I was wondering if anyone had heard the new theme song for Kingdom Hearts II or watched the video yet? It's a great song, in my opinion better than Hikari/Simple and Clean from the first game.

"Passion is probably one of my favorite songs that I've written. I especially like my lyrics. It's not really like anything I've done in the past."
-- Utada Hikaru

Kanji Lyrics
思い出せば遥か遥か
未来はどこまでも輝いてた
奇麗な青空の下で
僕らは少しだけ怯えていた

懐かしい色に窓が染まる

前を向いてればまた会えますか
未来はどこへでも続いてるんだ
大きな看板の下で
時代の移ろいを見ていたいな

二度と会えぬ人に場所に
窓を開ける

思い出せば遥か遥か
未来はどこまでも輝いてた
奇麗な青空の下で
僕らは何時までも眠っていた

ずっと前に好きだった人
冬に子供が生まれるそうだ
昔からの決まり事を
たまに疑いたくなるよ

ずっと忘れられなかったの
年賀状は写真付きかな
私達に出来なかったことを
とても懐かしく思うよ

青空の下...

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Romanji Lyrics
Omoidaseba haruka haruka
Mirai wa doko made mo kagayaiteta
Kirei na aozora no shita de
Bokura wa sukoshi dake obiete ita

Natsukashii iro ni mado ga somaru

Mae wo muitereba
Mata aemasu ka
Mirai wa doko e demo tsudzuite iru 'n da
Ooki na kanban no shita de
Jidai no utsuroi wo mite itai na

Nido to aenu
Hito ni basho ni
Mado wo akeru

Omoidaseba haruka haruka
Mirai wa doko made mo kagayaiteta
Kirei na aozora no shita de
Bokura wa itsumademo nemutte ita

Zutto mae ni suki datta hito
Fuyu ni kodomo ga umareru sou da
Mukashi kara no kimari goto wo
Tama ni utagaitaku naru yo
Zutto wasurerarenakatta no
Nengajou wa shashin tsuki kana
Watashitachi ni dekinakatta koto wo
Totemo natsukashiku omou yo

Aozora no shita de...

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English Translation
When I remember back far, far
The future was shining endlessly
Below the pretty blue sky
We were a little bit frightened

The window was bathed in a nostalgic colour

If I keep on looking forward
Will I meet you again?
The future continues anywhere
Underneath a large sign
I want to watch time change

Towards the place with people and places
I will never see again
I open this window

When I remember back far, far
The future was shining endlessly
Underneath the pretty blue sky
We slept endlessly

The person I liked long ago
Is to have a child in winter
Our promises from long ago
Sometimes I want to doubt them
I could never forget
I wonder if your New Year's card will have a photo
All the things we were unable to do
I look back on with nostalgia

Below the blue sky...

Ooh! I wanna hear it! ^.^ I reserved the game already, so it's just a matter of waiting...

Well the game comes out December 22nd in Japan and March 1st in US. And yes these are official release dates. Anyways if you wanna see clips of the video and listen to bits of the song go to her official web site page.

http://www.toshiba-emi.co.jp/hikki/passion/

OMG! March 1st! They're CrAzY! @_@

BTW, it's a good song, in my opinion. :)

Yeah, it's a great song. I've seen some of the music video and heard it on the Kingdom Hearts 2 Comerical.

After hearing the bits from the site I decided I had to hear whole thing

http://www.ffprimer.net/misc/kh2-passion.mp3

Tada! Its a great song. Very different feeling from Hikari/ Simple and Clean. Can't say that a bad thing :P

It's nice...it'd make a really nice transcription project :P

I'd try it...after finals, of course :P

Yeah i love this song, i've been asking around if anyone has the sheet music yet... hey, does anyone have any Utada Hikaru sheet music? :) i love her :)
See? Passion is in my avatar! :D

Oh where did you get those translated lyrics? Were they from the site, because i've seen another set of translated lyrics that were a bit different...
http://cherryblossom-garden.com/5/utadahikaru-eng4.html

I love how she abruptly tried something new. It's a great song. ^_^

have you guys heard 'Be my last'? it's new and fairly different too :)

I haven't...I was gonna put up the mp3 but I didn't think we were aloud to do that. >.< I'm thinking about making a Hikaru Utada Passion Sig and Ava set! ^_^

:D you should, do you like my avatar? :D my sig is from 'Colors' though :)

I haven't...I was gonna put up the mp3 but I didn't think we were aloud to do that. >.<

:o Really? Should I edit my post?

Well I don't know, I just wasn't sure because I have seen MP3's removed in the past it might be ok...:sweat:

I like your new sig and av set :D

Thanx! ^_^ I really like the picture for your ava where did you get it?

hmmmmm i can't remember O_o let me find out for you...i think i looked it up in google image search 'Utada Hikaru Passion screenshots' try that...

Thanx, anyone hear the new version after the battle? It's really cool...

I wanna claim this song as a transcription project ^^ Hopefully I can get it done in time for the US release...

EDIT: Hey, does anyone have the "After the Battle" version? I hear it has a nice piano base, and I'd like to work off of that if possible...

can anyone tell me where i can find a .MUS file of "First Love" by utada hikaru?

passion is one of my favorites actually, and so is most of utada hikaru's songs.