"Supporting Me" is the theme of the Biolizard in Sonic Adventure 2. The song is written by Fumie Kumatani and Shinobu Shindo and arranged by Heigo Tani. The vocals are performed by Everett Bradley.
Background
This song plays in the background during the battle between Shadow the Hedgehog and the Biolizard. Like many of Shadow's stages and boss BGM's with lyrics, the lyrics are deliberately distorted and made difficult to interpret.
Legacy
This song makes a re-appearance as a remix in the Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Generations when fighting the Biolizard as Modern Sonic. In this game, the lyrics are notably much clearer, though the "never lose, hurry" lines have been removed. A remix made by Tomoya Ohtani appears in the Virtual Reality stage of Episode Shadow in Sonic Forces, with more of an emphasis on synth and guitars, as well as much clearer vocals. This song is remixed once again by RichaadEB for the Biolizard boss fight in Shadow Generations.
Lyrics
- I'm gonna be desperate...
- Never lose... hurry...
- Never lose... hurry...
- I believe in my future, farewell to the shadow
- It was my place to live, but now I need your hand
- Lead me out with your light, I have breathed in
- The disgusting air of darkness, but I never lose out
- To the pressure, everything's just like
- An illusion, I'll be losing you, before long
- Never lose... hurry... never lose...
- I never lose my confidence
- I know you're supporting me...
- Supporting me... supporting me...
- I'll be losing you before long
Connections to the game
- I'm gonna be desperate... // Never lose... hurry... - A reference to how the various characters, upon learning of Gerald Robotnik's grief-induced insanity and his intention to ram the ARK into Earth, are scrambling to try and stop the event before it could succeed.
- I believe in my future, farewell to the shadow, // It was my place to live, but now I need your hand. // Lead me out with your light, I have breathed in // The disgusting air of darkness, but I never lose out - Referring to how Shadow instigated the ARK's descent under his belief that Maria Robotnik wanted him to avenge her death, but after learning that what Maria actually wanted was the exact opposite, is setting out to undo the damage he caused.
- To the pressure, everything's just like, // An illusion, I'll be losing you, before long. - Foreshadowing Shadow's ultimate fate of nearly dying at the end of the game.
- I know you're supporting me... // Supporting me... supporting me... // I'll be losing you before long. - Aside from the aforementioned foreshadowing of Shadow's ultimate fate, it also alludes to Shadow ultimately trying to fulfill his late best friend Maria's last will.
Trivia
- All versions of the song contain a small piece of the main theme of Sonic Adventure 2, "Live and Learn".
- Certain lyrics, like "Everything's just like... An illusion...", coincidentally tie into the level Virtual Reality in Sonic Forces, which features a remixed version.
- The Karate event from Sonic at the Olympic Games (2020) uses a sample of this song's instrumental and guitars for its theme.
- For unknown reasons, the remix featured in Shadow Generations only included the instrumental version of the song. The lyrics were later restored in the full version, which appeared on the Sonic X Shadow Generations Original Soundtrack: Perfect | Reflections album. They were also present in Doom Powers Trailer of the game and the live performance at Tokyo Game Show 2024.
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