Ashes of Dreams / New - with English Lyrics (Nier)

[Duncham]

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This is like saddest thing ever and link to this video end on lolz.

[magmos]

Bah. I don't know why everyone is so weepy! I'll prove you're all just a bunch of softies.

(After earning all the endings.)

These tears...why won't they stop?

[Katskachi]

I love this song.

[tyrahnon]

@RozenLilium

That would be awesome thanks XD! I appreciate it!

[luiekang]

My god.... i need to pick this game up again.

[blackeyedp7]

Isn't this song just Yonah with lyrics?

[nobodyxion1]

This song are for those love one whose have become dust, and never come back.

[stareatthewall]

@Aivilo326111 Dont be so prejudiced with games based upon the music. For all you could know, this game could be some remix pacman game. Criticism aside, long story short, A man has a daughter with a deadly disease called the black scrawl, and is willing to do anything to find a cure. A mysterious book he discovers suggests that finding all the "Sealed Verses" for the book, can a cure be made for his daughter.

[manriquez1991]

master piece



[jehutyno]

Do someone found the music sheet of this beautiful song ?

thanks

[tyrahnon]

Can someone please fine me the ORIGINAL Lyrics for the song because i cant find them anywhere. Great song! I Love it!

[RozenLilium]

@tyrahnon I can give you the link of the Grimoire Nier translate to english.... there you can find the offcial lyrics

[cubs2084]

I love this soundtrack so much....

[michiko2]

I really need to finish game but alot ofbad things happen so fast as i progress through its kinda hard to not stop and play something that will cheer you up. its that depressing :(

[SpencervdM]

Official lyrics are found in Grimoire Nier (published in Japan only). It's:

- Nor shadows extinguish the sun.

- Well this nightmare's laid me down in the rags here to mourn The night has left us crippled with grief As we strive to keep alive our belief, But a loss so great, it clouds all our hopes for the dawn.

Great job though. The rest is accurate.

And if you want to know more about the meaning of this song, search for a Grimoire Nier fan translation and read the Project Gestalt outline. :)

[BloodyScreams]

@SpencervdM

Awesome! I have changed the lyrics now. Thank you very much!

:D

[SpencervdM]

@BloodyScreams oh, I missed one. "All of these ghosts of our own delusions come back" in the last bit of the last paragraph. I didn't check that bit so carefully because it's almost the same as earlier in the song.

[keithsimonh]

"The night has left this ten-folded grief (? this line is like, weird sounding. Help?)"

best guess is that it implies a loss so great as to rival ten of the worst in your life; in other words, 'a really bad thing'

"The shadows extinguish the sun."

'No shadows' would make more sense in the context, though the sound is ambiguous.

[BloodyScreams]

@keithsimonh Fortunately I know what the phrase 'ten-fold' means, so I understood it meant a 'really bad thing'. The problem is the awkward phrasing and clearly hearing what I went with....

And yeah I'll change it to "no shadows" after so many comments.

[keithsimonh]

@BloodyScreams mm, yeah it's weird, 'tear-folded' is just as possible now that I'm listening to the line, but even with that the phrasing is odd to say the least.

[verterdegete]

@keithsimonh Once there were trees full of birds. Meadowlands vibrant with flowers. Carefree the songs our children once sang Gilding our minutes and hours Clouds came and covered the sun, The breath of the baleful unease Turning to ashes flowers in their fields Silenced the birds in their trees Hidden so deep in veils of deceit, Imprisoned in twisting spells- Are we the plaything of fiends, or merely the dreams That we're telling ourselves, telling ourselves?

[verterdegete]

Strive till the phantoms are broken, Fight till the battle is done; The squadrons of night Can't conquer the day, Nor shadows extinguish the sun. Stories of danger, fearless attack, Specters of plague and pain. All of these ghosts of our own delusions come back And we'll be haunted again, haunted again.

[verterdegete]

For tho the storms are over and past, Though the thunder's rage is quieted at last Well this nightmare's laid me down in the rags here to mourn, Here to mourn. The night has left us crippled with grief As we strive to keep alive our belief, But a loss so great, it clouds all our hopes for the dawn. Hidden so deep in veils of deceit, Imprisoned in twisting spells- Are we the plaything of fiends, or merely the dreams That we're telling ourselves, telling ourselves?

[verterdegete]

Stories of danger, fearless attack,

Specters of plague and pain.

