Nocturne Fierce Battle's Real Lyrics

[@sometimesyoureallyreallydie]

This video is a certified Galatians 4:16 classic

[@jasonenns5076]

@@garrettius "They hated Him because He told the truth."

[@spectrobeshakozorax1092]

Both versions are fun, but the actual lyrics feel more like smt imo, 'war broke out in heaven' was very interesting, and to me, the track is just the cool stand out track in the ost

[@ajflink]

I feel like that is becoming more and more true with everything where people get mad and vocally reject the truth. By truth, I mean something concrete like a mathematical equation or code from software.

[@KidCapes]

Kinda sad how you didn't realize this but "I am the bug inside you" is actually "Hijiri is Aleph from Shin Megami Tensei 2"

[@ProjectTony]

I AM THE ALEPH INSIDE YOU

[@patrickloureiro351]

@@ProjectTony I AM THE JESUS REJECTED

[@agusrlz8655]

Glib

[@Xiaolruc]

**Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series**

[@juhata9068]

Larrue: "It's not one more god rejected." Every SMT fan: "I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that."

[@Larrue]

Just the ones who hate information that "ruins their fun"

[@matchanavi]

They just don't wanna get their overdone memes outdated

[@TheSwordsman100]

Maybe its because I'm a supporter of Law but despite being a SMT fan, I fully accept this information and support it.

[@kennethwilliams543]

@@TheSwordsman100 All hail almighty Law route all praise be to God Almighty and his cleansing of every route!

[@isaacvr6947]

*Anti-theists: I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that.*

[@Venom3254]

So basically this is the "Luke I am your father" of SMT

[@TupocalypseShakur]

It's the "With great power, comes great responsibility" of the fandom

[@Rad-Dude63andathird]

​@@TupocalypseShakur I don't get it, did the original Uncle Ben not say that line or something?

[@joaquingamarra3248]

​​@@Rad-Dude63andathird Yup, It wasn't uncle Ben that said It It was the Narrator in the original comic

[@CheeseTako]

both "one more god rejected" and "war broke out in heaven" sound cool as hell, I think we are at a point where the "true lyrics" aren't ever going to be accepted as the "real" lyrics, the misinterpretation has been around for so long and it's become so beloved that it's transcended the song itself. great job on the investigation.

[@MTGDuelist8870]

"ONE MORE VERSE REJECTED!"

[@drbuni]

That is very sad.

[@Pokemaster-wg9gx]

Honestly it took off because thematically “one more god rejected” fits not only Nocturne but SMT as a whole better lel

[@THEGREATMAX]

I think it's "One more, God rejected" It's not saying that WE reject god It's saying GOD REJECTED THE DEMONS It's like "Oh look, one more of these assholes"

[@TofuSG98]

​@@Pokemaster-wg9gxbased and lawpilled

[@HidinginPublic]

This seems to be a theme with a lot of claimed lyrics in atlus songs. People have come up with multiple verses for the Rise dungeon song even though the vocals are from a single sample

[@Larrue]

Yeah something about wanting the song to have special meaning creates this I think

[@saintsea-hat7891]

We are lemon or limes 🎶

[@adriansrsa90]

@@saintsea-hat7891HEY, ITS TIME TO BOOGIE DOWN

[@AmandaLordofDarknessCh]

"Its so easy to find out what the lyrics aren't" I guess you could say it was easy to find lyrics to... reject.

[@Larrue]

Hahah darn I should have made that joke

[@MoriXIII]

"Forced battles weren't that remarkable" Oooooh, but you better bet that the time when I opened a cache cube near Tokyo's Tower with a Succubus that used Dormina and killed me with eternal rest was remarkable as hell

[@illuminoeye_gaming]

Same experience

[@mirraisnow6050]

Oof I survived entirely because I had the magatama that prevented all the ailments she inflicted and got super lucky.

[@ghost-fs7th]

Bro I autobattled that and won lmaooo I was just headbanging to the song the whole time

[@raikoedgymoto]

You were using Kamudo weren't you

[@PJNyte]

Only time i got hit with that combo was by nyx but she still missed the second move ha

[@gregg_rulz0k824]

Just bought a shirt that says "one more God rejected" on it lmfao. Whatever real lyric or not it still sounds cool, war broke out in heaven is sick too though honestly. Good fuckin work

[@Larrue]

Dang link to the shirt? I want one tbh

[@neoonewingedren1836]

Challenge: Go to church with the shirt

[@Neis999]

I am down for a shirt that represents both fan and true lines now. That'd be so sick.

