Okay, you've made your point. A lot of you hear "I'm the lord and saviour" and a lot of you will continue to say "One more god rejected" because you prefer that. Thank you, now let's try for a more unique take.

I just assumed "One more god rejected" meant rejecting false gods for the one true God.

Evil demifiend be like: One more God accepted

Fitting title considering how the main character missed The Conception

the "I'm the bug inside you" sounds feasibly like "I'm the lord and saviour" while "I've got your back to the wall" sounds something like "you turned your back to the Lord" or even "you turn your back to the law"

The contrast between those lyrics and the cheerful dancing is a work of art

When you referenced Naoto when it came to reading comprehension I felt that.

I always assumed the bug part and back to the wall is referring to Demifiend's corrupion

The megaten fandom is now going to ashes due to this video

It feels just like when i discovered Santa wasn't real.

There's only one thing left to do, contact the composer... then all questions will be answered

Ask Nick Robinson to find out the lyrics, he will fly out directly to Japan to meet the compositors

"I'm the bug inside you" He literally has a bug inside him 🐛 "I have your back to the wall" I think this is eluding to how demi fiend almost always seems to overwhelm his opponents or it could be in reference to how demi fiend at the beginning of the game is sort of a pawn for lucifer

Was just listening to Normal Battle - Town and this popped up. Omg this is serendipitous

I always interpreted the song in 2 halves. "I'm the bug inside you I have you back to wall Survived the fall from grace Drink of the wine of the wrath of God One more god rejected" Being the demifiend rejecting and taunting God. Second half "Thou shall not oppose the wrath of God. Fear. Fear God and give glory to him for the hour of his judgement has come to you. When a thousand years have expired, Satan will be released; judgement has come to you" While the second half is from the Pov of the god abiding enemies you face. In that way the new lyrics still retain that view as it does indeed feel like you're bringing war to heaven, hunting down God, while the enemies chant praise for God. It's funny how a misconception can still manage to sell the feel of a song even with wrong lyrics.

I think you may be dismissing the “gibberish” too quickly. I’ll be honest: In the 2000s when I originally played I thought it was just laughter of demons or a chaotic sound effects, no idea there even were lyrics. Even localized Persona games switch languages in the lyrics mid-song. So it can be confusing. At least if it is actually text to speech there isn’t an accent to get in the way.

The lyrics feel mostly correct but I just wanted to say that in 3:26 doesn't actually sound like "drink from the wine"

I actually think there's reason to believe that "I am the bug inside you" *could* be correct, should we take the plot of the game fairly literally, it starts with a bug being put into you. They're referred to as the Magatama and probably have a bunch of figurative or symbolic meanings but... It is the bug inside you. The one from which your power hails. But hey, I don't know Jack Frost worth of shit so maybe it's another bible verse.

A tattooed femboy dancing with text like "Fear God for the hour of His Judgement has come" is giving me some whiplash.

the first one I've always heard as I'm the Lord and Savior

Demi-fiend dancing is exactly what I didnt know I needed today

I thought it actually was "Hark our god in heavens" though "War broke out in heaven" also makes sense.

the bug inside you is the magtima. demi-feind is a symobote, i have your back to the wall means he's working with you watching your back.

"Why would it talk about rejecing god?" My thought was God is doing the one rejecting. One more (that) God (has) rejected.

So I found a track on SoundCloud that has the lyrics isolated, so I think the “War broke out in heaven” might actually be “Hark our God in heaven” Also I think the “I’m the bug inside you” line is actually *Fight* the bug inside you, tell the Demi-fiend to fight against his new demonic side. Still can’t tell whatever the fuck the “I have your back to the wall” line is meant to be, but I’m pretty sure the “to the wall” part is actually only 2 syllables.

This what Law's alignment would say. *One more video rejected!*

Persona: Dancing All Night could've had this as DLC.

Watching this one because Larrue keeps teasing and dragging his feet with the lyrics of this song for the past two months (feels like more).

I think the bug part is refers to the fact that demifiend has a literal bug inside him and the back to the wall part means that you have no other option than to fight and either win or die.

I am the bug inside you = "I am the Lord and Savior" hope that helps !

Damnit….I hate that you’re right, one more god rejected is such a cool line tho!

I know its not "one more god rejected" but that line still goes so hard

it's really cool to ser that i have been singing along this shit for about 3 years and i been doing it wrong this whole time. still, "One more god rejected" it's just too fucking metal to not be in the song, so i'm just gonna sing it wrong.

