Iterview with Nojima regarding "Hollow"

The FF remake came with it& #39;s own theme song "Hollow" this time, and the lyric is written by Mr. Nojima, who has also lend a hand in "Sutekidane" and "1000 words" from FFX.

#FF7Remake

This is your first time writing lyric since then, can you share your experience of their differences or challenges?

Nojima:
FF usually have a melody first, and then the lyrics. What I do is to put a whole world in that melody.

I was been told to be vague (more freedom) in creating this work, and that& #39;s a big difference than what I usually have to work with.
The biggest challenge for me is how compact the lyrics have to be, in terms of size, I really don& #39;t have much words to express

Those two factors add together means I have to accept the facts that some people will perceive the song in the wrong way. And that& #39;s hard for me to swallow.
In terms of writing lyrics, I do it all the time with different projects with other companies, also for my own band.

Side note:
Consider how indirect Japanese language/culture is, Nojima used some strong words here.
He could& #39;ve say people "will have room to perceive it differently", but he went for the word "wrong" instead. Also mentioned it& #39;s hard for him to deal with it.
Yeah, he is pissed https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😶" title="Mundloses Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Mundloses Gesicht">