[@ZeludeRose]

"war broke out in heaven" is cool anyways

[@Kamiyouni]

It really is. And thematically correct.

[@ModernAegis]

And that opens up the "one more god rejected" line for others to use without copying SMT.

[@grandbean9031]

It seriously is. The image of the demi-fiend busting into heaven wrecking havock hunting down God is beautiful painted with that lyric.

[@Xpwnxage]

The whole song is still cool.

[@karotconcarne3325]

While REJECTING GOD is so ingrained into the SMT community it'll be hard to remove even with facts and logic, I believe you deserve a slow clap, my dude. Bravo for a job well done.

[@valletas]

Why belive in facts and logic when you can belive in chaos and order?

[@KuroeDetectiveAgency]

forced battle is ok but nekomata rumor office is the real banger in this vid

[@ophidianmind333]

You are correct that it isn't "One more god rejected." According to an Atlus insider, I think his name was Mara or something like that, the actual line is "One big green erection."

[@Larrue]

I was told by a little blonde girl the lyric was "please die for me"

[@jacopoarmini7889]

I think the lyrics "I'm the bug inside you" and "I've got your back to the wall" actually mean "I am the Lord and Saviour" and "I am the one true God" which make sense with the rest of the music.

[@Larrue]

It's definitely not the lord and savior line I can try the i am the one true God though

[@BigKlingy]

@@Larrue I think "I am above, beside you" makes sense. While I don't think it's an exact Bible quote, it sounds like something the Bible would say.

[@Larrue]

It's not, that is why I'm so hesitant to say it's right, besides it sounding just a little off when we compared it. I think it might be a slight variation of it though

[@skefunontrufh]

I've been listening to that specific part over and over at normal and 0.75 speed, and now i can't unhear "I am the Lord and Salute" same idea but fits better at the end. also matches the number of syllables I hear. "I am the bug inside you" doesn't work, but "I am the bug inside OF you" would. Same be said of "I am above, beside of you" which sounds weird now. Can't make out the other one though. the best I got is "I have you back to war" which... I don't think is right but maybe it'll sprout some other ideas.

[@TARINunit9]

@@BigKlingy Unfortunately "I am above, beside you" has too many syllables

[@nearsomecat]

"One more god rejected" does make sense thematically. The second commandment says, "thou shalt have no other gods before me." The god in this lyric refers to the gods of other religions. "Fear god and give glory to him" refers to the god of Christianity. It is not uncommon for Christians to say they are god fearing.

[@dcard228]

And the fact that, assuming you do the True Demon ending, you're literally rejecting multiple gods. Kagutsuchi, Ahriman, etc.

[@Helios810]

or, maybe it’s referring to you being one more of god’s rejected

[@tess4940]

You mean to tell me the lyrics weren’t “after the thousand years have expired, Satan will feed some geese”? Well, what’s the point of even being a megaten fan anymore?

[@coast2coast-295]

You've killed a long lasting meme in eighteen minutes and twenty two seconds. You've split a community that prides the fact that it isn't a bunch of persona fans. You've spent countless hours messing with text to speech to do this. You, good sir, are clearly one more god I must reject. (Jokes aside, well done. This was very cool to learn....I'm still gonna sing 'One more god rejected' because it's fun.)

[@Larrue]

More power to yah, also nice space ghost pfp

[@LassBisharp]

I guess you could say that war broke out in heaven.

[@Moony_7860]

@@LassBisharp the shin megami tensei community is the exact opposite of heaven

[@cap-ml7ky]

I mean at the end of the day it doesn't matter what the lyrics are, as the composer didn't really seem to give a shit. They're just meant to be random English phrases that sound cool, so even if it truly was "one more more god rejected." the song isn't as deep as everyone thought it was. Nonetheless my enjoyment of the song and game remains the same. And art is always open to your own interpretation, so my perspective of the game doesn't change either.

[@Pokemaster-wg9gx]

@@cap-ml7ky still both are cool but “one more god rejected” fits so much more because of the cycle of rejecting god in SMT and especially Nocturne lel

[@NikkiTrip]

You pretty much just sold me on this. "War broke out in heaven" is still a really badass lyric.

[@gabrielgian6207]

Revelation is all badass lines

[@petrock4041]

Even if it’s not “One more G*d rejected” it will live on in the hearts of Megaten fans as that one lyric misheard from around the world 🕊

[@Larrue]

Hi petrock

[@petrock4041]

@@Larrue shit response (boooo!)… . . . . . . . . . . Also hi larruè

[@philmatibaggg9283]

Hi petrock

[@ArchOfficial]

G*d?