All of these ghosts of our own delusions come back

Have we been fighting in vain? Fighting in vain?

[dissectional75]

This song makes me sad for some reason.

Hell, the whole game is depressing as shit.

[charlie120asc]

@dissectional75 i cried even the second playthrough :|

[UnagidonThe5th]

@dissectional75 that's what they do when running out of ideas. they toy our impressions by putting negative things that disturbs it making the people think it's very deep

[Duncham]

@dissectional75 i hope you dont take it as a negative.

[Cainleer]

This is Cavia's last game... *Sniff*

[BloodyScreams]

@m00n3lf You can buy the physical CD at Play-Asia (dot) com. Just search the name. Youtube won't let me post links.

You can also buy just the tracks off the iTunes Store! Thank you for supporting the game and producers! :D

[magmar7100]

I think the line you were having trouble with says "the night has left this tear-folded grief" to me, but even I can't be sure

[wyprob40]

Thanks for doing this!! I think it's really accurate ^^

oh and this line:

"The night has left this ten-folded grief"

I think maybe it's "The night has left this tear-folded grief" ?

I'm not sure, it's just i hear it that way.....

You're awesome anyway!! :D

[phoenixkissme]

Who sing this song anyways?

[LokiNoir]

@phoenixkissme Emi Evans I think, Her voice is something else huh

[Rafahil]

Such a beautiful song.

[Kazeteiru]

Where can I get an mp3 version of this and the piano version?

[BloodyScreams]

@Kazeteiru

Try a torrent. Youtube is being stupid and won't let me link you, so just google search 'nier ost torrent' and go for the one at ahcnena dot net. (Or buy the CD o3o)

[aetheria1]

Kudos to you for figuring out the lyrics! It really helps me with the understanding of the song. But I am not so sure about two words though. Like this part: Can't conquer the day The shadows extinguish the sun. I think it's: Come conquer the day It's because if the night can't conquer the day, how come the shadows can extinguish the sun? There's also this part: It clouds all our hopes for the day. No matter how much i listened, I heard "It clouds all our hopes for the 'dawn'."

[BloodyScreams]

@aetheria1

I know it doesn't really make sense (but if look at the whole song in retrospect, not everything does - I dont know how you can break phantoms) but I almost certainly hear a "t" sound and her European accent makes the "can't" sound a little less harsh and more like 'come' but I still really hear "can't". Same with "day" unfortunately. You'll have to turn it up really loud or listen in headphones but to me there a pretty clear "day" and can't seem to hear a "ah" or "n" at all...

[aetheria1]

@BloodyScreams

I see what you mean now.

And I so wish that there will be Nier lyrics booklet for us.

It'll be awesome to be able to sing all the songs!

[meowkittyblah]

@aetheria1 I think it's "No shadows conquer the sun". Listened to that part a few times and I heard that every time.

[BloodyScreams]

@sephirothvsjenova

Ohhhhhhhh HAHA Man I totally missed that you mentioned "are" in your post.

I'm soo sorry lmao. I feel stupid now~

[BloodyScreams]

@sephirothvsjenova

I'm not so sure... It may help to listen to the .mp3 where it's much clearer which is what I've been doing... I really don't hear a 'come' at all. You would here the harder sound of the 'c'. I've listened several times now and I think she says "delusions are back".

[russetbunny]

Love this song and the game too! Just gets better the second time round!! But I can't seem to see the lyrics in this video

[BloodyScreams]

@russetbunny

They're not in the video - I was feel pretty lazy :P

They're in the description. Just expand it and scroll down a bit~

[russetbunny]

@BloodyScreams oooo!!! thanks so much!! I just bought the CD too...the soundtrack is awesome :)

[Jaguar1362]

Perhaps I should try to write out the phonetics for Song of the Ancients, but she slurs the words so dreamily, and since it's nonsensical, it'd be difficult to make accurate...

[Jaguar1362]

Great job on the lyrics! I tried, but didn't have the patience. I wonder if she really sings " God" at the end. It still stumps me.

[BloodyScreams]

@Jaguar1362

Oh! I never really focused on the "God" part - I heard it clearly as God at one point so I never listened for it in different ways. Now that you mention it, it sounds like it could be a lot of other things. I do hear 'of' before it, so it being 'back' wouldn't make sense... but I can't figure it out. Maybe 'black' or something?