Amatsu Kaze

"Amatsu Kaze" is the boss theme of Byakko from Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood.
It was composed by Masayoshi Soken, with lyrics written by World Lore Creator Banri Oda and Michael-Christopher Koji Fox. The lyrics are in Japanese and were officially translated by the game's English Localization Lead John Crow.https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/blog/002289.htmlhttps://jp.finalfantasyxiv.com/blog/002280.html The vocals were provided by Fox, Soken, and Koji Shirasugi.
==Game appearances==
===Final Fantasy XIV===
====Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood====
"Amatsu Kaze" plays as the boss theme against Byakko during the third phase in .
It is the 73rd track in Stormblood: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack.
==Lyrics==
;Japanese
:猛れども
:寄る辺なく
:我が声も
:風に消ゆ
:死出の衣をまといて生まるは　呪いか定めか問いて
:独り山野をさまよい生くるは　流れに任せし果てよ
:なれど我が前現れ叫ぶは　定めに抗う侍
:なれば我が魂燃やして叫べよ　西風轟け舞えよ
:Storm, ride the storm
:Never-ending
:Skies darkened, torn
:Heaven-rending
:Ire, fury borne
:Never-ending
:Roar, hear my roar!
:風轟け　風轟け　風轟け
:さあ！吹け乱れよ　吹け乱れよ　吹け乱れよ
:風轟け　風轟け　風轟け
:吹け乱れよ　吹け乱れよ
:吹け！天つ風よ！
;Rōmaji
:Takeredomo
:yorube naku
:waga koe mo
:kaze ni kiyu
:shide no koromo wo matoite umaru ha noroi ka sadame ka toite
:hitori sanya wo samayoi ikuru ha nagare ni makaseshi hateyo
:naredo waga mae araware sakebu ha sadame ni aragau saburai
:naraba waga tama moyashite sakebeyo seifuu todoroke maeyo
:Storm, ride the storm
:Never-ending
:Skies darkened, torn
:Heaven-rending
:Ire, fury borne
:Never-ending
:Roar, hear my roar!
:kaze todoroke kaze todoroke kaze todoroke
:sā! fuke midareyo fuke midareyo fuke midareyo
:kaze todoroke kaze todoroke kaze todoroke
:fuke midareyo fuke midareyo
:fuke! amatsu kaze yo!
;Official English translation
:Harbinger of doom
:Forsaken by all
:Words within the squall
:Swallowed by the wind
:Branded by death from birth, is this divine torment or judgment I know not
:To the end of the world I flee to surrender to the whims of fate
:But he shirks not from my rage and speaks of destiny and defiance, the samurai
:And lights within my soul a flame—to rise, to roar, to ride the western wind!
:Storm, ride the storm
:Never-ending
:Skies darkened, torn
:Heaven-rending
:Ire, fury borne
:Never-ending
:Roar, hear my roar!
:Wind, surrender to the wind, surrender to the wind, surrender to the...
:Rage, surrender to the rage, surrender to the rage, surrender to the...
:Wind, surrender to the wind, surrender to the wind, surrender to the...
:Rage, surrender to the rage, surrender to the rage, the wind of the divine
==Arrangement album appearances==
===Journeys: Final Fantasy XIV ~Arrangement Album~===
A band arrangement of "Amatsu Kaze" is performed by the Primals which appears in this album. The vocalist is the game's producer and director Naoki Yoshida.
==References==
Category:Battle themes from Final Fantasy XIV