zoozbuh | Trails from Zero OP - way of life (ENGLISH Cover) / 零の軌跡 @zoozbuh | Uploaded June 2020 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
GAME: Zero no Kiseki / Trails from Zero
Original Artist: Kanako Kotera
ENGLISH Lyrics: Please scroll down

Okay, so hi! I'm back from the dead again :) Sorry for the inactivity, but unfortunately you're all used to it by now...

To say I've been on a huge Falcom/Trails kick recently would be an understatement. I just get absorbed into their RPGs - the story and lore spans across so many games, and it's all so satisfying.

This game, and this SONG in particular, was just stunning. I couldn't get "Way of life" out of my head for so long, even after beating the game. Somehow, despite my usual lack of motivation, this all got done very quickly. I put a lot of passion into the vocals, so I hope you like it.

(Well, as much passion as I could in a Japanese apartment and not having my neighbours hate me... o___o)

Credit goes to Geofront (fan-translation team) for the beautiful English logo I used in the video! I really hope they don't mind. As for everything else, it goes without saying that all rights are reserved by Nihon Falcom, XSeed and/or NISA.

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Trailer of Geofront fan-TL HERE: youtube.com/watch?v=CQWEc9rPhR0

Please visit their website for instructions on how to purchase the game and apply the patch. And OF COURSE consider supporting XSeed and NISA by getting the official Trails games, available on various platforms!

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Playing order (ideal):
Trails in The Sky trilogy
Trails of Cold Steel 1
Trails of Cold Steel 2
Trails from Zero
Trails to Azure
Trails of Cold Steel 3

(Funnily enough, the Sky trilogy didn't grab me for a LONG time. I played through Cold Steel 1 and 2 and loved them immensely, then went back to play the Sky trilogy on Vita with voice acting. Eventually, after a super slow start, my love for the series really took hold. I hope others can experience it too)

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ENGLISH LYRICS (by me):

Striving to find some kind of meaning in our daily lives
Surely that is, in itself, exactly what life's about

As we all traverse this wide world, nothing ever seems to add up
Too much contradicts, hearts are quick to fall into despair
But spending our time always only dwelling on our discontent
We won't change the world for the better, like we had hoped for

So let us shed the tears we must shed,
Every dark night to prepare for what's ahead
And if there's any barrier ever standing in our way,
we'll find a way to break through

Since our lives won't last forever,
let's keep fighting on with all our might
Struggling, but not giving up
Striving to find some kind of meaning in our daily lives
Surely that is, in itself, exactly what life's about