The Best is Yet to Come

"The Best is Yet to Come" is the vocal song for Metal Gear Solid. It was written and produced by Rika Muranaka and features Irish lyrics sung by Aoife Ní Fhearraigh, with the additional arrangement provided by David Downes. The song was recorded at the Beech Park Studio in Ireland and was engineered by Philip Begley.

Although no in-game instrumental version for the song was present in the game itself, one was planned for the scene where Meryl Silverburgh is shot by Sniper Wolf, titled vc123201, and could be found in s10a among the dummied data. A slightly cut version of the song appears in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots as an unlockable for the in-game iPod.

The song is played when Solid Snake revisits the Heliport area of Shadow Moses Island in Metal Gear Solid 4. A sample from the song was used in British metalcore band Bring Me The Horizon's popular song "Shadow Moses", named after Shadow Moses Island. A cover version of the song performed by Donna Burke in English is featured in the soundtrack Metal Gear Solid ~Vocal Tracks~. The opening bars were also at the beginning of the intro for both Metal Gear Solid and The Twin Snakes.

Musicians[]

Lead Vocals – Aoife Ní Fhearraigh
Keyboards – Rika Muranaka
Low Pipe, Bouzouki – Delan Masterson
Double Bass – James Blennerhassett
Fiddle – John Fitzpatrick
Percussion – Noel Bridgeman
Chorus – Iarlaith Carter, Stephen Mailey, Eimear Noone, Meav Nt Mhaolchatha, John McNamara, Cathal Clinch, Rachel Talbot, Sinead Fay, Sylvia O'Brieniarlaith Carter, Ewan Cowley

Lyrics[]

Gaeilge[]

An cuimhin leat an grá
Crá croí an ghrá
Níl anois ach ceol na h-oíche
Táim sioraí i ngrá
Leannáin le smál
Leannáin le smál
Lig leis agus beidh leat
Lig leis agus beidh grá

Cuimhne leat an t-am
Nuair a bhí tú sásta
An cuimhne leat an t-am
Nuair a bhí tú ag gáire

Tá an saol iontach
Má chreideann tú ann
Tug aghaidi ar an saol is
sonas sioraí inár measc

Céard a tharla do na laethanta sin
Céard a tharla do na h-oícheanta sin
An cuimhin leat an t-am
Nuair a bhí tú faoi bhrón

An cuimhin leat an t-am
Go sioraí sileadh na ndeor
an ormsa nó orainne a bhí an locht

Ag mothú cailte s'ar fán
Cén fáth an t-achrann is sileadh na ndeor
Tá áilleacht sa saol Má chuardaíonn tú e
Tá gliondar sa saol
Creideann sé

English (Donna Burke)[]

Can you still remember
When little things made you happy?
And can you still remember
When simple things made you smile?

Life can be so simple,
If you can only see.
Whatever happened to those days?
Whatever happened to those nights?

Can you still remember
When little things made you sad?
And can you still remember
When simple things made you sad?

Is it just me or is it just us
Feeling lost in this world?
Why do we have to cause this pain?
Why do we have to weep tears?

Please tell me we're not alone
In this world fighting the wind.
Life can be simple if you can only see
The best is yet to come.

English (Konami Translation)[]

Do you remember
When the little things made you happy
Do you remember
When the simple things made you smile

Life can be wonderful if you let it be
Life can be simple if you try
Whatever happened to those days
Whatever happened those nights

Do you remember
The times when little things made you sad
Do you remember
When the simple things made you cry

Is it just me or is it just us
Feeling lost in this world
Why do we have to hurt each other
Why do you have to shed tears

Life can be beautiful if you try
Life can be joyful if we try

Tell me I'm not alone
Tell me we are not alone
In this world fighting against the wind

Do you remember
When the simple things made you happy
Do you remember
The times when little things made you laugh

You know life is simple
Because the best things in life is yet to come
Because the best is yet to come