[@basshibiki]

Yo woul you need to censor the word god?

[@centimukade]

most smt fans rejected his message; they hated larrue because he told them the truth.

[@KittyKatty999]

One More Larrue rejected!

[@TARINunit9]

Here's a little irony for me personally: I had always thought "one more God rejected" was supposed to use a different syntax. As you yourself said, the game never calls any of the demons as "gods". The only god mentioned is the Great Will, AKA capital-G God higher than even YHVH. And "rejecting" them isn't a central theme, not in the game's words. But you know what is a central theme? Getting rejected BY God. This is in the game. All of mankind is raptured away in the intro, told they are unworthy of anything but wandering the Labyrinth. The Mannikins are completely rejected by God and Kagutsuchi, they are flat-out forbidden from forming a Reason. Hiriji is rejected by God for the crime of deicide. Yuko is rejected by Aradia, one of the few characters called a lowercase-g "god", for her lack of conviction. Thus I had thought it's "one more [whom] God [has] rejected"

[@jive238]

I too thought the one more god reject bit was not about rejecting god but instead how the demi fiend is rejected and seemingly abandoned by god. Cause you've been nothing but lucifer's little pet project since the world ended and god can't/won't help you now or something along that line of thought. lucifer gets off too easy with the smt fanbase but they're all ready to jump on yhvh's throat at the drop of a hat, doesn't help that he's the last boss in some games.

[@pigcatapult]

​@@jive238 Too many people are content to just stop halfway. I've been saying for years that Lucifer needs to be next on the chopping block.

[@LckD008]

One more, god rejected

[@christianguest63]

So not, You're just "One more God rejected" by me, But rather, he's just "One more God rejected" for his crimes against him.

[@Larrue]

Actually manikins aren't human so they can't form a reason, Yuko lacks the will and a vision so she can't form a reason, especially because Aradia isn't a demonic sponsor and hijiri is a manikin so he can't form a reason, I don't think anyone was rejected by God, because the game is a dissection of human character. Whereas previous games are discussing characters who are aligned to a belief, nocturne is a study on the types of people who would create a belief to align with. God is supposed to love humans as his creation and demifiend simply isn't human, and with Yuko the laws of the world allow for her to create the new world but she just can't because some people are simply not that kind of person.

[@Krischenn]

The amount of time and research you and KDA put into this is amazing dude. What the actual hell, this is a documentary.

[@beetheimmortal]

I'm certain "war broke out in heaven" is the correct quote. However, "one more god rejected" is fucking cool as well and I think it would fit thematically to the True Demon Ending, if it was the real one.

[@Cubiclynx]

hearing the war broke out in heaven is like opening your third eye

[@IDESTROYER236]

Third eye? Tandava +3.

[@solri9302]

You mean... your anus?

[@pokestar9994]

I’m glad you made this so now people won’t think I’m crazy for saying it’s “war broke out in heaven” Edit: do you think the “do not oppose the wrath of god” could be “pour out the bowls of the wrath of god”? (Rev 16:1 NKJV)

[@lunacurtis5444]

•force battle Oh, that explains why every time it play, the battle is almost never hard, but always cutscenes relevant

[@snailthelostcow63]

SMT lore is so deep even the memes and the themes has its own lore This is quite a nice video. It fills some of the missing links since I think a lot of people already knew some of the lyrics were taken from the bible. As for the other incoherent noise that's hard to decrypt, well... we kinda decided to follow the brain's auto-fill. So it's nice we get to decrypt more of it.

[@GiantPotato]

I'm actually the person who originally posted the lyrics that ended up in that GameFAQs post, except individually on comments section music uploads back in 2009/early 2010. Not even sure if those video uploads still exist anymore because of the plague of copyright strikes that have eaten a lot of game OST videos. Back then everyone assumed it was just gibberish or dog barking sounds but since I had been a fan of Black Metal, Death Metal, etc. variants I knew I was hearing -something- that sounded like distorted English language lyrics and listened to those songs for hours, flipping to the lyrics segments again and again. I just kind of posted what seemed right to my ears which are still functioning pretty well-- I can hear high frequencies now still even today around age 40 which is something usually only small children and teenagers can, and which is irritating sometimes. I was PRETTY close as you can see and I think it's arguable that with a syllable analysis I may be more correct than you think here.

