Worlds Collide

"Worlds Collide" is a boss theme from Final Fantasy XIII-2 and is also used in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.
It was composed and arranged by Naoshi Mizuta with vocals by David Whitaker who also wrote the lyrics. The game's soundtrack album uses a version of the theme that is different from the one featured in game, with slightly altered instrumentation and cleaner sounding vocals.
==Lyrics==
The official lyrics were released on the Final Fantasy XIII-2: Original Soundtrack.
:Worlds
:Collide and people fade
:Seeking Gates through timelines
:We've all prayed
:Let's fix the past
:Trade in now to see smiling faces
:This
:Hope
:Heart of Chaos can not take
:Paradoxes must break
:This is the path I must take
:My destiny may change your fate
:The pain my heart feels is my strength
:Worlds
:Collide and people fade
:Seeking Gates through timelines
:We've all prayed
:Let's fix the past
:Trade in now to see smiling faces
:This
:Hope
:Heart of Chaos can not take
:Paradoxes must break
:This is the path I must take
:My destiny may change your fate
:The pain my heart feels is my strength
:Worlds
:Collide and people fade
:Seeking Gates through timelines
:We've all prayed
:Let's fix the past
:Trade in now to see smiling faces
:This
:Hope
:Heart of Chaos can not take
:Paradoxes must break
:This is the path I must take
:My destiny may change your fate
:The future to come is one we've made
==Game appearances==
===Final Fantasy XIII-2===
The theme plays during Serah and Noel's battle in the Bresha Ruins with Paradox Alpha in 5 AF, the battle with Aloeidai in the Yaschas Massif in 10 AF, and also during the battle with Kalavinka in Bresha Ruins 100 AF.
It is the 20th track of disc 1 on the Final Fantasy XIII-2: Original Soundtrack.
"Worlds Collide" references several gameplay and story elements of Final Fantasy XIII-2, including Time Gates, the Heart of Chaos, and paradoxes and resolving them.
===Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII===
"Worlds Collide" plays in the battle against Zaltys Brimstone at the Slaughterhouse and for random encounters in certain areas in Yusnaan.
===Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia===
"Worlds Collide" plays in battles involving Serah during Arc 1 Chapter 9 and later. Most of the time, it serves as the boss theme for the last wave of curtain battles.
Category:Battle themes from Final Fantasy XIII-2
Category:Battle themes from Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII