The Gravity [With Lyrics] (Asuka Theme) - Guilty Gear Strive OST

The Gravity (Asuka R. Kreutz's Theme)
Vocal: Naoki Hashimoto
Composer: Daisuke Ishiwatari

Lyrics:
All things as they are
All things as they are

Vanishing, vanishing, in cinders
Evil shall read all future rights
Innocents lied to, just to spare them
As if a divine truth seeker

Arises
Find it, find it
Something unseen
Play back the history, answers within

Does existence have a meaning?
The reality of truth, the reality of truth
What fact should we accept?
Reality of truth, reality

(These wings)
As the universe turned black
(These wings)
Did the Sun ever defy fate?
(Gravity)
Beyond it all, do you recognize me?
Does meaning have meaning?

The beginning and the end, all the same
It can't be, it can't be true, whose side are you on?
I wish and influence still like this
As if a divine truth seeker

Arises
Find it, find it
Something unseen
Play back the history, answers within

Does existence have a meaning?
The reality of truth, reality of truth
What fact should we accept?
The reality of truth, ah

As the universe turned black
Did the Sun ever defy fate?
Beyond it all, do you recognize me?
Does meaning have meaning?

Words know the morning light
No, it is not truth that you divine
And love embraces the darkness of the night
All things as they are

As the universe turned black
Did the Sun ever defy fate?
Beyond hope, do you recognize me?
Gravity holds all the answers

[Lucius]

That one cutscene when Asuka strangled Sol up high then proclaimed:

"Yes, Sol. It is I. I'm the Guilty Gear."

and then strives to show his guilt all over the place while wearing his new Aria Lesdans sneakers. Truly one of the gears of all time.

[DouglasStewart]

I love how his theme song sounds like absolute *boss music.* Considering how this character is basically responsible for this *ENTIRE* series existence, and is rocking the Utsuho Reiuji Galaxy Cape, yeah this fits That Man to a *T.*

[l.a.g]

Asuka is such a unique character. Ever had a villain which you knew in the franchise for 20+ years, that you've only ever learned their name and face a few years back, has only been recently playable, and has actualy been an anti-villain the whole time? Absolutely insane.

[naxo-]

WE ARE GETTING OUT OF THE BACKYARD WITH THIS ONE 🔥 🔥 🔥

[Muffinmurdurer]

"Does meaning have meaning" and other deep thoughts with Asuka R. Kreutz

[Tokumastu]

One of the most powerful characters in all of Guilty Gear and he walks in wearing sneakers while wearing the cosmos as his robe. We reaching never before seen levels of drip.

[nickieBurke]

LEARNING THE GUILTY GEAR STRIVE LORE WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥

[rockinjoker]

I can't imagine these lyrics were fun to decipher, but god bless

[palkia]

Asuka is basically the best wingman ever, completely manipulated fate and causality to make sure his two best friends could hook up. Chad as hell, man.

[xe_n]

WERE BREAKING A PERFECTLY FINE RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[p.kirbyash]

I’m going to analyze the lyrics as if they are Asuka is asking them to himself.
“Did the Sun ever defy fate?”
Sol means sun. This is asking if Sol was able to defy fate. One point where he did was literally not dying when Ino made him fight his young self. Another time could be when Axel stops time to allow Sol to charge up Junkyard Dog MK II, and fuse Jack-O with Justice’s body.
“And love embraces the darkness of the night”
This part also is referring to the lines about the universe going black, or Asuka’s creations, Gears, attacking humanity, and how it caused his two friends (Fredrick/Sol & Aria/Justice) to be fated to fight each other.
Love embracing darkness could represent a few things. The first thing that comes to mind is Dizzy. When Asuka learns of her, he says that she is another reason for Sol to beat the shit out of him. This is because Dizzy is Justice’s daughter, and Asuka knows that Justice is Aria. Therefore, Dizzy is the Daughter of Fredrick, aka Sol. Dizzy is able to find acceptance in a world that hates gears, and is able to find love also. This could also again represent Fredrick and Aria.
One thing is turning back time. I think in this context is Asuka wanting to right the wrongs he made, but also sees the indirect affects he has made.
TLDR: Asuka reflects that he made a huge oopsy, though is happy that people were able to grow, though still wants to fix his mistakes and atone for his sins.
This is all my opinion, and my take on what the lyrics could mean. I might be reading to much into it. I will say that again, Daisuke’s music slaps hard.
Edit: Fixed a spelling mistake I made that I only noticed after sleeping. Doh.

[-yurei-]

"Did the sun ever defy fate"

"Sol" is spanish for Sun, I like to think this line is refering to him

[jackthatistheripper]

Asuka knew that he couldn't change society, so instead of reflecting to himself he DECIDED TO DO SOME WAR CRIMES WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[Adrot]

This man delivers *The Cubes.* Compared to him? We're nothing.

[ageofentenfeier]

Starting at 2:10 you can hear the ticking of a clock in the background. It is especially noticeable because it follows a different rhythm than the rest of the song. When measuring the BPM of the ticking, you are not left with 60, like you would expect for a clock, but 42: "the meaning of life, the Universe, and everything"

[Mywookiearmy]

I absolutely ADORE the line "As the Universe turned black, did the Sun ever defy fate?" Outside of the obvious lore implications, standing on its own the line is such an elegant and powerful way to ask if someone could best impossible odds. Honestly one of Daisuke's best from Strive so far in my opinion!

[STAROCiDE]

As a big Dream Theater fan, it makes me really happy that Daisuke once again took heavy inspiration from it when composing this song, just like with Necessary Discrepancy!

[gengar]

We waited 25 years for the least buff character in the series that has a book that shoots cubes.

I love Guilty Gear.

[Umayrica]

WE'RE FINDING THE MEANING OF MEANING WITH THIS ONE🔥 🔥 🔥

[NekkiNosra]

WE ARE GETTING OUT OF THE SPELLS BLENDER WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