Scream (song)

"Scream" is a recurring boss theme used in the second raid tier of , , introduced in Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker patch 6.2.
The theme was composed by Takafumi Imamura and Masayoshi Soken and arranged by Imamura, with lyrics written by Michael-Christopher Koji Fox. It was performed by AKINO from bless4. The lyric concept and translation were provided by Daichi Hiroi.
==Lyrics==
The official lyrics were released on the official Developers' Blog.
;English
:Foul child, bastard and beast
:O lost lamb, first to the feast
:Come claim if you're able
:A spot at this table
:Mild and meek, down on your knees
:For hide and seek. It's time that we feed
:Your heart is racing, blood is running cold
:Your fractured will is whispering (fly away, fly away)
:Far Away
:Here be lions
:Say goodnight
:With each bite does your sanity die
:Sucking the life out, letting the dark
:Inside
:Say a prayer as the light leaves your eyes
:Or scream all you like, your gods can't hear you
:Scream
:Now Scream
:Scream
:Pseudo suicide, don't choke on your pride
:Scream
:Now scream
:Now. Scream.
:Yeah, I'm gonna watch you bleed
:Flensed and flayed, how does it feel?
:Your pound is paid, those scars will not heal, no
:Lost in suffering, drowning in your tears
:Won't someone, somewhere tell me (where do I, where do I)
:Go from here
:Be the lion
:Say goodnight
:With each bite does your sanity die
:Sucking the life out, letting the dark
:Inside
:Say a prayer as the light leaves your eyes
:Or scream all you like, the gods can't hear you
:Dressed in rage
:Inside my cage
:My pandemonium
:Still bound to the flame that I bear
:Buried alive
:In the coffin of who I used to be
:I'll scream all I like, 'cause we're all mad here
:(Slumbering, tumbling)
:(Wandering, wondering)
:(Suffering, hungering)
:Forever falling into my mind
:Deeper, deeper down 'til I
:Say goodnight
:To the shadow I left far behind
:I'm just a stranger, we are all strange
:Inside
:You can run but there's nowhere to hide
:So scream all you like, no one can hear us
:Follow me (Follow me)
:Come follow me (Follow me)
:To Pandemonium
:Still bound to the flame that I bear (There's)
:No release (Rescue me)
:From this empty, waking wonderland (Rescue me)
:So scream if you like, 'cause we're all mad here
:Scream all you like, 'cause we're all mad here
;Japanese translation
:忌むべき子、出来損ない、まるで獣
:そう、お前よ、迷える子羊　饗宴へ一番乗りね
:足を踏み出して
:席につきなさい
:大人しく従順に跪くの
:さあ、かくれんぼの時間よ　食事が始まるわ
:鼓動は早まり、血は冷え切っていく
:砕かれた理性が囁く（逃げて、逃げて）
:遠くへ
:此処に獅子あり
:さあ、お眠りなさい
:牙が食い込む度、正気が失われていく
:生が吸い取られ、代わりに闇が
:中へと潜り込むの
:その目から光が失せたら、祈りを捧げましょう
:好きなだけ叫べばいいわ　あなたの神々は聞いちゃいないけど
:叫んで
:そう、叫んで
:叫べ
:プライドを喉に詰まらせていないで　死ぬつもりなの？
:叫んで
:そう、叫んで
:はやく叫んで
:嗚呼、お前が血を流すところを見せて
:皮を剥がれ、脂肪を削がれ、どんな気分？
:肉塊まで捧げ、傷跡はいつまでも癒えやしない
:苦痛の中で彷徨い、涙に溺れているわ
:誰かいないの、ねえ教えて（私は何処へ、何処へ）
:此処から、私は
:獅子へと至る
:さあ、お眠りなさい
:牙が食い込む度、正気が失われていく
:生が吸い取られ、代わりに闇が
:中へと潜り込むの
:その目から光が失せたら、祈りを捧げましょう
:好きなだけ叫べばいい、神々には決して届かない
:激情を身に纏い
:鳥籠の中
:我がパンデモニウムの中
:奥底に潜む炎に縛られている
:生き埋めにされてしまったわ
:「かつての私」という棺桶に
:好きなだけ叫ぶの、どうせ皆正気を失っているのだから
:（微睡み、転がり）
:（彷徨い、悶え）
:（苦しみ、飢えて）
:永遠に、心は堕ちていく
:深く、深く、眠りにつくまで
:さあ、お眠りなさい
:置き去りにした面影よ
:此処は私の居場所じゃない、皆どうかしてるのよ
:この中へ
:逃げても、隠れるところはない
:いくら叫んでも、誰にも届かない
:ついてきて（おいで）
:私についてきて（おいで）
:パンデモニウムへ
:奥底に潜む炎に縛られている（ねぇここよ）
:逃れられない（私を助けて）
:この空っぽで醒めきった奇異の國からは（私を助けて）
:望むのなら叫べばいいわ、どうせ皆正気を失っているのだから
:好きなだけ叫びましょう、どうせ皆正気を失っているのだから
==Game appearances==
===Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker===
"Silent Scream", a vocal-less rendition of the theme arranged by Takafumi Imamura and Saya Yasaki, acts as the boss theme of Proto-Carbuncle in . The melody, covered by a piano and a harpsichord in "Silent Scream", is replaced by vocals in "Scream", which acts the boss theme of Hegemone in and Agdistis in .
"Scream" is track 4 on the Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker - EP2 digital mini album and is track 22 on the Growing Light: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack. "Silent Scream" is track 21 on the original soundtrack.
"Scream - FINAL FANTASY XIV Fan Festival 2023 in Las Vegas & London" also appears as an extra movie on the original soundtrack.
==Arrangement album appearances==
===Forge Ahead: FINAL FANTASY XIV ~Arrangement Album~===
"Scream (Band)" is a band arrangement arranged and performed by The Primals. It appears as an extra track on the album.
==Citations==
Category:Battle themes from Final Fantasy XIV
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