[@Larrue]

How so

[@GiantPotato]

If anyone's pressing X to doubt I actually found my original comments for this song in particular kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4CZfYqHndutiNk&lc=UgzspD9i4d570XZ33vN4AaABAg kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4CZfYqHndutiNk&lc=UgyMwx0Y4rlHe6CgwfV4AaABAg (This was so far back before normal comment threads on the platform!) Listening again I think I'm absolutely correct about the latter part lyrics, especially the "Do you aid Lucifer, do you?" part as those are quite clearly identical words repeated twice in those segments.

[@GiantPotato]

Seems it's all still up, actually. Pretty amazing. Comment from "Boss Battle" (it's not even in the GameFAQs forum post compilation) kzbin.info/www/bejne/ep7Uk5uviJJ1gZo&lc=UgxFTbwDOwIOlgHV4qx4AaABAg Comment from "Normal Battle" kzbin.info/www/bejne/noLLmIeEbMeBfpo&lc=UgzEL-ZFpizecdht3Qt4AaABAg Comment from "Normal Battle - Town" kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYPMeaCHmK2UbpY&lc=UgxvykE4PglddukIXk54AaABAg Comment from "Normal Battle - Large Map" kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3y9omyup75jjrM&lc=UgwhbPq1LJNdlOTKRa14AaABAg Mostly just posting for nostalgia's sake since I spent some hours back then mulling over these songs listening to hear out the words and am definitely the originator for the original version of those lyrics that started floating around at the time and ended up in the GameFAQs forum post.

[@Larrue]

Eh I really don't hear it, I could test it like it did all the other can lyrics but some sounds I am pretty certain of because of how that particular Mac text to voice pronounces it. And again, Meguro says it's from the Bible, and there isn't really a part of Revelation that says something like that

[@GiantPotato]

@@Larrue Right but there are other segments that are not really wholly in line with the bible refs as you noted in this video. It could just be that we can't really know 100% if Meguro himself didn't save a record of the actual lyrics as he wrote them, which is unfortunate. I stumbled on this video and just wanted to share this weird piece of history. I'm closer to 100% sure I got it right with the other songs though since there was just less noise to contest with in hearing them out. I also didn't know that the Japanese fans didn't pick up on these songs having actual decipherable lyrics until ~7-8 years after I did. That was interesting to me. Cool video.

[@AlaaresProductions]

What’s interesting to me, is that some lyrics can be heard both ways. When you did the side by side comparison, I can hear “One more God rejected” clearly, and then after your version played, the original line sounded clearly like “War broke out in Heaven.” A real Yanny/Laurel kinda phenomenon and that’s super cool. I’d honestly love to see someone make an extended version of the track, with both versions of all the lyrics. Having both lyrics could make it almost tell a story of a Revelations-like conflict and its aftermath, through the eyes of some spiteful entity. Also it’d just sound neat, I think : P

[@goodcivilization3994]

I have been fooled for years! But on a serious note, I feel like both lyrics work in the context of nocturne and are both equally as cool

[@goodcivilization3994]

Weirdly enough I thought it was neither "strike without grace" or "strike with all plagues" instead it was "survived the fall from grace"

[@VinceOmega]

That's what I thought too.

[@dzigayu4944]

I always interpreted the lyrics as retelling YHVH taking over the heavens, and use his new authority as "god" to subjugate and debase the other gods, as he is stated to have done in many SMT titles. These new lyrics are truly, a revelation.

[@ThePolyesterPimp]

I want more of the “Hello, Fellow Megatennists” song

[@jokeryeha5167]

I wasn’t on board until I heard “war broke out in Heaven.” It does sound closer to the original (and honestly sounds a lot cooler too)

[@Old_Harry7]

First line instead of "I'm the bug inside you" definitely is "I'm the lord and saviour" which if pronunced by a Japanese fits well with what my ear is understanding.

[@Valstrax420]

Not at all.

[@IDestroyStuff]

I applaud the effort and time put into this for sure. "Forced Battle" seems more fitting as I found many of them less "fierce" and more 'tiresome' personally, even though I did love SMT3 all the same. I'll probably still meme around and say "One more God rejected" cause the idea of Meguro screaming that into a microphone amuses me to no end. It's nice to see that there is an actual lyric structure that (mostly) makes sense, however.

