Black tar

Black tar is Disc 2, Track 1 on the XenobladeX Original Soundtrack.
The song plays when engaged in combat with a regular enemy: the first half of the song plays in ground combat while the second half plays in Skell combat. The first half also plays in the following story fights, as well as the cutscenes immediately prior:
* The Origin Blatta in the .
* The in .
* The Arrow Germivores in Close Comrades.
* The s in Spy Games.
* The Shallows Grex and Greedy Forfex in Nine Lives.
It also plays in battle against the during the Time Attack Mission Gone Berserk, as well as against the following enemies in Squad Missions:
* The during Corporate Espionage.
* The during Carried Away.
* The Levitath during Odd Symbiosis.
* The Greedy Millesaur during Hunting the Headless.
==Lyrics==
===Part 1===
(Whitaker)
Not even a distant land
We're stuck on a whole different planet
No peace lookin' at the sky
Trouble's always all around so we stay quick with the guns and cannons
Standing as long as we can until we get all Dolls up
Then call all bets off
We'll blow through your tar
Dealing with lives messed up
On a sea of dark matter
Every minute matters
Living while other lives shatter
Seeing ghosts scatter
As they pour out
We can handle them
It's the tar taking over that came unexpected
Hard to accept it
Getting marked for death
Seeing friends snatched and darkly possessed
The tar inside stealing the body and breath
Till only a shell is left
Witness to Hell in the flesh
A Fight to the death
Screaming Where's the relief?
Maybe no more sleep
All swallowed in grief
Images Start to stalk like a beast
I hear voices but no one talking to me…
(mpi)
It's like I'm washing away
All my peaceful days
Anyway Anyhow 
Nothing left of that scene 
If you are losing your way 
You need some protection 
Black tar, it gets you 
Where ever you go 
They could find you quickly, it's sticky 
However you try to tough it out 
You just can't beat them 
(Whitaker)
They said seek to find the field So we can sharpen skills 
But Now we can only feel 
All The pain of the danger being real 
And we may have to kill 
Just to stay alive 
Cause They've taken away close mates 
And we don't know our own fates 
We've been tasked to protect and take on ghosts 
But now this black tar is new 
And the damage is quick 
It moves really fast 
Plus it covers everything 
This wasn't in the profile 
So Now We've got to find a way to win or we die out 
Living life on the run 
With a hand on a gun
Where's the exits
We can't go back where we came from 
We can't go back where we came from 
===Part 2===
(mpi)
Get armed, Don't look back 
Shoot them with your guns 
Yes, Get up, Don't give up 
Shoot them 
All the power you got 
(Whitaker)
Hello…? Is this thing on? Am I all alone? 
Is anyone there?
I need a bigger gun Help if you can 
Please wake me up
Not to sound cliché
But this world sucks!
(mpi)
So close it's a voice I'm hearing
Overwhelms me, Can't stop bleeding
Show me, show me, show me, show me, show me, show me, in the fog 
How many times you gotta kill your friends? 
How do you feel you gotta shoot their head? 
Just like the endless war, war, war
How do I know? 
This goddamn stuff is all around 
How can I get out? 
This nightmare I've got to escape 
Just screaming 
You hear them over and over 
You will get running 
So we can find the way to get out 
(Whitaker)
We're stuck on a different planet 
A lot more than we can manage 
But we gotta keep on standing 
We're stuck on a different planet 
A lot more than we can manage 
But we gotta keep on standing 
Just want live in peace yet 
Black tar's gonna keep us restless 
Running just to own our own breaths 
Just want live in peace yet 
Black tar's gonna keep us restless 
Running just to keep our own breaths 
People are dripping black tar 
It's taken a ship down so far 
Don't wanna lose hope 
But here we are 
Wishing to see the sunrise 
But the sun doesn't rise in this sky 
Black Tar covers most eyes
==Credits==
Lyrics: mpi/David Whitaker
Music: Hiroyuki Sawano
Vocal: mpi
Rap: David Whitaker
Keyboards & Programming: Hiroyuki Sawano
Drums: Yu "masshoi" Yamauchi
Bass: Toshino Tanabe
Guitars: Hiroshi Iimuro
Category:Music (XCX)Category:Songs composed by Hiroyuki Sawano