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Angela Aki - Kiss Me Good-Bye (Final Fantasy XII Theme)

March 8, 2006 | 39 Comments

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Yes, there was actually a promotional video for FFXII that featured this song released not too long ago. However, this is the actual PV featuring the singer of the song, Angela Aki. I personally like this song a lot and think that it's not a bad theme for a Final Fantasy game. The PV itself, however, is nothing special. It simply features Angela Aki performing the song alternating with several Final Fantasy XII scenes. In addition to this, this version of the song is actually in Japanese while the version used on the FFXII Promo Video was English. I have to admit it was rather weird to hear this in Japanese when I first heard it in English. If you want to see the English lyric, check the other entry.

Angela Aki - Kiss Me Good-Bye | Mirror (25.2MB, for PSP/Quicktime)

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Kanji/Kana version

あなたは迷っていても
ドアは開いているよ
二人の世界だけでは
満たされないんでしょう?

羽をあげるから 信じて飛べぱいい

Kiss me good-bye, love is memory
あなたを失っても

Kiss me good-bye さようなら
新しい私に変わる

Kiss me good-bye
Kiss me good-bye

Kiss me good-bye, love is memory
新しい二人に変わるなら

Kiss me good-bye, 泣かない
あなたを愛せたから

あなたを愛せたから

Romaji version

Anata wa mayotte, ite mo
Doa wa aiteru yo
Futari no sekai dake de wa
Mitasarenain deshou?

Hane wo ageru kara
Shinjite tobe-pa ii

Kiss me good-bye, love is memory
Anata wo ushinattemo

Kiss me good-bye, sayonara
Atarashii watashi ni kawaru

Kiss me good-bye
Kiss me good-bye

Kiss me good-bye, love is memory
Atarashii futari ni kawaru nara

Kiss me good-bye, nakanai
Anata wo aiseta kara

Anata wo aiseta kara

Posted by Garten
Comments
March 3, 2006 | chromega wrote:

I thought Nobou Uematsu said that the song would be english?...meh, I guess it just means there's two versions of the song.

March 3, 2006 | Garten wrote:

Hmm, I thought it's kind of normal to have two versions of a theme song with each FF. I think FFIX (Melody of Life) had a Japanese and English version and FFX (Real Emotion) also came in Japanese and English version. The only one that I think came only in English version was FFVII's Eyes on Me.

March 3, 2006 | T.e.n wrote:

Wow, she is -gorgeous-. She looks like Lisa Loeb.

And this is the first FF since 9 I've been excited about~.

March 5, 2006 | Vinde wrote:

How would I see this video?

March 5, 2006 | Garten wrote:

Vinde, I didn't bother to encode it because I thought it's already available at Tokyo Tosho. But here is the PSP version if you haven't got one.

March 6, 2006 | ener wrote:

That song is awesome! I can't wait to see how they implement it into the game. 10 more days! I'm so hyped. :D

March 7, 2006 | Atashi wrote:

Translation, foo~~


Kiss Me Good-Bye

Vocals: Angela Aki

Even if you are lost
The door is open
Aren't you satisfied
With a world for us two?

Because I'll give you wings, you should believe and fly

Kiss me good-bye, love is memory
Even if I lose you

Kiss me good-bye, farewell
I'll change into a new me

Kiss me good-bye
Kiss me good-bye

Kiss me good-bye, love is memory
If we change into two new people

Kiss me good-bye, I won't cry
Because I was able to love you

Because I was able to love you

March 7, 2006 | dare? wrote:

i really like this song. angela aki is also a very pretty girl. :D

can't wait for ff12 to come out.

March 8, 2006 | Claude wrote:

Dangit, it sez that all the download slots for my country r in use, but its been like this since i 1st tried to dl it over a day ago...

March 8, 2006 | Claude wrote:

aiks, didnt see the mirror..sorry for double post @@

March 11, 2006 | tarioth wrote:

The english version itself is quite a bit different from the translation but I spose that's to be expected.

