Thank you. It’s beautiful. I was curious what it sounded like without it being slowed. 0-0 you did bring a lot of people together and had many people cry in various ways. Thank you.
Too late, am now questioning if now it turns out Sora will end up erasing his own existence and memories of himself in KH4 in exchange for giving everyone else a good ending in KH3
Goofy: Gorsh we're in silent hill sora, that means we've committed a great sin and are now stuck in purgatory in till we discover our selfs and come to terms with our trauma and guilt of the sin we did sora. Sora: wooah goofy that sounds like fun Donald: We need to find king mickey...
This makes me think of when I first played KH as a child and in the tutorial when that kid asks you what are you so afraid of, I chose getting old as my greatest fear. I felt relief knowing it was such a long ways away though. Then I played the game again recently at the age of 30 and seeing that question pop up on screen really hit me hard after going through all the trials and tribulations of adulthood only to have my childhood innocence staring back at me and asking "Is getting old really that scary?"
i had the same experience, choose the same thing. i think im still afraid of getting old, of being one day closer to having to deal with losing everything and dying. all the memories of myself feeling strong emotions, its like it faded away and doesnt exist anymore, like it doesnt matter anymore. whether i was happy or sad, successful or failed, it all just was engulfed by time. never to be seen again, outside the reflection of my eye. young people who choose that, i feel like what we were so afraid of losing, because you only understand loss when your older and have had time to lose something, to miss something, to regret something. i feared all those things and i still do. i guess i am human after all.
I'm the only person I've ever met that speaks of the tetrapharmakos. It works for me. I didn't make it up. An ancient, Greek philosopher named Epicurus crafted it about 2,300 years ago. 1, do not fear god. 2, do not worry about death. 3, what's good is easy to obtain. 4, what's terrible is easy to endure. These are the first four of forty doctrines that lead to a happy life according to Epicureanism. The tetrapharmakos banishes nearly all anxiety and existential dread. From there anyone may begin to live a happy life.
If you had the chance to make your childhood self feel your pain, would you do it ? You can't go back to then. But you can think how you should have seen this coming.
@@MrPK- Being realistic is important for life. But I also think having a good balance of fantasy helps as well, the ability to be able to imagine must also coincide with the ability to reason.
Almost 20. I know that's still fairly young but I already feel so old. I want to go back to my childhood so bad it hurts. I hate being an adult. I'm just constantly stressed, tired, and scared. I dont want to go through this anymore. Man now I want a hug
a truth to this day of which we struggle, a pointless battle that is won with harmony, a point that humanity is what it is meant to be not what others make it out to be...life is such a fascinating thing to experience....dont you think so?
And in the end all returns to that single singularity where it all began. Where shadow, light, and inbetween converge into one. All our stories coming to a single point. It is there that the next version of us awaits. The only thing that is constant in reality is change itself.
Coming back and playing these games is a real, “leaving neverland” feeling. Like when you’re a kid it’s just a fun adventure with your homies Donald and Goofy, but you reach adulthood and go back and actually feel the weight and sadness of the narrative.
I had the opposite reaction... I reached adulthood and can't stop laughing at how bad the dialogue and story are. Which does make me really sad, I used to genuinely enjoy them a lot and all that's left now is hollow.
@@kinasakurabaThe best things in life happen naturally and quicker than we wish. The most complicated dissonance takes decades to create and lasts lifetimes as the burden of proof. One of the only constants are the expanding amounts of DARKNESS in our universe every moment, yet we as vessels are beings of LIGHT rather than taking form of what surrounds, we have individuality beyond that unfathomable darkness. Even when we succumb to emptiness. WE feel empty. We aren't empty. We continue regardless. Alotta people will tell you "It's all darkness out there, just empty space", yet here we are. Not vestiges of lifes essence waiting for the last grain of sand to fall, but a representation of what is shown in the darkness. Light. We are light. Bro, after losing to Sozora in 3 and they reference the first things sora says in the story in 1 through sozora's dialogue after sora "dies", "I've Been Having These Weird Thoughts Lately" is incredible story telling. Insane mix of nostalgia and despair. That kind of buildup is only possible through multiple years of story telling and following. I'm not trying to convince you, i'm just saying, its more about what you take away than what's presented. Practice humility and learn from everything.
