Distorted guitars and raw vocals crashing in like a wave. amazarashi wrote "Deserving of Life" for NieR: Automata on PS4 and PC, and it hits with that band's signature blend of anger and sadness. The main version drives hard with this desperate urgency that fits the game's themes of meaning and existence perfectly.
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"Phantom" keeps the intensity going with a different kind of restlessness. "Counting Song" is the contrast piece, stripped back and almost nursery-rhyme simple, which makes it even more unsettling in context. The acoustic version of "Deserving of Life" closes things out by pulling back the distortion and letting the lyrics breathe.
Four tracks. Every one of them earned. If NieR: Automata wrecked you emotionally, this single will finish the job.