Best songs with lyrics in video games?

Hmm, I have always been a big fan of Eye's On Me (FF VIII) and Otherworld (FF X). I was really hyped when I heard that there was a Black Mages version of Otherworld since I loved so many of their remixs. But damn if that wasn't a huge disappointment after stuff like The Skies Above and Maybe I'm a Lion.
 
 
I can't even come up with five. Game music with lyrics is almost universally terrible (see: all of the vocal tracks in the otherwise great Steambot Chronicles *shiver* *twitch*).

Late Goodbye from Max Payne 2 was great. Some of the Silent Hill stuff is alright. That's all I can come up with.

I love Snake Eater, but it's a guilty pleasure. The lyrics are awful.
 
LiQuid! said:
Way too many JRPG nerds up in here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aHQnDTd1y4 Snake Eater


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Correct. I used to leave this game on the menu screen when I would start it up, and get posting on forums or something and just listen to the song over and over.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_zIKKOjC7Q


EDIT: Ok, I totally forgot about Bury my Dread from Persona 3. I am a huge fan of that song as well. Anyways, damn the OP/TC, I am now starting Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater at 12:55 am CST. :|
 
how could no one mention the original Grand Theft Auto theme song?

"...finding the right way around this map,
might be pretty hard cuz he's fucked on crack.
G, grand theft auto, you gotta make a mark and move where you want to.
T, theft, termination. steal what you can and run from the nation.
A, hey! what do you say? the automated secrects to speed from a getaway."

joyride by Da Shootaz:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYy69qOJWoM
 
Final Fantasy 8: Eyes on Me

Whenever sang my songs
On the stage, on my own
Whenever said my words
Wishing they would be heard
I saw you smiling at me
Was it real or just my fantasy
You'd always be there in the corner
Of this tiny little bar

My last night here for you
Same old songs, just once more
My last night here with you?
Maybe yes, maybe no
I kind of liked it your way
How you shyly placed your eyes on me

Oh, did you ever know?
That I had mine on you

Darling, so there you are
With that look on your face
As if you're never hurt
As if you're never down
Shall I be the one for you
Who pinches you softly but sure
If frown is shown then
I will know that you are no dreamer

So let me come to you
Close as I wanted to be
Close enough for me
To feel your heart beating fast
And stay there as I whisper

How I loved your peaceful eyes on me
did you ever know
That I had mine on you

Darling, so share with me
Your love if you have enough
Your tears if your're holding back
Or pain if that's what it is
How can I let you know
I'm more than the dress and the voice
Just reach me out then
You will know that you're not dreaming

Darling, so there you are
With that look on your face
As if you're never hurt
As if you're never down
Shall I be the one for you
Who pinches you softly but sure
If frown is shown then
I will know that you are no dreamer
 
Props to the MGS picks. All of that series' ending themes are great, especially The Best is Yet to Come, which is just godly.

Also I remember being quite obsessed with Suteki Da Ne when I played through FFX back in the day. I love FFVIII's Eyes on Me too, even though I first heard it on Youtube and hate that game.
 
Its been mentioned several times already, but You Were There from ICO is utterly fantastic, and casts brilliantly over the fantastically bittersweet credits. I could go on forever about that.
(spoilers)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqL1OIvveN8 (spoilers)

The J-Pop fan girl inside of me really loves the opening to Final Fantasy X-2, Real Emotion (best battle system to ever accompany a narrative disaster).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fByFORDcNLA

The buttrock lover in me has always been a big fan of The Devil's Cry from Devil May Cry 3. I remember downloading the track from a link in the GFAQs forum before the game was even out. As much as I love Bayonetta, I don't think this game can be topped as far as that genre goes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8u-Bam0rjs

Last, but certainly not least! I am so disappointed in you GAF! How is it that no one has posted Donuts, Go Nuts! from Splosion Man!?! Sooooo great!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_5fwEUJzK0


Also one quick question: I'm a GAF newbie, and I have never heard the term "buttrock" before coming here. Any idea who coined this brilliant term or where it came from?
 
Durante said:
Ar Tonelico - EXEC_PAJA/.#Misya extracting
Ar Tonelico - EXEC_CHRONICLE_KEY/.

Ar Tonelico II - EXEC_SPHILIA/.
Ar Tonelico II - 澪～MIO

Ar Tonelico III - EXEC_COSMOFLIPS/.
Ar Tonelico III - EXEC_FLIP_ARPHAGE/.

I could go on and on posting Hymmnos ITT. But youtube, even at the higher quality setting, really doesn't do it justice -- it's some of the hardest music to compress I've yet encountered.
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I already posted those on the last page. :(

Other ones I like:

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EXEC_LINCA/.
METHOD_REPLEKIA/.
 
Instantly as a read the topic this came to my mind. The first game i can remember that had lyrics. So much fond memories...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiYuq6Ac3a0
 
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