What about the part of "Thou shalt not oppose the wrath of God"? All you did was put "Drink of the wine of the wrath of God" when it doesn't sound at all like it no matter how much I try to force myself to hear it

To be fair to the "I'm the bug inside you" part, there can be two possibilities: 1. The bug refers to the magatamas the Demi-Fiend can collect and equip, which look bug-like (if the first one is any indication). 2. Some lyric videos posit the TTS is actually saying "I am the Lord and Savior," which falls in line with the rest of the "praise God" lines.

Someone isolated the voice clips years ago Its most definitely "One More god rejected"

I thought someone figured out that the first line is "I am your lord and savior" by isolating the vocals and slowing down the track but I can't find that source anymore so maybe my mind made it up.

I wasn't expecting a Megaten video from you, Mr. Snake, but I am grateful

"I'm Archangel Michael" "You've turned your back on our God"?

You know even if One More God Rejected is the incorrect name it’s still a cool line

Most religions hate video games, but video games LOVE RELIGION

Great video! Larrue has been building up a similar video for a while, I wonder what he will say in his.

Satan technically is in the game if you consider the 7 headed beast that Mother Harlot is riding to him. Which I do. But that’s just my interpretation.

Wasn't it made with text-to-speech library "Albert"? Damn, sus.

As for some lyrics that have been recently uncovered though I do disagree with some of it. I'm the bug inside you.(?) I have your back to the wall.(?) Strike with all plagues. Drink of the wine of the wrath of God. WAR BROKE OUT IN HEAVEN! I'm the bug inside you.(?) WAR BROKE OUT IN HEAVEN! I have your back to the wall.(?) WAR BROKE OUT IN HEAVEN! Strike with all plagues. Thou shall not oppose the wrath of God. FEAR! Fear god and give glory to him! For the hour of his judgement has come to you! NOW! When the thousand years have been expired, Satan will be released. Judgment has come to you!

"I am the lord and saviour/Return you back to the law"

at least the cool FEAR part is still in tact

The lyrics aren't even intended to be poetic, just aesthetically pleasing. It's amazing how much debate it has spawned.

Man survive you fall from grace goes so much harder tho. Lucky War broke out in heaven is still metal as hell

To be perfectly honest, for the very first line, it always sounded to me as "I need Magatsuhi" or "I crave Magatsuhi", something along those lines. Considering that, in essence, the game revolves around Magatsuhi all the time, it kinda fit for me, especially since a good amount of the fights that involve this theme involve the demons you're fighting wanting to take your Magatsuhi in one way or another, especially in the early game. That also makes me think that the song is entirely from the perspective of the various enemies you fight with this theme, which makes "I have your back to the wall" seem pretty fitting. You are quite literally in an unavoidable confrontation, after all - they *do* have your back to a wall, and now you need to fight them off or otherwise die. Then the later lines from there could very well be Bible verses - same way you find out the purpose of the world and how Reasons are required to recreate it in accordance with God's will only after a few rough battles, the song only goes into more religious territory further into the song. In addition, further down the line you start fighting followers of various Reasons, usually because you're trying to stop whatever they're currently doing. Looking at it from a specific angle, the person whose Reason is realized would, in some sense, be considered a god, so religious quotes being used there would make sense. After that, you, as the Demi-fiend, continue to fight off both demons wanting Magatsuhi and followers of varied Reasons, turning away all but one Reason (or in some cases, turning every single one of them away). And there are 3 Reasons throughout the game - Yosuga, Musubi and Shijima. The line "One more God rejected" is also stated 3 times - an indicator of turning away all other Reasons. And then at the end, it speaks of fearing God, and that Satan will be released in a thousand years. In essence, "the hour of His judgment has come" in the form of the Conception, where those strong enough to conceive their Reasons are to battle it out until only one remains. As for "Satan will be released"... well, in theology, the fallen angel Lucifer and the devil Satan are regularly considered to be the same entity. Lucifer has found the means to foster a champion, one that has the potential to fight against the Great Will - *you* as the one and only Demi-fiend. In essence, the stronger you have become, the more Lucifer's influence spread throughout the world of the Conception - Satan is being released, as now there is a being that will, intentionally or otherwise, use his power to accomplish things. So, to make a long story short, from my perspective it feels like the song tries to (sort of vaguely, admittedly) indicate everything that happens throughout the game, mostly through the eyes of the enemies you fight. When you start the game, hearing this song makes you feel like you're in trouble - the Demi-fiend, along with all of the other survivors of the Conception, "survived a fall from grace" to continue wandering the Vortex World and recreate it in their own way, and at the time the song is playing, they are backed against a wall. Further down the road, the Demi-fiend becomes known for not openly supporting any of the given reasons thus far, being seen as "rejecting" them all, since you only really get to choose later. By this point, for the player, the song still makes them cautious, but not quite as much as before. Then the war between Reasons begins, and people try to become the creator of the new world... and by this point, the Demi-fiend is _feared_ as now he's far, far more powerful, to the point that most ordinary demons can only really slow him down a tiny bit. And by this point, the few times the song appears, it's not even remotely intimidating to hear it anymore - your back's indeed against the wall, but your enemies are the ones in trouble now, fighting the chosen of Lucifer himself. That's not to say that the given version of all the lyrics being Bible verses isn't interesting - heck, I'd say it's probably more reasonable than my thoughts on the matter - but it's how I personally understood it since the first time I heard it and caught some of the lyrics. Having the song reference the entirety of your journey just seems incredibly fitting to me, all in all.

