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Yuna? singing "real Emotion" in the opening of Final Fantasy X-2.
"real Emotion" from Final Fantasy X-2 (Japanese)

"real Emotion" is the opening theme of Final Fantasy X-2. Though presented as a performance by Yuna in Luca, in reality, it is sung by Leblanc, posing as Yuna through the First Steps Garment Grid and Songstress dressphere. The song was composed by Kazuhiro Hara and arranged by h-wonder, and the lyrics were written by Kenn Kato.

Koda Kumi sang the Japanese version, while American singer-songwriter, Jade Villalon (now known as Jade Valerie) from the German pop group project Sweetbox, sang the English version. The lyrics were adapted into English by Brian Gray.

Lyrics[]

The official lyrics for the Japanese version were released on the single real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba and the Final Fantasy X-2: Original Soundtrack. The official lyrics for the English version sung by Jade were released on the Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission Original Soundtrack.

The game version, "FFX-2 Mix", omits the lyrics in italics.

Japanese version[]

Japanese/English
What can I do for you?
What can I do for you? (3x)
I can hear you
What can I do for you? (3x)
あの日ココロの彼方に 描いてた場所にいる
途方に暮れてたりする けれどもう戻れない
夢に見たカタチとは
なにもかもが違う
現実には...眩暈さえする
リアルな世界に揺れてる感情
負けたくない
もうただ走るしかないこの胸に
聞こえてくる
キミは一人じゃない
What can I do for you? (3x)
I can hear you
What can I do for you? (3x)
決して振り向きはしない あなたには頼らない
なにかがあれば必ず すぐに来てくれるから
いまぼくにできること
それは信じること...
真実なら この胸にある
リアルな世界に揺れてる感情
支えるのは
そうあなたが教えてくれたすべて
いまの私
だから、一人じゃない
What can I do for you? (2x)
What can I do for you? (4x)
I can hear you
リアルな世界に揺れてる感情
感じても
あなたが目を閉じたならそこにいる
絆がある
だから、一人じゃない
リアルな世界に揺れてる感情
負けたくない
もうただ走るしかないこの胸に
聴こえてくる
キミは一人じゃない
What can I do for you? (3x)
I can hear you
What can I do for you? (3x)
I can hear you (2x)
Rōmaji
What can I do for you?
What can I do for you? (3x)
I can hear you
What can I do for you? (3x)
Ano hi kokoro no kanata ni egaiteta basho ni iru
Tohō ni kuretetari suru keredo mō modorenai
Yume ni mita katachi to wa
Nanimokamo ga chigau
Genjitsu ni wa...memai sae suru
Riaru na sekai ni yureteru kanjō
Maketakunai
Mō tada hashiru shikanai kono mune ni
Kikoetekuru
Kimi wa hitori janai
What can I do for you? (3x)
I can hear you
What can I do for you? (3x)
Kesshite furimuki wa shinai anata ni wa toyoranai
Nanika ga areba kanarazu suguni kitekureru kara
Ima boku ni dekiru koto
Sore wa shinjiru koto...
Shinjitsunara kono mune ni aru
Riaru na sekai ni yureteru kanjō
Sasaeru no wa
Sō anata ga oshietekureta subete
Ima no watashi
Dakara, hitori janai
What can I do for you? (2x)
What can I do for you? (4x)
I can hear you
Riaru na sekai ni yureteru kanjō
Kanjitemo
Anata ga me o tojitanara sokoni iru
Kizuna ga aru
Dakara, hitori janai
Riaru na sekai ni yureteru kanjō
Maketakunai
Mō tada hashiru shikanai kono mune ni
Kikoetekuru
Kimi wa hitori janai
What can I do for you? (3x)
I can hear you
What can I do for you? (3x)
I can hear you (2x)
Unofficial English translation
What can I do for you?
What can I do for you? (3x)
I can hear you
What can I do for you? (3x)
I am in the place I had imagined on the other side of my mind that day
I am at a loss sometimes, but there is no turning back
Everything is different from
The shape that I dreamed of
In reality...I even feel dizzy
I don't want to lose the emotions shaking up
The real world
There is nothing more to do but just to run,
And I can hear you in my heart:
You are not alone
What can I do for you? (3x)
I can hear you
What can I do for you? (3x)
I am never looking back, and I won't rely on you
Because you will surely come quickly if there is anything
There is something I can do now,
Which is to believe...
The truth is in my heart
It is everything you have taught me so,
Which is supporting
The emotions shaking up the real world
I am who I am now,
So I am not alone
What can I do for you? (2x)
What can I do for you? (4x)
I can hear you
Even when you feel the emotions shaking up
The real world,
I would be there if you closed your eyes
There is a bond,
So you are not alone
I don't want to lose the emotions shaking up
The real world
There is nothing more to do but just to run,
And I can hear you in my heart:
You are not alone
What can I do for you? (3x)
I can hear you
What can I do for you? (3x)
I can hear you (2x)

English versions[]

Koda Kumi[]

