The Best is Yet to Come Edit
"The Best is Yet to Come" is the vocal song for Metal Gear Solid. It was written and produced by Rika Muranaka and features Irish lyrics sung by Aoife Ni Fhearraigh, with additional arrangement provided by David Downes. The song was recorded at the Beech Park Studio, in Ireland, and was engineered by Philip Begley. A slightly cut version of the song appears in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots as an unlockable for the in-game iPod. The song is played when Solid Snake revisits the Heliport area of Shadow Moses Island in MGS4. Contents [show]
Musicians
Lead Vocals -- Aoife Ni Fhearraigh
Keyboards -- Rika Muranaka
Low Pipe, Bouzouki -- Delan Masterson
Double Bass -- James Blennerhassett
Fiddle -- John Fitzpatrick
Percussion -- Noel Bridgeman
Chorus -- Iarlaith Carter, Stephen Mailey, Eimear Noone, Meav Nt Mhaolchatha, John McNamara, Cathal Clinch, Rachel Talbot, Sinead Fay, Sylvia O'Brieniarlaith Carter, Ewan Cowley
Lyrics
Irish
An cuimhin leat an gra
Cra croi an ghra
Nil anois ach ceol na h-oiche
Taim siorai i ngra
Leannain le smal
Leannain le smal
Lig leis agus beidh leat
Lig leis agus beidh gra
Cuimhne leat an t-am
Nuair a bhi tu sasta
An cuimhne leat an t-am
Nuair a bhi tu ag gaire
Ta an saol iontach
Ma chreideann tu ann
Tug aghaidi ar an saol is
sonas siorai inar measc
Ceard a tharla do na laethanta sin
Ceard a tharla do na h-oicheanta sin
An cuimhin leat an t-am
Nuair a bhi tu faol bhron
An cuimhin leat an t-am
Go siorai sileadh na ndeor
an ormsa no orainne a bhi an locht
Ag mothu caiite s'ar fan
Cen fath an t-achrann is sileadh na ndeor
Ta ailleacht sa saol Ma chuardaionn tu e
Ta gliondar sa saol
Creideann se
English translation
Do you remember love
Love from a tormented heart
Not fleeting, as with music at night
But an eternal love
Now tainted
Now tainted
Go now and reclaim it
Go now and love
Recall the times when you were happy.
Recall the times when you laughed.
Life is wonderful
Do you have faith in it?
Turn your face to life,
To eternal joy.
What happened to those days?
What happened to those nights?
Do you remember
How you turned to grief? Do you remember
How you turned to sorrow?
Is the blame mine or ours?
Our feelings grew faint
What caused our grief and fighting?
Can there be beauty in life?
Search for it.
Can there be happiness in life?
Believe it.