I’m absolutely in love with video games... They are my greatest escape...

Call it infantile if you want, but maybe the only reason I wake up every morning is my favorite games. They let me forget about a meaningless life and escape from the grim reality.

...I probably would have broken down and given up long ago, but luckily, I’ve found solace and shelter in better worlds.



“That's the thing about getting old, Shepard. The platitudes get just as old.” —Garrus Vakarian, Mass Effect

N7 (Sit with me, John Shepard)

Capture me on old film, in this place—at least this way, I can stay here forever.

Yrwendle Minnai (追憶)

Spirits must leave this world, but sometimes it’s so hard to let go of those we held dear... This song is a farewell, a sorrowful ode to those who left us halfway through our journey. 

Rest in peace.

Taluá Amana

Happiness is in the struggle, and the struggle is our freedom. Spread your wings, dance with me in the warm summer rain — there’s no one freer than us.

Tsubasa no Odori

Days and years pass, and the same weary sun rises over the place where you rest alone. Once again, I bring dried flowers to your grave.

Útlaga Eienþögn

Shadow, the one who follows me, is with me forever. My time has frozen, frozen amidst eternal frost. And my immortality… it hides nothing but endless pain. I will share it with you, Shadow?

Sakura ita hér

A letter to an old friend:

I remember those summer nights in my youth when we would climb onto the roof and gaze at the stars. Back then, they felt so much closer, as if you could reach out and touch them. Now, the stars feel so far away, like a lifetime wouldn’t be enough to reach them.

You’re far away too now, my dear friend.

Yarashíngun

Somewhere out there, between worlds, lies a place called Skylímdria—a realm filled with absolute harmony and an overwhelming sense of peace. I have seen it in my dreams. No map leads there, nor does any compass point the way. And I don’t know the way there either, but I wish I could find myself there once more.

Skylímdria

Recorded on tape. Played at the end of the world. "The Last Rain" — a memory that never happened, but you still miss it.

The Last Rain

“The Last Rain (Part II)” – Original Soundtrack from “Somewhere But Here”  
executed by: ESCAPE_01.exe

::

[!signal received]  
> ESCAPE_01.exe : decoded  
> stream = "the_last_rain_pt2.ogg"  
> location: [somewhere…but not here]

::

All choices have been made.  
All crossroads passed.  
There’s only one path left —  
away from this reality.

This is not rebellion,  
not an escape born of fear,  
but a quiet farewell.

—

To walk away from everyone dear to me.  
To let go of everything that ever meant something.  
To leave my whole life behind —  
just to end up somewhere, but not here.

—

Somewhere in a better place,  
in a better reality.  
I will regret it if my escape succeeds...  
...and I will regret it even more if I stay here forever.

> LOG: 2025.04.12_07:53am [USER_STATUS: disengaging]

The Last Rain (Part II) | Somewhere But Here OST

Sometimes I just want to leave everything behind and escape to a world filled with enchanting tales, forgetting my worries and burdens. In those stories, the wind carries whispers of ancient magic, and every path leads to untold stories.

Kalevala Nocturne

Here and always. 
Með hlýju, Sasha Iwakura

N7 (Sit with me, John Shepard)

Sasha Iwakura

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