*_SPOILER TO P1'S SEBEC QUEST_* This is a conversation between the SEBEC route's Maki Sonomura and Takahisa Kandori. Their talk shows their isolation and nihilism. *Kandori:* What are you living for? Where do people come from? Where are they going? *Maki:* What are you living for? *Kandori:* ...I don't know. *Maki:* Me neither... *Kandori:* Tell me! *Maki:* Tell me! *Kandori:* There is no meaning. *Maki:* I want to change. *Kandori* That's a waste of time. *Maki:* I can't change... *Kandori:* There's no meaning in life. You should know that. *Maki:* I don't wanna be alone! Someone get me out of here! It's so dark in here... *Kandori:* You and I are the same. *Maki:* The past, the present, the future. They're but a glittering dream holding nothing for me. That's why, I am going to- *Kandori:* Grief and joy, anger and sadness. It’s all an illusion. Who needs such a transient life? That's why, I am going to- *Kandori:* Being alive is an eternal illusion. Why're we born? Why are we alive? No one has the answers. It's an endless labyrinth for the soul. The heavy cross that we bear goes by the name of "karma". No one can escape it. We surrender our bodies to fleeting pleasures and try to forget, but eternal doubt still remains, shimmering deep in our souls. Maiden, continue crying. Master, ring out your lament. Thou art human beings, who have partaken of the forbidden fruit. For that time spent with you, is sin. ● Kandori and Maki's Superego Mai both ask you the question "What are you living for?" late in the game (Deva Yuga and the Lost Forest respectively), with the protagonist's responses being either "I don't really know." and "To find my reason." ● Maki bringing up the past, present and future is tied to the last three Persona who are associated with her; the three Norns Urd, Verdandi (Ultimate Persona) and Skuld (Final Persona) are the Norse personifications of past, present and the future. ● "You and I are the same" is an obvious spin of "I am thou, thou art I" (or "Thou art I, I am thou") which the Persona always say when they awaken. ● Kandori's flavor of referencing Abrahamic and Buddhist concepts (heavy cross, karma, forbidden fruit, sin) is very in-character to his speeches in the game.
I've been coming back to this tune more and more recently. I can very easily imagine an ice skating routine to this, very slow and calculated turns and movement until roughly 1:16 where the tempo picks up as does skating speed, 1:27 onward gets a lot more trick heavy with quicker momentum, coming to an abrupt stop at the end with the skater doing the pose of the protagonist on the cover
This specific arranged version is exclusive to the OST, but as in-game audio has gotten better, the versions in later Persona games are similar (or even better) than the quality of this arrangement.
@@lakupo I like parts of this arrangement better. The first 60 seconds if this track with all the strings is amazing and none of the later Persona velvet room themes try to incorporate that part
@@lakupoNone of the new renditions sounds remotely close to this. Either too electronic or fast. The Harpsichord, the violins and especially the singing lady are unmatched.
@@aninjaguardian I do like the shortened rendition of later games and think it should be the regular theme, but this should play during special occasions. For example Igor’s return in P5.
What are you living for? Where do people come from and where are they going? What are you living for? I don't know. Me neither. Tell me. Tell me. There's no meaning. I want to change. That's a waste of time. I can't change... There's no meaning in life, you should know that. I don't want to be alone! Someone get me out of here! It's so dark in here! You and I are the same. Grief and joy, anger and sadness... it's all an illusion. Who needs such transience in life? That's why I'm going to... The past, the present, the future... they're but a glittering dream, holding nothing to me. That's why I'm going to... Being alive is a mere illusion. Why are we born? Why are we even alive? No one has the answers. It's an endless labyrinth for the soul. The heavy cross that we bear goes by the name of 'karma'. No one can escape it. We surrender our bodies to fleeting pleasures and try to forget, but the eternal doubt still remains, shimmering deep in our souls. Maiden, continue crying. Master, bring your argument. The past, the present, the future... they're but a glittering dream, holding nothing for me. That's why I'm going to... That's why I'm going to... What are you living for? Where do people come from and where are they going? What are you living for? I don't know. Me neither. Tell me. Tell me. There's no meaning. I want to change. That's a waste of time. I can't change... There's no meaning in life, you should know that. I don't want to be alone! Someone get me out of here! It's so dark in here! You and I are the same.
idk what meguro was thinking but him saying this was one of his worst compositions is crazy. this version of the song gives me chills every time i listen.
Man, I wish they used this theme more throughout the series. It represents the supernatural aspects of the series so well, and is always incredible in the few moments they do use it.
@@supergamerthesnowman You can also hear it in the 20th anniversary version of p5's opening (the instrumental trailer version). I have no idea why it got cut from the final in-game version, it sounds great.
Atlus would rather put souless effort into a new Soul Hackers game that was dog water instead of giving us a remake of 1 and 2 in the style of the more recent games with music such as this. Sad..
Transcript of sort cause nobody has done it -What are you living for? Where do people come from? And where are they going? -what are you living for? -I don’t know. -me neither.. -tell me. -tell me! -there is no meaning. -I want to change… -that’s a waste of time. - I can change. -there’s no meaning in life. You should know that. -I don’t wanna be alone.. someone get me out of here.. it’s soo dark in here. -you and i are the same. (Someone help me in this part, is a bit garbled, all I can understand:) Maki: the past, the present, the future, are all a glittering dream there is nothing for me, that is why I am going to- Kandori: Grief, joy, anger and sadness. It’s all an illusion. They are all used to transcend life, that is why I’m going to- __________________________ Why are we born? Why are we alive? Nobody has the answers. It’s an endless labor of the soul and every cross that we bear goes by the name of Karma, no one can escape it. We surrender our bodies to fleeting pleasures to try and forget, but eternal dao still remains.shimmering deep in our souls.(?) -what are you living for? -I don’t know. -me neither. -tell me. -tell me. -there is no meaning. -I want to change. -that’s a waste of time. -I can change. -there is no meaning in life. You should know that. -I don’t wanna be alone. Someone get me out of here. It’s soo dark in here.
Maki: The past, the present, the future are all a glittering dream there is only nothing for me that is why I’m going to… Kandori: Grief And Joy anger and sadness they are all an illusion. All used to transcend life that is why I’m going to…
It’s an endless labor of the soul and every cross that we bear Goes by the name of karma no one can escape it. We surrender our bodies to fleeting pleasures to try to forget, but eternal dao still remains. Shimmering deep in our souls, maiden(?) continues crying master(?)
Before he says “Why are we born? Why are Alive?” He says, “Human life is full of confusion”. I also think instead of saying “…all used to transcend life” he is saying “who needs such distractions in life”
I think at the beginning around the thirty second part, kandori asks "what are you living for? Where do people come from, and where are they going? Its hard to make out but a bit before the 2:2O mark, someone might say something about illusions. After both times Maki cries out about being cold and alone, Kandori tells her that they are the same. And the end bit might be master make your argument? Or maybe bring your argument
Actually, there's already a Bach piece which sounds very similar, the Trio sonata in E minor - Andante (BWV 528). Both pieces are in B minor, uses the Circle of Fifths progression, and have a relatively slow tempo.
I love this song. It's not as iconic as Poem for Everyone's Souls but it still shows up every now and again and I think that connection between games is really cool.
It might be different with each iteration, but the poem to everyone's soul touches us all. It's the hymm of the human soul and the place where we are at peace. Truly a magnificent hymm, I can't find any better hymm that captures the soul of us humans!!!
The song plays when you visit the Velvet Room in Persona 1. It's an arranged version from the soundtrack, the original song in-game sounded like this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bk2bfThhC_M.html