@@tokcnyecko6055 To claim that someone growing up and seeing Kingdom Hearts cringe dialogue for what it is Is now a deciding factor in their emotional depth or that you could even fathom who that person is just because they criticized something you like Is definitely a show of your maturity. 🤷
I never played the KH saga but I've always wanted to. My friend ended his life last year. This one song was actually played at his funeral. I remember Dearly Beloved playing as they led him out of the chapel and into the hearse, and when the piano deepened and the orchestra started, I remember just breaking down and crying over the casket. I had never heard this song before but something awoke inside me and I never forgot this one song.
This is what you hear when you realize that you can't get into the same games you once played to full completion as a child. Whether it be because you're busy or you find yourself no longer having fun anymore, you pick the game up, you play it...but you never finish it.
Getting older is hard. We’ve changed, Tom. The childlike innocence that fueled us as children sometimes creeps back up but almost as a reminder to keep growing as an adult.
Nostalgia drives us to revisit the past, but... in the end that's really all we can do; visit the past. We can never relive it the same way twice. So many games I bought to try and replay that I used to spend literally hundreds of hours on, and I just can't do it again. My time's limited, I know almost everything that will happen, and sometimes the grind in the game just feels like a chore to repeat. Goodbye childhood.
@@SeraphimDragon Nostalgia is a friend and an enemy. It lets us visit moments of our life which were happier, but it doesn't let us live them again the same way, also reminding us about how time flows, leaving a bitter taste.
Any tempo any instrument, I'd always recognize this tune. When we're reborn in some extra dimension trillions of years from now we can use it to find each other.
I don't know if you intended this, but there's some white noise and the reverb makes some instruments sounds a little... artificial? Distorted? That's not a criticism - it works really well. It makes the music sound fake, which just enhances the feeling. It's a very haunting sensation that appropriately makes me feel like I don't belong. Really cool.
It is likely due to the soundbox of the Nintendo DS, which this iteration of Dearly Beloved was played from. This is the version from the start menu of Kingdom Hearts Re: Coded.
"In your hand, take this key. So long as you have the makings, then through this simple act of taking...its wielder you shall one day be. And you will find me, friend-no ocean will contain you then. No more borders around, or below, or above, so long as you champion the ones you love." -Terra
“Take a look at this tiny place. To the heart seeking freedom, this Island is a prison surrounded by water. And so this boy, he sought out an escape from his prison He sought a way to cross over into other worlds, 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝙏𝙤 𝘿𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨..."
This reminds me of a conversation I had with my social worker. I told them I’m nobody, that I was never meant to exist. They told me “well you do exist, and wether or not it was meant to happen,it did. Even nobody can become somebody.” Then I played kingdom hearts 2 a year later and I loved Roxas. He was like me, a Nobody, but unlike me he had friends. He was somebody. Then dream drop distance told us Nobodies get hearts as they are alive
This really resonates with me, seeing as how I have a dissociative disorder and would not exist the way I am, as me, along with many others here if horrible crap didn't happen, and that's something that I had such a hard time coming to terms with when we found out. Anyways thanks for attending my random partial trauma dump on a RU-vid comment section. KH has always been a vital part of my childhood.
@@zamasterhando3399 well make it man. Things will get better, I'm on the way there. Some days I'm still down, and some days it hits really badly. But I will get better in time
Didn't realize how liminal the Destiny Islands were until now. All of the kids look generic but somehow familiar, all of the random empty houses and structures scattered all over the place. No adults or other people in sight. A dark ominous presence all throughout the island but especially the tree cave
@@colbyboucher6391 Yeah Sherlock that was the point, but are they really? I mean Squall, Cloud, Cid and Yuffie are more or less exact copies of their game counterparts, while the FFX characters feel more like overly simplified background characters, like imitations, they dont even have any hi def facial animations or cutscenes which adds to the liminal feeling.
