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I was listening to some Kingdom Hearts music earlier, and I decided it might be interesting to get a translation for the Italian choral parts from Destati (the song played when Sora has his Awakening in KH1). Here's the translation I found, from Square Enix Music Online:
Awaken! Extend your hand
The time is now: wake up
The door will close, then open again
So remember the emotion
So wake up! And remember
Awaken, awaken
Extend your hand
Awaken, awaken
The time is now
Once again
Open the door
So remember the emotion
So wake up! And remember
Eh? Why? You don't want to?
It still belongs to you
That which you have lost
Will become one!
There's a few things I find interesting about this, in relation to future KH games and the requirements for Keyblade wielding.
The lyrics seem to hint strongly that the Keyblade is something that can lie dormant in a person even if they meet all the other requirements - a Keyblade wielder is only given a Keyblade of his own after he has an Awakening, but it was already there before that.
As for the Awakening itself, I have to wonder whether there might be some connection between the Awakening that a Keyblade wielder has to go through, and the Room of Waking that Xemnas was looking for. I'm also curious as to whether or not a Keyblade might go "back to sleep" and revert to dormancy under certain circumstances.
On a less obvious note, the lines "So remember the emotion/So wake up! And remember" seem interesting to me. There's an obvious connection being made there between Keyblades and memory, which could hint at some deeper connections... but it also seems to connect to several scenes in 358/2 Days:
Most obviously, when Xion's Keyblade is restored to her after Roxas allows her to use his for the mission - but also in a short pre-rendered clip in which Riku reached out as if trying to summon a Keyblade, after he had held Xion's. There was also a quote by Nomura that Roxas' dual wielding wasn't so much him using Xion's keyblade as Xion waking something up inside of him.
KH2 has some possible connections as well, since Riku only was able to get a Keyblade of his own after he had fought Roxas with Oblivion, and Kairi used a Keyblade for the first time only when she was given one by Riku.
I'm actually inclined to theorize that the Keyblade's power is supposed to be passed along (to people who meet the requirements) by older wielders allowing them to try the Keyblade for themselves - but, they themselves don't need to lose anything in order to wake up a Keyblade in others. Sora seems to be an exception to this rule for some reason (which I suspect has something to do with Ven's heart being inside him, since Ven already had a Keyblade of his own).
So, any thoughts?
Awaken! Extend your hand
The time is now: wake up
The door will close, then open again
So remember the emotion
So wake up! And remember
Awaken, awaken
Extend your hand
Awaken, awaken
The time is now
Once again
Open the door
So remember the emotion
So wake up! And remember
Eh? Why? You don't want to?
It still belongs to you
That which you have lost
Will become one!
There's a few things I find interesting about this, in relation to future KH games and the requirements for Keyblade wielding.
The lyrics seem to hint strongly that the Keyblade is something that can lie dormant in a person even if they meet all the other requirements - a Keyblade wielder is only given a Keyblade of his own after he has an Awakening, but it was already there before that.
As for the Awakening itself, I have to wonder whether there might be some connection between the Awakening that a Keyblade wielder has to go through, and the Room of Waking that Xemnas was looking for. I'm also curious as to whether or not a Keyblade might go "back to sleep" and revert to dormancy under certain circumstances.
On a less obvious note, the lines "So remember the emotion/So wake up! And remember" seem interesting to me. There's an obvious connection being made there between Keyblades and memory, which could hint at some deeper connections... but it also seems to connect to several scenes in 358/2 Days:
Most obviously, when Xion's Keyblade is restored to her after Roxas allows her to use his for the mission - but also in a short pre-rendered clip in which Riku reached out as if trying to summon a Keyblade, after he had held Xion's. There was also a quote by Nomura that Roxas' dual wielding wasn't so much him using Xion's keyblade as Xion waking something up inside of him.
KH2 has some possible connections as well, since Riku only was able to get a Keyblade of his own after he had fought Roxas with Oblivion, and Kairi used a Keyblade for the first time only when she was given one by Riku.
I'm actually inclined to theorize that the Keyblade's power is supposed to be passed along (to people who meet the requirements) by older wielders allowing them to try the Keyblade for themselves - but, they themselves don't need to lose anything in order to wake up a Keyblade in others. Sora seems to be an exception to this rule for some reason (which I suspect has something to do with Ven's heart being inside him, since Ven already had a Keyblade of his own).
So, any thoughts?