Ups and Downs (Slayer's Theme) SEMI-OFFICIAL Lyrics

"Ups and Downs"
Slayer's Theme from Guilty Gear Strive, Season 3
Composer: Daisuke Ishiwatari
Vocals: Naoki Hashimoto

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[jacktedm]

"What he needs is an economic overthrow" MY MAN JUST GETS MORE AND MORE BASED

[spectoestis]

naoki getting ready to say words in such a way that no man woman or child on earth will be able to understand him on purpose:

[Kyara]

"What he needs is an economic overthrow"
Don't we all

[yalesb]

Every Ups and Downs copy is personalized

[Arki_Green]

We all had our ups and downs trying to understand GGST lyrics. But in the end, all the attempts we had are

[worstinshow]

I know everyone is saying Slayer is a communist because of the second verse mostly as a meme, but keep in mind he started the Assassin's Guild for the express purpose of judging and punishing those who elevated themselves above the law using their wealth and/or status...

[trazyntheinfinite]

Really all this time it was "economic overthrow"

[ethanchoate]

I see everyone talking about "economic overthrow" completely overlooking the *snap* before starting this absolute banger

It's glorious

[TheKirBoi]

This song is the dandiest mandela effect I've ever heard.

[sanstrolling]

I FUCKING KNEW IT, IT WAS AN ECONOMIC OVERTHROW 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[captain_kipz]

Guys, for that infamously stupid verse, I have some kind of explanation?
It's Gabriel. "Sapphire gloves" made me think of Zepp's uniform, and it kinda makes sense. I mean, the "economic overthrow" was likely the revolution of Zepp after the first GG game, and his eyes literally and figuratively don't shine, with him being a monotone man rarely seen outside his office despite his position and the utter contrats to his rival's personality. Best explanation I could give ig, take it with much more than a grain of salt tho lol.

[Hababalooo]

ONCE AGAIN, OUR MESSIAH, NAOKI, HAS HELPED US IN OUR ENDEAVOR.

[sippakonpanjorn]

no way anyone hear that and thought "economic overthrow"

[Maxler]

YEAH THE MORE PEOPLE SNAPPING AT THE START THE DANDYER

[alabasterindigo]

I don't remember if I've commented this under one of your videos before, but I've mentioned elsewhere just how great Naoki's falsetto is and I don't think he gets enough credit for it. It's really cool to see him dipping his feet into that higher range he has for these newer songs. We've heard it somewhat over the years when he's harmonized with himself as far back as Xrd, but I'm obligated to gush over it taking more precedence in these new themes. Just when you think he's shown us everything he can do he surprises us yet again, and for a vocalist in his 40's that's d*mn impressive and dare I say, dandy af.

Edit: For reference, I'm referring to the notes at 3:07 and also in Symphony when he sings "Turn the ᵏᵉʸ to a world untold", gives me goosebumps everytime.

[lukpet]

God i love how Slayer goes on about how you should Live, Laugh, Love and not care about materialistic things and money, while LITERALY being an immortal vampire Jeff Bezos.

[VanguardAlexkio]

Kinda surprised no one guessed "a snapshot in time" or "sapphire gloves" considering how many different interpretations there were

[icetide]

I still love the idea that each of the first two verses are Zato and Nago, but then the rest is Slayer being like "Hey guys don't worry about all the sadness, life is AWESOME."

[AshenDust_]

I was not expecting the economic overthrow

[HalfSandwiches]

Is there a full link for the Twitter post? The one in the description just trails off into an ellipse.