the song comes from the bug inside demi fiend and it sings whenever there's a battle because demi fiend lost his walker during conception. so the music and song we hear is something demi fiend hear from his head and the bug interpreted it. we're done folks, this is the truth of nocturne's ost. i solved the myth.

Wait it was made with text to speech?!?!? So Siri just one day decided that one more god was rejected?

Honestly glad I saw this video before I heard the song for myself. Because otherwise, I would've just assumed the lyrics were done by the clapping dogs from "Plumbers don't wear ties".

one more lyric rejected

I've definitely heard a text to speech that sounds exactly like it. iirc it was built into an older Mac OS and it was called Albert. If I had access to it I'd run all interpretations of the lyrics through it and see which comes out closest

1:37 Actually, Satan exists as a magatama

One more the4thsnake rejected but seriously I can't wait for smt5

Also good to note that the target audience is japanese and english lyrics arw often just used as any other instrument would

I feel as though it sounds closer to “one more god rejected” as there is a clear j sound in rejected. As for the “thou shall not oppose the wrath of god” this also kinda sounds like “I shall oppose the wrath of god” “I’m the lord and savior” also pretty clearly sounds like what is being said. Sounds like the Demifiend wants to overthrow god and take the throne for himself (hence why he is called King Demifiend in smt v) but I dunno

"One more god rejected" is an amazing line...

The IM bug inside you could be actually mean "IM the lord and savior"

I thought"im the bug inside you" is lucifer telling the demi fiend that he's the power in him or it is he who is driving him and gave him powers, because well he did give the bug in the beginning of the game

3:14 to me sound like "Strike them down with the wrath of the sword"

I thought “I’m the bug inside you” was I’m the lord and savior” cause I remember reading that somewhere

Yeah you're probably right about the lyrics, but "one more god rejected" is pretty accurate to what you do for the neutral and TDE endings so I still like it as a line

I think it says yanny

Tbh i never heard "One more god rejected" until i saw the others coments i always heard "I wanna die" which correlates to my experience with the game. Ignore the fact my ears completely negated either the "Heaven" or "Rejected"

Now that I'm watching this video that has subtitles to the song they're completely different to the other subtitles to the same song from the other video I watched it still sounds like the subtitles are correct even though both of the subtitles are completely different weird.

After listening with my brain turned off for a bit, the last word of the second mystery line sounds vaguely like "tomorrow". So who knows, maybe combing through the bible with that in mind could yield results.

My headcanon on this matter is that all those "wrong" sets of lyrics are our Power of Observation overwriting the "true" lyrics that YHVH is trying to force onto humans. What makes this fit even better is that since we never meet YHVH in Nocturne, one could argue that this artificial voice is them preaching to Demi-Fiend. But out-of-universe, the phonetics to these Bible quotes fit better than the meme lyrics. No argument there.

The bug inside you is talking about the main character himself

good detective work my friend!

Those first two lines are most likely the same "I'm the bug inside you" and "I have your back to the wall" to coincide w/ magatama the parasite that makes a human a demon

"I'm the bug inside you" to me sounds a lot like "I'm the lord and saviour"

Honestly I've always thought the One more God rejected line sounded like it was saying something else. Like everyone just kinda subconsciously forced themselves to hear ir.

Listening to it again it sound more like “One more god in heaven” than “war broke out in heaven” or “one more god rejected”

I always heard the "bug" line as: I'm in Heaven Above and Outside You.

pretty sure the first line is "I'm the lord and savior"

it's crazy how, of all things, this is what divides the fanbase

I'm pretty sure the first lines are "I don't want any balsamic vinegar after all."

personally i feel that the first line might say something with "god/lord" and "savior", maybe like "I'm the lord(?) and savior" i don't really know biblical lines so it could be a stretch

I always saw "One More God Rejected" as rejecting the other gods/Reasons, since, you know, it's not like it's "One True God Rejected". Also, it's the Demi-Fiend. Of course he'd want to fight God. But I am interested in this lyrics and I think they make a bit more sense, with them being from the King James Bible. But the one people are more familiar with has a more... rebellious feel, if that makes sense? You acknowledge God, but you also oppose him. That's how I view it, anyway. But this one is certainly one I like quite a lot and gives more clarity, so now I know what to sing.