@@Dreigonix Nope I'm pretty sure the exact definition for the term is something that feels slightly familiar but isn't, and also a place that feels abandoned or unbelievable. Try again.
@@yderga8707 Liminal means either “relating to a transitional or initial stage of a process” or “occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold”. So a true liminal space would be, like, an empty hallway in a school or the empty open space in a mall. Interstitial places you only experience when _passing through_ on your way to other places.
"You have poured so many memories into me...given me so much...that I feel like I'm about to overflow. This puppet will have to play her part." "You'll be...better off now...Roxas."
When you realize you’re getting older. You’re becoming like your parents, even tho you’ve fought all your life to not turn into them. It still happens somehow..and now you have to brace the flaws you have always had bc you have children now. And the patterns you mimic are the same thing your parents did. So you have to be better.. This is what this song represents to me. Breaking a cycle of insanity
I'm doing my best, but the seams rip at times. I still find myself in foul moods for no reason, still find myself drinking to feel better, becoming paralyzed to conflict, I don't have kids, nor am I married yet, but I have to conquer this generational curse before I do...
People can learn another patterns from another people. So I suggest that you start to consciously mimicry people that you admire and respect. See if their patterns resonate with you. If they fit you, you will slowly stop to use your parents' patterns. That happened with me. I wish you good luck.
I honestly thought this was going to be a mashup of "Never Meant to Belong" from Bleach and Dearly Beloved, but then I remembered that it was "Belong", not "Exist". Still a very good mix though!
I've always enjoyed the Dearly Beloved dubstep remix, but this takes it to a whole new level. There's a sense of peace, calmness, nostalgia, and heavy sadness. One of the first games my Father got me was Kingdom Hearts. He passed away in February at the age of 49. Whenever I hear this, it reminds me of him, and I think of that line "Wherever you go, I'm always with you." I love you dad.
I always saw destiny islands as the physical manifestation of childhood memories. That place seems too perfect. The children could play on the beach forever and have as much fun as they wanted. The only reference to adults are when they need to be there and there might be a school system. Every major character has a connection to these islands and their journies begin when they are forced away from it. This is much like how our childhood memories are in this bubble of idealism that isn't exactly reality, but we choose not to disturb it when all of it is suddenly gone.
My mom didn’t understand value when I was a child, she told me I could sell my Ps2 for money. Biggest mistake ever. my brother, who had moved out for the rest of my life, left behind that ps2 and the OG kingdom of hearts. I grew up listening to beautiful music, since i was born, I was infatuated by kingdom hearts. I could feel the emotion and ideas behind the harmonies. But i never played the whole game. now that i’m 18 i bought every game on steam. I wish to have the understanding of this game like everyone else does. Wish me luck
I remember playing Kingdom Hearts 1 for the first time and entering Destiny Island near the end of the game. It was empty. No friends, no upbeat music, no mini games and no way out. It was really depressing to see the Island like that.
I can tell that it it is a beautiful song indeed, but the way it echoes is in kind of saddened way? Close to constatly observing the sea. I wonder if it is the difference between Sora and Xehanort's perspective regarding the islads, one was seeing them as a warm homely place while the other belived it was prison surrounded by water.