[@crimsonrayquaza46]

Truth be told I actually hear both sets of lyrics whenever I listen to Fierce/Forced Battle, so at the bits where the lyrics is repeated the lyrics actually change to the other set. So I end up hearing both "One More God Rejected" and "War Broke Out in Heaven." in the song now

[@johnbuscher]

It’s Laurel/Yanny all over again. If you focus on certain frequencies, you can hear something else entirely.

[@ViewtifulGene]

I always liked the idea of there being two conflicting voices / ideologies in Forced Battle. It paints a picture of the Demi-Fiend as a victim of circumstance, now being yanked around for the agendas of different factions.

[@DragonaxFilms]

Finding out that a composer for a AAA game used TTS for such an iconic song is really inspirational to me. I've dabbled in music a few times and always thought that to make an iconic piece you have to do everything from scratch, but that's obviously not the case.

[@billyboleson2830]

3:59 people also like making these games seem more connected then they actually

[@user-xo8er2yr7s]

I’ve been waiting for this.

[@notvengeful]

Shinjiro:

[@SuhImb]

Chaos “one more god rejected” versus Law “War broke out in heaven”

[@battleon81]

I just think of both lyrics whenever I listen to it. It's like having a second verse.

[@wildman3359]

I'll never stop singing "one more god rejected" but i'll always know in my heart it is "war broke out in heaven" which is uber bad ass anyways. kudos buddy a sub has been earned.

[@Larrue]

That's fair, I expect most people to just keep singing what they prefer

[@monkakonga4305]

I knew about "forced battle" but I didn't knew about some of the lyrics being biblical quotes, pretty interesting. I just hope people keep using "ONE MORE GOD REJECTED" just like some people still joke with "burn my bread"

[@mrmwm5446]

War broke out in Heaven makes sense, especially since it’s a direct quote from Revelations. Someone else translated it as “Hark our God in Heaven”, which makes it sound like a fanatic angel is yelling at demi-fiend

[@Shiratto]

I feel like the latter fits a lot better with the flow of the song than war.

[@lionheart1013]

I kinda like 'War broke out in Heaven' more Its makes more sense with the situation demi-fiend is in, and your not rejecting a God in a Force battle, heck in most forced battles you dont fight gods at all, are the megatan fans saying Will-o-wisp is a god??? lol

[@hugubugu9100]

War broke out in the fandom

[@mizael_7]

Finally,an end to One More God Rejected. Merry Christmas btw.

[@Larrue]

Merry Christmas

[@mamayareborn]

I never found the lyrics (even the fan ones) to be contradictory at all. I always took the reference to fearing and giving glory to God was not removed from the theme of the song -- they are literal. By the lyrics' reckoning, god's judgement is fucking terrifying, and you SHOULD be afraid. Giving glory to god is the obligation you must subject to. NONE of this is being said in a positive light. It's a warning to the power of god, and you being a supplicant at the feet of this all powerful dictator, which is obviously such a significant running theme with this franchise it almost feels pointless to bring it up. That, and the fact that a portion of the lyrics we know ARE extracts from the Bible word-by-word shows that there was definitely intention to the lyrics used. Whether Meguro expected them to ever be analysed or not is immaterial. I don't think he expected anyone would ever think too hard about it, but that doesn't mean he set them up meaninglessly. He didn't just roll his face on a keyboard and I find it incredibly condescending to suggest that. Sometimes people can just make things that are meaningful to them in a creative way, not for the sake of an audience. Also, Lotus Juice is a japanese rapper. Rap in Japan is far more about the lyricism, wordplay and harmony of each line rather than it having any specific overt clear message -- japanese rap often has no underlying story but rather focuses a lot on rhyme structure, repetition and wordcount, which off-shoots from japanese poetry whereas western rap is design between the form and function of language, a marriage of poem and prose. Lotus isn't just some dumbass who writes lyrics randomly, he's a japanese rapper. lol

[@Larrue]

Lotus Juice is from New Jersey...

[@Lonewulf321]

Lotus Juice is an American rapper, who bases his flow and structure off American flows and beats lmao He’s inspired by Biggie and Tribe called quest for gods sake

[@michaelmatthews1567]

@@LarrueThat’s your takeaway?

[@Larrue]

Should I have more to say to a weird headcanon ramble?

[@jonnytan9054]

I do think its good to learn the true lyrics, and approve of your findings and effort, however. ONE MORE GOD REJECTED

[@lenen9456]

your dedication to this earned my respect, i maybe a huge megaten fan i actually didnt know the lyrics where made by a fan. Now regarding what ill say, ill say "one more god rejected" as a joke but if i where to make a cover of the song id say "war broke out in heaven". I strongly dislike the megaten fan wiki for their pages lacking, so hopefully they add to their pages like all the names of protagonists (including popular names not made by atlus).

