One listen.

Another struggle, and I think it’s because I was worried about being too obvious here. I don’t know why I’d worry about that. I think it was lurking in there, somewhere. However, I think I was. What I wrote feels like it’s an easy grab and that doesn’t offer enough. The song is straightforward, but it carries the weight of narrative and I think it deserved more than me going “Yeah, relief!”. I did move a little away from that, but not enough.

Yasunori Mitsuda & Millenial Fair’s (光田 康典 & ミレニアル・フェア) “Möbius” is from Creid. The album is an arranged soundtrack based on music from Xenogears.

I hope you enjoy.

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Almost like the dawn of a new day, looking across a grand space. Looking across where the journey went, and thinking about the relief that comes across. A voice calls across the instruments in this moment. This moment of relief, of joy, of being able to breathe again. Breathe and sigh and smile, and be glad for the respite.

There is some sadness in here, because even the smallest step can take a great deal of effort, even if that effort isn’t realised at the time. And the sounds continue on gently, almost caressing, saying that it’s all okay. And percussion comes in, striking, precise, steady, almost powerful. Almost lifting everything up further. And it’s all okay. Everything is okay.

But that sadness remains. That pondering, once more over the vastness of the world as guitar plays out, calls into the distance and seeks, and tears away, knowing. And it continues as it moves further away and the vocals take over once more. They remain as they have been before; gentle, but they too take off for a moment before returning to their gentle glide, and the guitar is still there, burning until it disappears, and only a few sounds remain.

A few sounds linger, comfort, caress. They carry relief. The vocals return, touching. They are inviting, and all is inviting and grand and minor at the same time. Incredibly humble and small, and it’s a beautiful moment, and lightly poignant, and finds its closure as the song ends.