I’ll admit, I got into the Kingdom Hearts games a little later in life despite owning the original game when it first came out (I didn’t get far because eight year old me thought you needed to win the raft race to continue the game and I couldn’t win it 😂). Six years ago, I picked the first game back up at a comic shop and it’s become an essential part of my life since. Hearing “Dearly Beloved” at the main menu, collecting raft supplies, exploring Traverse Town and the Disney worlds with Donald and Goofy, braving Hollow Bastion, and reaching the end of the game with that tear jerking “take care of her” line by Riku still hit me hard at the age of 28. All the people that have come and gone since picking up “Kingdom Hearts”, all the sacrifices I’ve made, the successes I’ve had, the things I’ve learned in life, Kingdom Hearts has stayed with me. Two fandoms that have made deep impacts on my life: Star Wars since I was four and Kingdom Hearts since I was 22. “May your heart be your guiding key…”
I knew this was the recoded theme by how bitter it got me feeling, but hearing it slow with reverb just.. all of the childhood memories I had with KH just flooded my mind.. I’m now 21 all grown up
Indeed, as you're not really a biological adult until you are at least 25, and in some cases 30, so the road is still long yet. Let's just hope the Planet doesn't seek vengeance on us...
Life is like a melody. It can sound harmonic, or it can sound broken. Much like a puzzle, when life takes its course, then its up to us to fill in the gaps. Overcoming various obstacles and challenges throughout your life will grant you the pieces that you need to finish what you started, but what about those who can't? The truth is you can because, in reality, we all can. If someone else can do it, then so can you...because life offers that to you so that it can teach you how to endure those hardships. Life can't knock you down because you are a solid brick wall...no...the solid brick wall that can never be knocked down and will never, no matter what, be knocked down. Because you just stand back up, and take the pain. You can take as much pain as you want, but it will never knock you down because you just rise and rise from it again, and that, my friends, is how you achieve one, and if not just one, but all of your puzzle pieces. You might be fragile, but you're really just sturdy. Don't let anything bring you down no matter what, don't give up, stand back up, and, most important of all, help those who've fallen into their broken melodies...thus granting them harmony once more. Many of us have been there, and many of us are going down the same road. You can fight you're battles alone...or...you can fight them with others as one. Thank you for reading this, and I hope all of you have a blessed day.
This song gives me Deja vu in a way it reflects on things throughout my life that hasn’t even happened yet, or it turns my mind into an endless record of repeat that plays over and over to the point it scares me, but at the same time, it’s kind of comforting… I think.. That’s it’s just my way of telling myself that it’ll all be worth it in the end… But who knows… Only time will tell…..
Gah, I love it when music has a liminal feel to them. It's sad, it's lonely, it's hopeful, it's melancholic, it's good, it's bad, it's all the things that ever were, never will be, and all the things that you never knew, yet you always knew. It is everything but nothing. You are existence itself, but you were never meant to exist.
The soundtrack that plays when you realize there really is nothing, that your dead loved ones don't know they existed or you existed, and that everything that means something to you now will find the same fate. I won't remember this song, this comment, or that I drew breath.
I'm 32, I played KH1 and 2 both pretty much on release and they're among the precious few games I played beyond completion, to do everything I possibly could in them. I have struggled to play games at all for the past 5 years and can't think of many that I actually beat for a long time before that, but recently I've actually been playing through KH1.5 on the PS4 and while I don't do the long play sessions like I used to, I'm maybe getting through 2-4 hours a week, I'm sticking at it. Depression drained a lot of the enjoyment I got from things for a long time, but I'm working to learn how to pace things, to not get discouraged and stop altogether when I can only focus for half an hour at a time, that it's ok to come back another day when I do feel like it. My inner child is damaged and in pain, but I'm working to let it express itself when it can and let it retreat when needed and work on building trust with myself.
I've been trying to put my finger on it.. but the piece pushed this way just makes me feel as though I've come to realize.. as I've aged.. every memory I cherished has become that.. memories.. friendships past... shows beloved making it to their end.. each piece of your child hood gets left up on the mantle to gaze upon.. and it gets harder to look at those memories as they fade into the hateful void that has begun to fill our minds as we age..
I always felt a strong bond with KH franchise and the fans. You're all wonderful people. It's a healthy community full of kind people. Thank you. I'm old enough to have played KH 1 when it arrived in the USA. KH 2 was (still is) amazing when it came out. Birth by Sleep was the last KH game I fully played. I'm kind of older now, and I super busy with "adult life". If I had a little more time, maybe i would explore the KH universe with you guys.