[@Zonathrobe]

The irony is that by posting the lyric: "War broke out in Heaven", you brought about a war in the comments.

[@yunosayaka9718]

Theres just one thing that you mightve overlooked. Thematically "One more god rejected" does fit the song without a swap in ideologies , as if the song is about praise to the lord, the highest power , the big man himself, then "One more god rejected" would fit a follower, messiah , angel or even god himself. He commanded "Thou shalt not have any gods before me" . The demons albeit explicitly called demons are in fact still gods in other religions, to reject these gods would be to demonize them thus "One more god rejected" still fits thematically and is in reference to a line in the bible. Youre probably right about "i am the bug inside you" not being the real lyric , if you change it to "I am above, beside you" The song can be interpreted as one uniform perhaps Angel in this case chanting about God

[@him3501]

“You see you overlooked this thing that I headcannoned into existence using the weirdest logic possible”

[@yunosayaka9718]

@@him3501 head cannon?.. he used the same logic for his lyrics? The same logic can be applied? What are you on? Did you not watch the video or play thr same game or something? He went as far as to explicitly state , the fan lyrics swap between ideologies and that it was stated that the lyrics were "all" from the Bible. One of God's commandments in that very same Bible is "thou shalt not have any gods before me" in the video he stated that he doesnt believe the lyrics applies to the enemies as they are "demons" - they are demonized gods using the games own logic and his own reference to said bible

[@him3501]

@@yunosayaka9718 “the lyrics are from the Bible so these fan lyrics that aren’t the actual lyrics are thematically fitting” 😭

[@yunosayaka9718]

@@him3501 im just gonna assume you're lost and don't want to admit you don't understand because of some kind of self confidence thing. I'm literally just quoting the dude lol.

[@him3501]

@@yunosayaka9718 no you just make no sense and would’ve been better off not speaking in general

[@ascendedisamazing]

Didn't ask, don't care, get rejected, I am the bug inside you

[@TricksterLawlet]

This is like when people here reversed speech, and think that they here something specific. Since it's incomprehensible, you can interpret it as many things

[@odinlindeberg4624]

Ehhh, I'd say reversed speech is something else precisely because it's reversed, there's no phrase being spoken that way around unless you're listening to someone who's deliberately speaking in reverse which then would make what they're saying without playing back in reverse illegible. I guess one could compare it more to writing a man's humming and getting something like "Diddly-dum ho-hum bibble bom tum ta"

[@kurisu3000]

All it takes is a little bit of research. I'm going to share this as much as poissble.

[@Copperhell144]

Lets be fair, "a little bit" is kind of an understatement lol

[@Larrue]

Very true

[@domicraft6341]

It's always awesome what a psychological impact of reading/"knowing" about misheard lyrics can have on us listening to music.

[@TheBrazilRules]

I like the "One more god rejected" as a Christian, because to me it sounds like rejecting a false god, like Lucifer trying to usurp God's place, and not rejecting God actually ...

[@Kerrisive]

I personally thought "One More God Rejected" was actually "Hark our God in Heaven." I also thought "I'm the Bug Inside You" was "I'm Your Lord and Savior." That being said, I LOVE how compressed and distorted the lyrics are, given how SMT is all about Law and Chaos, so it makes sense that the lyrics can be deciphered two different ways in accordance to those two factions.

[@everettfisher6193]

