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Memories 6: Eyes on Me I first heard this song back when I was running through Final Fantasy 8 for the first time. It was the very first time that I had ever in my life heard an actual song in a video game with lyrics in it and all. Very simply put, it blew me away. The slightly shorter arranged version that they did that accompanied the ending video was nice and all...but the part that REALLy got to me was when they play the full song in game. Squall had just leapt out of the space station's escape pod to fly out to her so that she wouldn't have to die alone, knowing full well that their suits didn't have enough oxygen to survive for too long and also knowing that there was no chance of being rescued, he completely abandons the cold, hard shell that he had worn throughout the entire game and went out there so that she wouldn't be alone as she died. Due to a massively fortunate coincidence, they find their way onto an abandoned ship in orbit filled with some weird aliens that they make quick work of and go to the cockpit to try find a way to land it. Right then, as they get in contact with the ground and come to the realization that everything will be okay, the opening strains of Eyes on Me begin to play as Rinoa finds her way onto Squall's lap and holds him, telling him that he was the only person that made her feel safe...made her feel protected. Hearing that song...reading her words and seeing the scene got to me like you would not believe. I was just completely blown away and kept a save file just before that scene so that I could watch it whenever I wanted. This was before I had a compute or access to the internet so the only way I could ever listen to the song was loading the game up again and watching the scene again. I saw Faye Wong's name in the credits and whenever I went somewhere that sold asian music, I'd look for her name but always fail to find it. Eventually, as the months and then years passed, I forgot about the song and the name Faye Wong was only vaguely familiar to me. The years passed, and I had a computer at last. This was around the time that supernova.org was still up and running, spreading torrented goodness across the net and I had just started using it when I saw a file name that sparked a vague connection in my mind: "Faye Wong Budokan Japan 2002 Concert." I didn't remember who she was, only knew that the name sounded familiar to me somehow. I had completely forgotten that she was the one to sing the song Eyes on Me and how badly that song had captivated me all that time ago. I grabbed the video and later that night, began to watch it. She looked great in the concert, singing her heart out, dressed very oddly at times but still looking rather beautiful. Her funniest costume, I think would have to be the one where she wore that ostrich tutu around her waist that cracked me right up. There was a brief interlude near the very end where she introduced the various people playing the music for her, a brief video collage thing as she goes offstage to change or whatever and then the lights all go out. The lights slowly come up...as does she from a little lift beneath the stage. As she does, the opening strains of that haunting melody hits my ears once more and I can't believe that I had forgotten about her song for so long. To see her, beautiful in a light colored layered dress that hung off of one shoulder and to hear her clear voice singing that song again...one of the first songs that I'd ever listened to and actually enjoyed...it was like coming home. It was perfect...I was completely entranced and I just sat there without moving until the song was finished. To so suddenly and unexpectedly be hit with that song that had stolen my heart all that time ago...it was beyond words. ...I should go find that song again... |