Supporting Me - Sonic Adventure 2 [OST]

Supporting Me Arrangement by: Heigo Tani / Fumi Kumatani Lyrics by: Fumie Kumatani (translated by Shinobu Shindo) Vocals: Everett Bradley Lyrics: I'm gonna be desperate Never Lose... Hurry... Never Lose... Hurry I believe in my future, farewell to the shadow, It was my place to live, but now I need your hand. Lead me out with your light, I have breathed in, The disgusting air of darkness, but I never lose out to the pressure. Everything's just like, An illusion, I'll be losing you, before long. Never Lose... Hurry... Never Lose I never lose my confidence, I know you are supporting me, Supporting me... supporting me... I'll be losing you before long.

"I'll show you which of us is the true Ultimate Life Form." Oh, the badassery!

The way the nameplate of “T H E B I O L I Z A R D” slowly clicks in with a typewriter sound letter by letter is burned into my memory. It adds so much dread on top of this song’s already fantastic start, and it’s a shockingly good piece of sound design on its own

0:52 It really took me 20 years for me to realize that this song acts as a prelude to live and learn. The orchestral phrase is the same melody as the main guitar phrase from Live and Learn.

The beat dropped harder than Shadow did at the end of the game.

There’s such a darkness to this song that no other Sonic track can compare to. But honestly it really fits. The horror of project shadow and the idea of fighting a failed experiment you can barely call a living thing hooked up to life support, you can feel that disturbing aura in the background music alone. Easily my favorite track associated with Shadow.

OH SHIT IT’S THE BI- Brother! I’m in 4K ULTRA HD now, brother!

Man, I never learned to appreciate this song until now. I'm beginning to realize even more how much cool music has been in the Sonic series.

Can we all agree that SA2 was all about shadow. The songs, the levels, the lyrics... this song was him becoming good.

y'all know why you're here at this exact time

I prefer the original song of Supporting Me over the remixes from Generations 3DS and Forces because the instruments are fitting, dark, and creepy.

I always forget how amazing this game's soundtrack really is.

0:51: OMG I never noticed that it played a light motif of Live and Learn before! That’s incredible! And the placement is perfect. Literally as the lyrics are talking about escaping illusions and that “I’ll be losing you before long” foreshadowing Shadow’s death. My appreciation of this song grows ever time I hear it.

Two 'brothers', the 'older brother' bound to its programming and determined to see the desires of its creator fulfilled, and the 'younger brother' realizing the error of their creator's ways and fighting for the sake of people most important to them. I guess you can call this sort of a successor to the Gamma vs Beta fight in SA1, though there are a lot of differences between the two.

For those wondering why you went from a giant lizard to a small hedgehog...the reason is that the Biolizard grew continuously. Mammals stop growing after a certain point. Yes, there's also the fact that Gerald may have been inspired by the Hidden Palace Mural. Though I say that's the reason he chose a Hedgehog instead of say, a Fox.

0:53 yooooooo the hint of live and learn's melody

"Its surfaces are designed to absorb attacks. It's invincible. As long as he's equipped with that red life support system, He's invincible." It was chilling hearing that from omochao as a child.

Remember, kids… If a shark: -is on land -is in a news room -has legs comprised of the seven Chaos Emeralds That's not a shark. IT'S THE BIOL--

GOD I LOVE THIS TRACK IT’S SO HAUNTING AND REFLECTIVE OF SHADOW’S ARC AND THE LIVE AND LEARN MOTIF TOSSED IN THERE IS GENUIS AND THE BIOLIZARD FIGHT CREATES GREAT TENSION AND YOU KNOW THAT WHAT COMES AFTER IS A SONIC AND SHADOW TEAMUP SO THAT SENSE OF TRIUMPH IS STRENGTHENED EVEN MORE AS SHADOW’S REDEMPTION IS COMPLETE GOD I LOVE THIS TRACK

You tortured soul, I'll end your suffering -Shadow the Hedgehog, 2024