Not sure what it says about me that I looked at the title, I looked at the screenshot, I listened to the audio, and my first thought was Ansem, Seeker of Darkness Think about this playing as he tears a world apart and you watch a montage of its drawn-out collapse, piece by piece
It's a simple edit, but powerful. My heart actually clenched when it got past the intro to the full piece. It leaves an uncanny feeling and unimaginable saddness. When you look back at everything in this series, every single character has suffered immensely. The losses, the heartbreak, the time they will never get back, realizing you forgot people in the first place. It goes on forever. This whole thing started out as a kids game, but the haunting realization of all its consequences have come full circle when I heard this song. How much longer must these friends find and lose each other before they break? Sora almost did in KHIII. I would be crushed and hopeless when waking up on the other side with Yozora. Like, this is lit. This is his new reality where he can't see them anymore. The finality of that entire concept is what this song embodies for me. Accepting the end, and letting your entire being rest after years of fighting. Peace, if only brief.
I was the only one out of 17 miscarriages to survive. But my mom grew to resent me as grew up. From body shaming me, to straight up telling me (knowing full well I suffer from depression) that I should unalive myself, because it would be doing her a huge favor. She finally cut me out last year when I got married. I'm in a much better place now. But I wish I could have just been an 18th....
Hey you okay? Sound like your mom went through hell a lot but to treat you like this after being her biggest blessing in life??? I really hope you're the happiest you've ever been as of now :( ❤️
@@cutekyara I'm okay. Most days, anyway. There are days where I still miss her, but I think that is natural. I'm doing better for myself. And I'm finally learning how to be in a family, thanks to my husband's family. Despite years of trauma, I still consider myself blessed. Just, some days are harder, where I wish I was never born.
@@soaringlupine The pain you went through is utterly heartbreaking. But, you’re still here, and that proves that you have a strong heart. I know it sometimes feels like the world is full of nothing but evil people out to hurt you, but like pearls in the ocean, there are some good people that once you find them, they will bring out the very best in you. They will lift you up to heights you never thought you could reach before, and they will give you hope where there is none. I’ll be honest, your pain will probably never go away, but I know you’ll find a way to use it to make you stronger, to the point the pain won’t bother you too much. Keep pushing on, and one day you’ll be free of the darkness around you. The family you have sound like truly good people, hold them close to you.
It's strange seeing all the comments posting about their trauma really makes me reflect. Can I be here with you all when I'm the one who made my traumatic experiences? "No matter how hard you try, the truth will always set you free." That's that they say, but the truth is I'm a terrible person, and no matter how hard I try, I can't fix myself, or get those awful thoughts out of my head. I try and try, but the night terrors always creep in, making me do terrible things. It sucks being the person you fear the most. I feel trapped in a endless cycle; not because of my actions, or what I have done, but the thought of always having the ability to do those said actions again. If you surround yourself with people who are happy, and understand you, things do feel better. But when you are alone, or something awful has happened, you always get brought back to those places, and they never leave. You can push and push, but no matter how strong you are, you always fall. The hardest thing is helping those around you. Their pain and suffering will go away, but you spend so much time helping them you have no energy left for yourself. And It's not as easy as just pushing them away, because how are you suppose to stop helping the ones you love. No matter what, I always try my best to get a head. As I always say, take 2 steps back, but 3 steps forward, so you're always one step ahead.
Roxas is just the shadow we all have in us, "I need to eat! I'm tired!" but for the Kingdom Hearts universe, it's "I like ice cream!" and "Friends!". He exists just as much as Sora, just asleep when we're playing. The MC's nobody.
my heart will forever be on a beach that only exists in Your memory. In a quiet corner of your heart. The part that comes to life like a dry flower blooming When this music plays again;
with the secret ending to kh3, it feels like either sora or yozora arent meant to exist as it feels like they exist in a different world. and not just "another disney world" but rather an entirely different universe. maybe even a game within a game.