I think "I AM THE BUG INSIDE YOU" might be either "I AM THE ONE INSIDE YOU" or “I AM THE ONE BESIDE YOU”, but I'm not sold on it. I also tried listening for "BABYLON HAS FALLEN" (Rev. 14:8); "I KNOW YOUR WORKS, YOUR SERVICE" (Rev. 2:19); "LET THEM REST FROM [THEIR] LABOR" (Rev. 14:13); "FOR YOU ALONE ARE WORTHY" (Rev. 4:11); “I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA” (Rev. 21:6); and “I AM THE ROOT OF DAVID” (Rev. 22:16), but none of those work either. (I’ve got the New American Bible, St. Joseph Medium Edition so the wording is probably different from what the KJV says.) I feel more confident that “I HAVE YOUR BACK TO THE WALL” may really be “I HAVE BEEN THERE FOREVER.” The last word is what I hear most clearly, and it sounds like “forever” to me-so something, something “forever.” I thought I heard “I HAVE BEEN BANISHED FOREVER”; “EVIL WILL [EVIL’LL] BE BANISHED FOREVER”; or “PRAISE AND WORSHIP FOREVER” at first, but “I HAVE BEEN THERE FOREVER” stands out to me more and fits together with the first line better pseudo-thematically (since Meguro was just pulling random phrases with no real significance to the game). If “I am the bug inside you” is referring to the Magatama, then why is the thing that gives Demi-fiend power saying “I have your back to the wall” which sounds like a threat? “I am the bug inside you, I have been there forever” or “I am the one beside/inside you, I have been there forever” may be referring not to the Magatama but Demi-fiend’s fighting spirit/his id, the demonic tendencies/potential to become a demon, or desire to see the world destroyed he might have always had deep down as a human before Lucifer changed him. It seems like asking Meguro himself is the only way to get a definitive answer on the first two lines, but given that Nocturne released almost 2 decades ago, he may not even remember at this point (unless he still has his notes or whatever he wrote down).

[@madyak2108]

People were trying to tell me the lyrics were “I am the lord and savior” for the longest time. I am so glad they are wrong, even though I ended up being wrong too.

[@wrathfuls8580]

atlus promoted merch like 2 years ago that gave away a limited free sticker saying "one more god rejected"

[@Larrue]

Actually that was a merch company that released a shirt and the first 100 or so people who ordered received that sticker.

[@necro819]

I always heard the line "I am the bug inside you, as " i am the god inside you".

[@RadiantMantra]

This should be a thing. When a meme gets old, we should just kill it with facts. Love the video

[@Lonewulf321]

Memes will never die

[@demi-femme4821]

"War broke out in heaven" is actually more fitting for SMT.

[@nekuro5548]

I swear, im listening to the ost on youtube and i can very clearly hear a J sound for the "One more god reJected" part. Is that just me?? I can see the war broke out in heaven bit up until that point, but it just so clearly sounds like rejected and not heaven to me,,,, have the memes turned me mad?

[@MAYOFORCE]

I thought the lyrics referred to the fact that the conception and rebirth of the world is a test from god, and Kagutsuchi itself is one of the shattered pieces of YHVH. Not that it really changes anything to do with the lyrics.

[@cristianoreaable]

If ever one day the OST of Nocturne will arrive on Spotify we would know the real lyrics (I hope)

[@chillguygaming420]

It’s on

[@wnabi8469]

FINALLY IVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG I LOVE YOU

[@squirtyharry]

The issue is its its one of those things where if you think the lyrics while you listen to them, you hear that. If I'm thinking one more God rejected I'll hear that, and if I'm thinking hark our god in heaven or war broke out in heaven I'll hear those instead

[@ZeroZmm]

This is just like with Evangelion.. Easter fans: Christianity is weird and esoteric..cool~ Wester fans: This must be a deep theistic message from the advanced mind of a genius. Creator: Christianity is weird..

[@Larrue]

Literally the case

[@KelpieWhite]

you know what? "War broke out in heaven" sounds a lot cooler than "One more god rejected"! great video larrue, ill be sure to share this around

[@Tankvich]

good to know. “war broke out in heaven” is still a cool line, and it’s not like the meme will die either way.

[@esper4605]

i like both of these takes but the common mishearing is raw as fuck and you cannot take that away from me

[@fumeikurai8987]

While I can hear the correct lyrics, I still can't hear "One more God rejected" as "War broke out in heaven", I hear the last word as an "-ed" and not as an "-en"

[@Edward7254]

This music is so good thematically that it has 2 lyrics. Will you protect the god's will that, war broke out in heaven. Or, the chaos ONE MORE GOD REJECTED.

[@Larrue]

Id agree if we were talking about smt 2, but that thematically has nothing to do with nocturne

[@quebbapebba]

here to tell you that it’s now confirmed to be “one more god rejected” lol

[@Larrue]

Where is it confirmed?

[@quebbapebba]

@@Larrue It was confirmed in the SMT concert, they shouted “one more god rejected” even though it does sound a lot more like “war broke out in heaven” i guess they made “one more god rejected” the real lyrics

[@Larrue]

I was there, they used the fan lyrics because it's what the fans like

[@quebbapebba]

@@Larrue eh, whether it be that way or not still confirmed :/

[@Larrue]

I don't really think so, when I was there most people sang along one more god rejected, the VA screamed it before they played the nocturne songs because it's that big of a meme, and I know I'm right about the lyrics lol, just because they sang the fan lyrics isn't really that big of a deal it makes the most sense

[@paizro100]

I've always read it as "Forced Battle"

[@hendix2200]

Oh my God it's finally out

[@kitsunered9135]

"War broke out in heaven" is far more metal than "One more God rejected"

[@KazShiro]

Considering what happend in SMT 4 it would

[@killertrip10]

Your rabbi still won't like you playing this game.