I mean demi-fiend has a bug inside him

Word? This soundtrack has lyrics. I was singing it wrong and sing it like " O ra, o ra ra! RA! "

War broke out in heaven

The first line sounds like "I am your lord and saviour" to me

I always thought he was saying “one more god in heaven” idk but to me it sounds like the syllables work too well when I tell my brain to hear “war broke out in heaven” almost like it was recorded by a real singer instead of text to speech.

"One more god rejected" could just be about rejecting pagan deities. The revelation does feature the overthrow of both the Beast and the Harlot after all. Which represent the Roman empire and its emperor respectively. Anyway, the plot connection to Revelation seems thin. At most you can point to the fiends, but I have no idea if they were planned before Maniax. That aside, the game isn't even post-apocalyptic really. The world ends in the first 15 minutes of the game and the rest is spent preparing for the beginning of a new world. The vortex world is normal to everyone but like 5 or so people, it's hardly a massive diversion from the status quo like Revelation or mt II, smt I, IV and Apocalypse. Not to mention that unlike a lot of other smts which are at least half focused on Abrahamic elements. Nocturne really isn't. Everything about its world is Buddhist, including the Vortex world being the womb realm rather than any post-apocalyptic state of the world. All of that aside, this still seems like a hopeless task to me. You're still simply believing yourself that the revelation lines are right, rather than us just projecting structure onto them. But this is precisely the problem that led to stupid readings like "I am the bug inside you."

I think "I'm the bug inside you" could actually be "I'm the lord and saviour".

idk if it's just me but "im the bug inside you" can also sound like "im the god inside you"

"Ihavyourbactodawall" is what the second lyric sounds like... Perhaps this one the one that needs to be focused on the most. What else could it sound like if separated apart? Do it backwards. All. Is the all part actually there or it is the reverb after? It could be Todowa. "Ihavurbactodawa." So the key is the "todowa" part at the end. How many words match it in pronunciation? For "To the wall" Regarding a search engine for rhyme's I find... "Toothed wheel" ???, "Toothed whale", "to the full.", and "go to the wall". It could even be "Total all" But leading down this I hear "Total war" at the end now. "Ihaveyourbac total war." Perhaps could it be... "All heaven back to the war." I think the lyrics here might actually be towards the war itself as all the rest of the lyrics are. Going back to "Iamthegodbesideyou." it could be more than thought. "I am the doubt inside you." for example. God and doubt if jumbled as it is and said quickly can sound similar. Where d is at the end of god has more of a t sound than d and more of a d than a g. Demifiend still has the light of god and humanity in them at this point. This could be the doubt that all gods children have when possessed by evil. This same doubt can be related to the later judgement. "I am the doubt inside you." "All heaven back to the war." "Strike with all plagues." "Drink of the wine of the wrath of god." "War Broke out in heaven." "I am the doubt inside you." "War Broke out in heaven." "All heaven back to the war." "War Broke out in heaven." "Strike with all plagues." "Drink of the wine of the wrath of god." "Fear!" "Fear God and give glory to him!" "For the hour of his judgement has come to you!" "Now!" "When the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released." "Judgement has come to you!" (Then it loops back to doubt) Etc.

The creator said it’s one more god rejected

3:24 I think this is wrong, the lyrics here should be "Thou shall not opose the wrath of God"

For the second lines I always hear as "I am the one true god".

Strangely enough, now I hear it as: "One more God in Heaven"

So I wasn’t the only who thought it wasn’t One more god rejected……

I always thought “I am the bug inside you” was “I am the Lord and Savior”

Alternatively it could possibly be devil over doubt which would connect to a lot of the same meanings. Another alternative to this involves changing what "I am" is. Lamb is something that is close. "Lamb of god forsaken." then "All heaven back to the war." In-side you for-sake-en "Lamb of god forsaken." "All heaven back to the war." "Strike with all plagues." "Drink of the wine of the wrath of god." "War Broke out in heaven." "Lamb of god forsaken." "War Broke out in heaven." "All heaven back to the war." "War Broke out in heaven." "Strike with all plagues." "Drink of the wine of the wrath of god." "Fear!" "Fear God and give glory to him!" "For the hour of his judgement has come to you!" "Now!" "When the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released." "Judgement has come to you!"

im the bug inside you kinda sounds like "im the lord and saviour" because why not

U did demifiend wrong making him dance how sad