

@WeaponXSigma Yeah god will instantly kill you XD no wait the name is JHVH... wierd name...

[Bryantzerox]

@Crok425 Jehovah = JHVH

[Bryantzerox]

@Bryantzerox sorry, I think it might be YHWH, not JHVH. I'm too lazy to look ):

[Crok425]

@Bryantzerox Yeah i know, Jehovah is god and i know that JHVH means Jehovah, is just that i don't know why they putted JHVH instead of Jehovah... oh i know now.

[990racle]

WHAT THE FUCK IS SAYING?

[Billymays21]

SAYING FUCK WHAT THE IS?

[990racle]

?SI EHT TAHW KCUF GNIYAS

[MuchRockness]

It's singing without the melody and rhythm.

[lightskinboi06]

Probably has to be one of the best boss battle theme's I've heard. Just because it could sound like it comes from a cutscene!

[WeaponXSigma]

Probably one of the best boss battle themes in the history of boss battle themes

[sanrok2]

This is the 1st track I listened to , and after that, I was hooked on the ENTIRE OST xDDD This was sometime last year xP

[WeaponXSigma]

Faved for the sheer epicness of this battle. Now I have yet another reason to kick myself in the ass for not getting this game on the 3 digit amount of oppurtunities I had to get this game. But anywho, did I hear pancreas cakes mentioned in this or is it just me?

[fabiosacchirodrigues]

EVERYONE CAN'T GRASP THE TRUE FORM OF THIS SONG'S LYRICS!!!

(Except Crombie the zombie go check his video out =D)

[Justaperson2]

which is where?

[Fantome001]

I think I hear "prehistoric survivor."

[Justaperson2]

wait i think its "pancreas cakes on your head"

[Delqueswings]

Hahaha, on your head xD That's funny to picture.

[Justaperson2]

*pictures it* :O nooooo!!! they forgot the frosting!!!!!! XD lol

[Delqueswings]

LOL xD there should be a secret custom for the hero where he ears a pancreas cake over his head!

[NitroTitan]

Pancreas cakes are blood red?

[Justaperson2]

XD i heard that too

[Animefreak48312]

Pancreas Cakes are red! (:D

[SaferAleph]

Here's my theory I came up with back when I first played through this in 2004, haven't come up with anything better since then:

0:24

God, almighty God, can you hear me?

God, almighty God, almighty God, can you hear me?

[fabiosacchirodrigues]

More like "Oh no my god" then "almighty god"

[SwordXEvil]

soulseek ppl

[RainyDaiyze]

this theme is so dark...

[NightBlackFrost]

is the new shin megami tensei game for the DS gonna be shin megami tensei 4?

or is it ANOTHER spin off? lol

[Muncheiy]

Its called Devil Survivor: most likely a spinoff lol. but EVERY SMT game is great.

[FinalFrost]

pancreas cakes!

[ffsquall24]

lol

[madygreen]

HOLY shit i heard pancreas cakes too maybe there talking about....blood and guts well i here die so...maybe?

[Hikash]

My favorite track in the game.

[SangeYashaBR]

I forgot to add "Time to give up" in 0:32 to 0:33. Also, I meant "This is the boss, you shall now die" in the first line. Please, forgive these mistakes.

[RainaAudron]

I fail to hear anything like that..:( I´ve played it aloud and I still hear "god"

"This is the boss who shall not die" makes more sense I guess..

[SangeYashaBR]

I'm not a native speaker, so I was just trying to offer what non-native English speakers may hear. It may help to "decipher" what the singer says /if/ he is Japanese (who doesn't pronounce English perfectly).

I wish the forum where the lyrics were posted didn't died. :(

[Blaise9]

listen to the very first part of the music, you can hear it if u listen closely

[RainaAudron]

I´ve listened to it hundred times - he sings god, not die. there´s a "d" sound at the end.

[rookie66]

sorry to break it you ya but, its die. listen to the deeper voice underlying the echo voice. you'll hear it :)

[RainaAudron]

no way it´s die. Just listen to the Fierce battle when he says god, it is the same as in Boss battle.

[rookie66]

ughhhh shit actually i could be wrong lololol it does sound like "we shall now sacrifice the son of god"

[SangeYashaBR]

This is the boss you shal now die - 0:00 ~ 0:004

[second line, I don't understand it]

While no else can fight for yourself, one of us can - 0:09 ~ 0:13

blah blah while No Else Can bla blah tum tum tum DIE - 0:13 ~ 026

I will not die... - 0:26 ~ 0:32

DIE - 0:35

I will not die... - 0:36 ~ 0:40

TIME TO GIVE UP! - 0:40 ~ 0:44 (in a japanese way of singing)

This is the boss, you shall now die - 0:46

[loops]

[SangeYashaBR]

This is just what I hear, so please consider it may be a Japanese singing. It may be just a japanese habit. While a part may sound like "I will now die", it can be a reflex of the way they are used to pronounce English words. The same way they "tuner" as "taanaa", it is possible that they pronounce "not" as "naa", which may confuse native english speakers as "now".

[RainaAudron]

but if you hear closely, there´s a "D" sound as in god, not a diphtong "ai" as in die.

I made a bit of progress:

Half breed is tense so are you ....?

.....fighters on the footprints(concrete?) of stone

.....question(?)

.....and a small....burst which came from a powerful(or other adjective) god.

I am a god. (other adjective, but I can´t decipher it ).

Listening to how the words are pronounced really helps (especially whether there´s a vowel or consonant pronounced at the end of the words)

[AKitsunePanda]

I hear a ''one two three four DIE'' in there. XD I know that much.

This theme is awesome.

[1GODOFWAR1]

These ARENT the lyrics, but this is what i hear... We'll sacrafice the son of GOD! The half breed is dead so fight ahead! Our god brings us chaos Players stand on the concrete of stone There's no safe place! And the world must kill you Fire fire and...[No IDEA HERE] Why not give up? die! I will not crack! Time to give up die! I will not crack! Time to give up!

[Vaigue]

I can't tell if at 0:24 it's saying "Die" and than an echo of it or "God" and an echo of it. Any ideas?

[RainaAudron]

there´s definitely a word ending with G, I am certain it is "god" and not "die"

I agree the beginning is:

"This is the boss who shall not die" or "´We´ll sacrifice the son of god" it is very hard to distinguish..:(

second line maybe "half breed is dead, so are you prepared? (can´t really understand this one).

The refrain I believe contains:

"I am a god" or "Powerful god"

Can somebody understand what´s he singing about in the rest of the lyrics?

[EvilDoresh]

Just another reason why I like Nocturne so much: It has the most badass and "evil" soundtrack of all RPGs XD

[coscientology]

this song plays in my nightmares

[RogueScythe]

At the beginning I hear something about "We'll sacrifice --" and that's all I can make out. Then something about prehistoric and prehistory.

[Thock31]

The beginning sounds like

THIS IS THE BOSS WHO SHALL NOT DIE

PANCREAS CAKES (!?) AND FIRE RED

(gibberish) (gibberish)

[cambo1980]

no.

[Chrono355]

SMT Imagine is for you

[preacherman86]

I'm pretty sure the lyrics are in Japanese.

[Chrono355]

If it's music like this, I don't think Shoji Meguro would use a Japanese singer.

[DoctorGate]

Shoji Meguro almost never uses actual Japanese singers for some reason.