The song is excellent and the I'm dying to play the game.

I was worried they'd make it online again, old-skool Final fantasy is where it's at.

March 12, 2006 | KAi wrote:

Thanks for the mirror XD just download it and listen to this beautiful song. Its feel more like "eyes on me" than "melodies of life" or "suteki da ne" to me
I dont bother with double version of the song, as long as I remember both the english and japanesse version of FF are always wonderful
^ ^

March 15, 2006 | D24 wrote:

Man! I'm getting so addicted to this song! I just can't get enough of these Final Fantasy songs! Thanks for the link to download this video! This makes me wanna check out the game.

March 15, 2006 | Chris wrote:

This song RULES!!!!!!

March 17, 2006 | LALA wrote:

Angela Aki wrote both of the lyrics her self and is fluent in both language (that's why it was a good idea to use her as a singer, I suppose) she's half japanese and half italian-american...

I thought she was saying "love's memory.." hmm.

March 17, 2006 | zhiyung wrote:

Nice song! It feels a lot like 'eyes on me'.
One of the few ff songs i like :)

March 19, 2006 | majo wrote:

very nice song indeed!! very good performance by Angela Aki!! very very nice!!!

March 21, 2006 | madtriad wrote:

You should hear her cover of Eyes On Me :) It's not bad.

March 25, 2006 | Hana wrote:

Good song, but I feel that Aki overdoes it with her singing and piano playing. I also have her other single "Kokoro no Senshi" and, again, I still feel she overdoes it.

And I absolutely hated her version of "Eyes on Me", Faye Wong's original is much better, but that's just my preference.

It'd be interesting to see which scene they incorporate the song into.

March 27, 2006 | Liz wrote:

Love the song. It made me feel so sad for Ashe and her fiance.

But Angela Aki does overdo the piano playing.

April 5, 2006 | Nina wrote:

Oh my god! i love angela aki! shes the best! i love all her songs! i love her version of eyes on me.. the piano is gr8! well.. diff ppl diff opinion and taste! keh keh..XDDDDDD

April 7, 2006 | Andy wrote:

hmm.... You know what a deaf person sounds like when they talk? bingo.

poor piano :( shes killing it

and god shes abosolutely crap at eyes on me....
she butcherd that song with a big knife like clouds sword..

they should of got koda kumi or faye wong or utada hikaru or even ayumi hamasaki atleast they wouldnt of beaten up a piano and sounded like retard and butcher eyes on me.. JESUS Angela Aki! YOUR CRAP! GO KILL YOURSELF!!

June 3, 2006 | Kyle wrote:

Angela Aki also did eyes on me at PLAY! concert which was outstanding-she nailed the beauty of the song and expressed the tranquility of Nobuo's composition

June 9, 2006 | Ryo wrote:

Kiss Me Good-Bye
Lyrics: Angela Aki Translation: Jonathan Wu

When you’re wandering about
open up the door
our world
doesn’t satisfy you, does it?

If you spread your wings, believe, and you can fly

Kiss me good-bye, love’s memory
I may have lost you
the memories of love have made me strong

You’re searching for certainty
the thing that everybody loves

An unwavering love, is always within yourself

Kiss me good-bye, farewell my dear
I’ve changed into a new me

Kiss me good-bye, love’s memory
If only we could change into a new couple

Kiss me good-bye, I won’t cry
Because you can be loved again
Because you can be loved again

October 7, 2006 | Mark wrote:

Damn MegaUpload... the youSendit link is dead by the way. Anyone kind to reupload this song to another service like perhaps fileupload or filefront? pretty please?

December 1, 2006 | Denise wrote:

meh, I really like the song, Kiss Me Goodbye, I think that the english was better than the Japanese version. I'm not really fond of her rendition of eyes on me, Faye Wong to me caught the tenderness of the song better. But Angela's other songs are really excelent!

