3 minutes • August 18, 2017
Hey, want to be a part of our FFX album? Sure, I'll do a gypsy punk cover of Rikku's Theme in parallel minor with original lyrics written and sung in a fake language I don't know! This was definitely an interesting challenge, but I had a ton of fun with it (and somewhere along the way apparently became Materia Collective's resident Al Bhed expert). Special thanks go out to my collaborators, who really helped bring this arrangement to life with some excellent performances. E ruba oui ahzuo dra dnylg! — Ian Luckey
| UEMATSU NOBUO | Composer | |
| WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC, INC. | Original Publisher |
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LYRICS (AL BHED)
Fyhtanan fedr kumtah ryen
Pnehkehk zuo yht tacbyen
Oui’ja dygah sa lybdeja
Ouin cbened ec ihdysat
Payido, amiceja mega y knayd senyka
Rihdnacc uv dra ihteclujanat
Sujehk fedr cilr knyla
Yh adanhym juoykan
Puraseyh, aqbmunan
So cuim dudymmo pafedlrat po ouin nyteyhla
Cu drah fryd ec du pa so numa?
Eh dra mekrd uv ouin csema
E ys sanamo y crytuf
Druca asanymt aoac
Lumun so meva, pid beanla so raynd mega tykkanc
Tywwmehk kobco uv dra cay
Du sa, oui yna yh aheksy
Pid E fyhd du ihtancdyht
Fryd yna oui nihhehk vnus?
Yht femm oui ajan naymewa dryd E nih paceta oui?
Ev mekrdhehk cdnegac padfaah ic
E bnuseca fa tuh’d haat du vayn
Frah mekrdhehk cdnegac padfaah ic
Ed femm pa dra pakehhehk, hud dra ahtehk
Dra mekrdhehk cdnegac padfaah ic
Yht drec luimt uhmo sayh uha drehk
Dryd oui ymcu cryna draca vaamehkc
Yht E fuimt kmytmo pinh
Du ekheda dryd cbyng
LYRICS (ENGLISH TRANSLATION)
Wanderer with golden hair
Bringing joy and despair
You’ve taken me captive
Your spirit is untamed
Beauty, elusive like a great mirage
Huntress of the undiscovered
Moving with such grace
An eternal voyager
Bohemian, explorer
My soul totally bewitched by your radiance
So then what is to be my role?
In the light of your smile
I am merely a shadow
Those emerald eyes
Color my life, but pierce my heart like daggers
Dazzling gypsy of the sea
To me, you are an enigma
But I want to understand
What are you running from?
And will you ever realize that I run beside you?
If lightning strikes between us
I promise we don’t need to fear
When lightning strikes between us
It will be the beginning, not the ending
The lightning strikes between us
And this could only mean one thing
That you also share these feelings
And I would gladly burn
To ignite that spark
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