[@Nenilein]

Megaten Wiki is a rabbithole of misinformation. I've long given up on trying to correct them.

[@Larrue]

This video got them to delete their fierce battle page haha!

[@Nenilein]

@@Larrue Thank god. You're a Hero.

[@GarGhuul]

Thanks for this, I never recognized there were lyrics way back on the 2000s. So this is all new to my ear.

[@Junisy]

Wait is it me or during the “One more god rejected” and “War broke out in heaven” that it sounds like both following one after another? Not because of the comparison, but it sounded like that

[@EirikrJS]

Not Dijeh here. "I spent a lot of time and money on trying to get the facts on this vid" ...so the lyrics were like your Tingkat. I feel you.

[@Larrue]

Now I can go and be way more productive, even if the end is inconclusive because of a couple of lines!

[@haruokumura4271]

Seriously though I've seen like four different interpretations of the lyrics and finding out that they were *ALL* wrong is killing me at this point

[@noblegalifreyan4551]

If anything the point of having no official lyrics helps in the idea that one must have a reason or choice in their thought process when coming to this conclusion.

[@SymmRTA]

Great video that's well research as always! love everything you do on the channel !

[@Fomortiis100]

>he chose english lyrics for his tracks because they were less distracting for a japanese audience Huh, I kinda feel the same way. I like listening to foreign music because understanding the lyrics to a song can make it distracting to me.

[@Larrue]

Yeah it's sound logic imo

[@ainzworthalexander8788]

Actually, the Entire OST for SMTIII NOCTURNE is up on KZbin music and the lirycs are available and yes, actually the lyrics say "War Broke Out In Heaven" instead "one more rejected"... A very good video man, keep the good work ❤

[@wJermell0]

This sounds like a maddening level of effort I respect that

[@gensationaldraws]

"At war with the megaten wiki" is the most relatable thing I've ever heard. The place is full of biased opinions and won't listen to fact... not to mention they claimed literally every title they could from SMT as a whole so nobody can make their own wiki.

[@BALDFURY69]

OK, I'm convinced you're right, but "one more god rejected" is far too important to me personally for it to effect how I will interpret the song. This is a great example of death of the author and art though. Does it really matter what the lyrics actually are, the community kinda made it its own thing independent from the artists. Fascinating. Earned yourself a sub.

[@cinnamonofficial8762]

Before anything else I would like to praise you on how well researched you are in this matter and the lengths you went to just to decipher a single song, and I'm glad fans like this exist who are far more talented and dedicated than most that want to know these things just for the pleasure of knowing them. At the same time this video makes me feel like I'm absolutely batshit insane, because I listen to the voice samples and can hear quite well that the isolated audio matches your recreations very well, and clearly shows what these lyrics are. However in every other instance of this song being played, I hear "One more God rejected" every single time despite my efforts to listen for "War broke out in heaven", and its specifically me hearing the 'j' sound that makes me feel like I'm being pranked where the lyrics for the demonstration were slightly altered from the original as some twisted social experiment. Great video

[@Pinoy.]

Bro WHAT THE FUCK that just blew my mind HAHAHA. Good stuff homie and happy holidays!

[@KatanaRikku]

Man the effort and research that went into this is amazing 🤩 glad we finally know Nice outro lol Simply Dad went off

[@mirmoyashi12]

Honestly. War Broke out in heaven sounds cooler than One More God Rejected, and it fits SMT III's plot

[@smtandearthboundsuck8400]

It litterally doesn’t. What heaven? What war? Not saying the fan lyric is correct either but it isn’t hard to understand that « one more god rejected » is referring to the reason gods.

[@Knux5577]

@@smtandearthboundsuck8400 considering you hate SMT, your opinion doesn't really matter on the subject However, at least war could be referring to the factions fighting against each other That being said, the post conception world isn't what any sane person would describe as heaven The line does makes sense to some of the other SMTs though

[@omarbaassiri8689]

Actually listenable. You've done a wonderful job giving this audio more clean sound

[@Vanity0666]

Counterpoint: I don't care