😭 SORA….!! Oh my heart breaks and yearns when I hear this theme 🤍 so much love for this game, the creators and community 🙏 thank you friend for sharing this rendition 🎶 ✨
This really hit me so deep. It makes me think how Roxas must’ve felt when his summer time was over… 😢 It must be the same for a lot of the other characters too.
Kingdom Hearts is one of my favorite memories as a child. I would hide away for hours, all day sometimes, and even stay up until the sun would rise getting lost in its beautiful world while wishing I could leave this one behind. The game will forever hold a special place in my heart.
I stayed there levelling up from hitting wakas balls lol, to the point where u get block skilled, then i beat the shit out of riku lmao damn the water the trees, ah...............................................................................
Lmaooo on Proud mode I was lvling up on that island to ngl…. 15 or 20. Whichever got you scan ability due to choosing a specific dream weapon. 😂 i had to cuz even the bosses were tough.
I… This song who I normally play to feel full of joy, relaxation, love and so many other positive emotions now just reflexes the feeling of emptiness that has been growing inside me… The funny thing about that is not that it’s because of a grand reason, it’s just a student going through a really difficult time. But here I am just filled with nothing, listening to this song while feeling empty.
This song puts a story in my head. One sad, but also a sign of peace to the souls of the lost. Allow me to set the scene. 4 people wander through a corrupted space. They have defeated the biggest enemy to mankind. Mere teenagers, now humble men and women aiming to return to life. But that will never be. For the battle has spent the energy in their bodies, and the opponent took their souls with him, which are required for them to travel home. "Boy, I'm beat..." "You're always tired, Austin." "You're one to talk!" "I hope mom's ok.." "Dr. Harper is taking good care of them. He made us a promise." "He could be just like Deimo-" "BEX." "..." "It's over. Harper risked his own life to bring us home, sacrificed many years of his life to get us here, and did it, losing his ability to walk because of it." "...right." "i got it Sal." "Uhhh... guys?" As the groups argument settles... they note the absence of the portal that brought them there, and a slight discoloration of their skin. As if they were ill. "Are we trapped here?!" "I just wanna go home..." "I want to see my parents again..." "..." "I'm so-" "Don't be. You miss yours. At least you can talk to yours." "I just want to go home." "Claire?" "she's crying.." "That's... that's not good." "She's held steady this whole time."
"I...hit her. I lashed out and attacked her. We both knew what would happen if I tried to fight Neo-XIII on my own, but my own damn desire to protect her led me to hurt her, and get myself killed. I'm no longer Keith. I'm no longer _me._ Only a Nobody. Just a heartless, soulless husk of what I once was. She hates me. Layla hates me. I know it. I can't show my face around her again. I can't show my face to anyone I once knew. All I can do is hide. Hide my face. Hide these scars. Scars of my own creation. Hide all that I am, all that I ever was beneath barricades of metal and cloth. Armor, so that nobody may see my body. Cloak, to signify my place within the ranks of Neo-XIII. Xekith. That is me. Who I am. Erase my past, so that no one may leverage them against me. Erase my emotions, so that they may not chain me to the ground. Erase all that I once was, for Keith is gone. *I'm sorry for being such a goddamned coward, Layla. You don't have to forgive me.* *_I don't deserve it."_*
i'll never forget my first memory of kingdom hearts. i dont know how old i was but for some reason this memory is from a 3rd person perspective. i remember watching myself play in coliseum and finally beating cerberus in my sisters old room on her old playstation. the lights were off and when i finally beat it i ran out of the room to tell her that i finally did it. i'll never forget that memory and it comes back every time i listen to dearly beloved. kingdom hearts music always reminds me of a better point in my life and reminds me of how happy i used to be as a kid. When i was young i always thought that i would never grow old and all my friends wouldnt grow older either. we would just stay like that and be best friends forever! now i dont speak to a single one of them but i always hold them dear to my heart because their memories are what i truly cherish. memories never truly go away, even if you forget them. theyre always there in your heart.