January 6, 2007 | DANE wrote:

Angela aki is the greatest performer of all time!

February 21, 2007 | Fish wrote:

I love this song. its very touching.... I wanna ask any1 have a music sheet of This Love by Angela Aki? piano music sheet?

August 31, 2007 | Majed wrote:

Between The Creativity And The Madness A Hair

September 9, 2007 | Anita wrote:

I love this song...The lyric is very touching...n' the melody was very sweet....two tumbs up for you, Aki...!!!!!!!!!!!!

September 9, 2007 | Richoto wrote:

THIS SONG IS THE BOMB
And anyone who thinks differently is deaf
And she didnt kill the piano she just
overdid it a little bit
SHE IS THE BOMB>
(but utada hikaru could still kick her butt)

September 11, 2007 | Karl wrote:

Angela Aki - Kiss me goodbye

(This is the english version game lyrics)

You said my love is all you need
To see you through
But I know these words are not quite true

Here is the path your waiting for,
An open door
Leading to worlds you long to explore

Go, if you must move on alone
I’m gonna make it on my own

Kiss me good-bye, love’s memory
Follow your heart and find your destiny
Don’t shed a tear, for love’s mortality
For you put the dream in my reality

As times goes by I know you’ll see this of me
I loved enough to let you go free

Go, I will give you wings to fly
Cast all your fears into the sky

Kiss me good-bye, love is mystery
All of my life, I’ll hold you close to me
Don’t shed a tear, for love’s mortality
For you put the dream in my reality

Kiss me good-bye, love’s memory
You put the dream in my reality

(You know, you're a little late, the english game is in american shop since a lot of time)

October 12, 2007 | Tabasco wrote:

To Andy.. i tink u're the retarded one to say sumthing as mean as asking Angela Aki to kill herself. If u dun appreciate talent nor music den STFU.

November 1, 2007 | misnam wrote:

Kiss me goodbye
Lyrics: Angela Aki
You say my love is all you need, to see you through but I know these words are not quite true

Here is the path you're looking for, an open door. Leading to worlds you long to explore

Go, if you must move on alone
I'm gonna make it on my own

Kiss me good-bye, love's memory
Follow your heart and find your destiny
Don't shed a tear, for love's mortality
For you put the dream in my reality

As times goes by I know you'll see this of me
I loved enough to let you go free

Go, I will give you wings to fly
Cast all your fears into the sky

Kiss me goodbye, love's mystery
All of my life I'll hold you close to me
Don't shed a tear for love's mortality
For you put the dream in my reality

Kiss me goodbye, love's memory
You put the dream in my reality

December 30, 2007 | Ashamed_David wrote:

Ya know, I am a lover of music. All kinds. And, critisism, good, some isn't though. Music is opinionated, it's what your mind makes it. She made a song, that...people saw a beautiful. Except that one person, who unfortunatly, had to kill this thread. If you may, I would like to direct your attention to the name : Andy. Kinda, American sounding right? Now, there are also American's who commented how beautiful it was right? Andy, is about 86% of the american population. Rude, cruel and viscious. The rest of us, are the remaining 14%. Unfortunatly, I must say, americans, seem pathetic to me...and why can I say this with truth behind it? Because I am one...
Beautiful song by the way. I was weary about finishing XII. But I had heard how great the song was...and it was true. And the bass-line is genius. (I'm in lower brass myself, and the only reason is because I'm a lover of bass)

January 6, 2008 | philip arao-arao wrote:

i really love this song!!! and i believe that shes better than richard clayderman coz she sings!!!AMAZING............

January 25, 2008 | Mel wrote:

The lyrics in English make me want to think she's singing about Balthier... But it may just be me.

March 8, 2008 | asteria wrote:

very2222 good

June 28, 2008 | Momentum wrote:

This song almost made me cry..it's so good. especially combined with the ff12 ending movie it's worth spilling a tear over.


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