What can I do for you?
What can I do for you? (3x)
I can hear you
What can I do for you? (3x)
Never thought that I would wind up by myself
If I told my wild imagination
But I here I am finding myself so lost
And there is a way for me to turn back
All the things I see
They are different from
What I had imagined they would be
Everything is different
Now I'm getting dizzy spells
It's real emotion, shakin' up the world
I'll never give it up
I don't ever wanna
Lose this far
No more than I can do
When I am just too wrong
And in my heart I can hear you say
That I am not alone
What can I do for you? (3x)
I can hear you
What can I do for you? (3x)
Never gotta look back, I'm already here
'Cause you gave me faith
I'm on my own now
If anything happens unexpectedly,
I know you are there to come and save me
What do I do now?
What can I do now?
For the truth that you have made me see
All that I can do now
Is believe in what I feel
It's real emotion, shakin' up the world
I'll be forever blessed for you to stand by me
Then, before
So many things you tell me
That's why I am here
You give me strength and now I know
That I am not alone
What can I do for you? (2x)
What can I do for you? (4x)
I can hear you
It's real emotion, shakin' up the world
You're always here with me, so deep in my heart
And I am there
Beside you when you need me
Since I'm finally strong
Just close your eyes and you'll see me there
'Cause you are not alone
It's real emotion, shakin' up the world
I'll never give it up
I don't ever wanna
Lose this far
No more than I can do
When I am just too wrong
And in my heart I can hear you say
That I am not alone
What can I do for you? (3x)
I can hear you
What can I do for you? (3x)
I can hear you (2x)

Jade[]

What can I do for you?
What can I do for you? (3x)
I can hear you
What can I do for you? (3x)
Far beyond the hazy borders of my heart
I could see a place that's something like this
Every now and then I don't know what to do
Still I know that I can never go back
But the things I've seen in those hazy dreams
Can't compare to what I'm seeing now
Everything's so different
That it brings me to my knees
And though I know the world of
real Emotion has surrounded me
I won't give in to it
Now I know that forward is the only way my heart can go
I hear your voice calling out to me:
"You'll never be alone."
What can I do for you? (3x)
I can hear you
What can I do for you? (3x)
I don't plan on looking back on my old life
I don't ever plan to rely on you
Even if by chance everything should go wrong
You'd come anyway and try to save me
Though from time to time it's an upward climb
All I know is that I must believe
'Cause the truth I'm seeking
Always was inside of me
And when I find the world of
real Emotion has surrounded me
The many things that you
Taught me then will always be enough to get me
through the pain
Because of you I am strong enough
To know I'm not alone.
What can I do for you? (2x)
What can I do for you? (4x)
I can hear you
And if I find the real world of
emotion has surrounded me
And I can't go on
You are there the moment
that I close my eyes to comfort me
We are connected for all of time
I'll never be alone.
And though I know the world of
real Emotion has surrounded me
I won't give in to it
Now I know that forward is the only way my heart can go
I hear your voice calling out to me:
"You'll never be alone."
What can I do for you? (3x)
I can hear you
What can I do for you? (3x)
I can hear you (2x)

Game appearances[]

Final Fantasy X-2[]

FFX-2HD real Emotion

Yuna? performing "real Emotion".

"real Emotion" is track 2 of disc 1 of the game's original soundtrack, titled "real Emotion (FFX-2 Mix)". The "FFX-2 Mix" of the English version sung by Jade is track 1 on the Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission Original Soundtrack.

During the quick cuts near the end of the Japanese version's FMV, it goes from Yuna? to a backup dancer and to a background guitarist before returning to her. In the English version, the quick cuts focus on the Songstress dressphere. Yuna? smiles in the Japanese version but looks indifferent in the English one. In the HD Remaster, the Japanese version retains its original FMV. The overseas version uses the original overseas version, making "real Emotion" and "1000 Words" the only content in the HD Remaster not faithful to the International version.

Leblanc has stolen Yuna's Garment Grid to impersonate her and hold a concert in Luca, hoping to cash in on Yuna's fame and ruin her reputation. Yuna, Rikku, and Paine track her down but Yuna must don a moogle costume and keep a low profile while the others infiltrate the concert. While Leblanc performs on stage, Rikku and Paine brawl with Leblanc's lackeys disguised as Luca security guards; after the performance, Rikku and Paine confront Leblanc on the stage who escapes to the docks. YRP finally catch up with her and reclaim their Garment Grid and dressphere, the latter having a peculiar resonance with Yuna.

When Yuna later uses the Songstress dressphere to perform, she sings a song manifested from Lenne's feelings. Who composed "real Emotion" and how Leblanc came to know it is unknown, though it is possible it was another song contained in the sphere itself.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call[]

Luca Concert

The song is a downloadable Battle Music Sequence (BMS) track. It was delisted from the eShop on August 1, 2017.

Arrangement album appearances[]

real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba[]

The single by Koda Kumi includes the full-length Japanese version of "real Emotion" as the 1st track, and an instrumental version as the 3rd.

Grow into One[]

The Koda Kumi single has her full-length version of "real Emotion" as the 2nd track.

Come With Me[]

The Koda Kumi single includes a different English version as the 2nd track. The lyrics were translated into English by Sachi Bennett. The single also includes a remix titled "real Emotion/DJ MSK Remix" as the 4th track.

Adagio[]

The Jade Villalon version was credited to Sweetbox for the project's 2004 album, Adagio, where it is included along with "1000 Words". This is because Villalon was still the project's frontwoman and left in the year 2007 but returned in 2020. The album's special edition includes Jade's full-length version of "real Emotion" as the 16th and final track.

Koda Kumi Driving Hit's[]

The remix version "real Emotion (HOUSE NATION Sunset In Ibiza Remix)" is the album's 5th track.

Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 5[]

The remix version "real Emotion (KOZM Remix)" is the album's 5th track.

Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 8[]

The album includes a remix version called "real Emotion (TeddyLoid Remix)" as its 11th track.

Music video[]

FFX-2_-_Koda_Kumi_-_Real_Emotion

FFX-2 - Koda Kumi - Real Emotion

Koda recorded an official music video for "real Emotion" that incorporates scenes from Final Fantasy X-2. She also did motion capture for Yuna/Leblanc's dance moves in the game's opening sequence, marking the first time a musical artist was involved in creating a dance for a video game.

Gallery[]

Sheet music[]

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