Distant Worlds

Distant Worlds
Single by Izumi Masuda
Released	September 13th, 2005
Recorded	???
Length	5:18
Label	Square Enix

Distant Worlds was first released in the game during the July 2005 update. It was later released as a single in Japan on September 13, 2005, and released on iTunes on September 22, 2005. The song is also included in the LP Romeo & Juliet by Izumi Masuda, which was released on October 21, 2005, and on the Final Fantasy XI Unreleased Tracks which was released on March 28, 2007 in the premium box limited edition. An instrumental cover of the song by Nobuo Uematsu's side project The Black Mages was included on their third album The Black Mages III: Darkness and Starlight, released March 19, 2008.
This song is played during the final cut scene of Dawn at Lufaise Meadows when you approach Blueblade Fell (J-7).

Lines 11 through 16 (prefixed with "-") are not in the original in-game version of the song.

Personnel

Composition	Nobuo Uematsu
Arrangement	Naoshi Mizuta
Lyrics	Yaeko Sato, Michael Christopher Koji Fox (Translation)
Vocals	Izumi Masuda

Lyrics

Seas invite in the evening sun
to light the somber abyss.
Clouds dance up with the heavens' stars,
chanting an air of joyous bliss.

Water fades back from blue to jade,
guiding young rainbows high.
Flowers bloom into red and whites,
quenching our hearts when they run dry.

Angels chained by a beast locked in slumber.
Sin washed away by the swift flow of time.

-I may know the answers.
-Journeys over snow and sand.
-What twist in fate has brought us
-to tread upon this land?

-Blessed by light and the burden of shadow.
-Souls abide to an endless desire.

I may know the answers,
though one question I still hear.
What twist in fate has brought us
to roads that run so near?

Distant worlds together.
Miracles from realms beyond.
The lifelight burns inside me
to sing to you this song.
To sing with you this song.
To sing to you your song.