Fear Not This Night

"Fear Not This Night" is a song that can be heard at certain points of the Guild Wars 2 Story, including the end credits that appear at the end of the last instance of Victory or Death. An anthem of the sylvari, it is a song of hope sung by the Pale Tree and is symbolic of the hero's journey to defend Tyria from the threat of the Elder Dragons.

Like all other songs composed before release, "Fear Not This Night" was composed and produced by Jeremy Soule. The lyrics were written by Jeremy Soule and Ree Soesbee, and the vocals were performed by Asja Kadrić.

Lyrics

Fear not this night

You will not go astray

Though shadows fall

Still the stars find their way

Awaken from a quiet sleep

Hear the whispering of the wind

Awaken as the silence grows

In a solitude of the night

Darkness spreads through all the land

And your weary eyes open silently

Sunsets have forsaken all

The most far off horizons

Nightmares come when shadows grow

Eyes close and heartbeats slow

Fear not this night

You will not go astray

Though shadows fall

Still the stars find their way

And you can always be strong

Lift your voice with the first light of dawn

Dawn's just a heartbeat away

Hope's just a sunrise away

Distant sounds of melodies

Calling through the night to your heart

Auroras, mists, and echoes dance

In the solitude of our life

Pleadings heard in arias

Gently grieving in captive misery

Darkness sings a forlorn song

Yet our hope can still rise up

Nightmares come when shadows roam

Lift your voice, lift your hope

Fear not this night

You will not go astray

Though shadows fall

Still the stars find their way

And though the night sky's filled with blackness

Fear not, rise up, call out and take my hand

Fear not this night

You will not go astray

Though shadows fall (Still the stars find their way)

Fear not this night

You will not go astray

Though shadows fall (Still the stars find their way)

And you can always be strong

Lift your voice with the first light of dawn

Dawn's just a heartbeat away

Hope's just a sunrise away

"Joko" version lyrics

Fear not this night.

You will not go astray.

Though shadows fall,

Still the stars find their way.

Awakened from a quiet sleep

Hear the whispering of the wind.

Awakened as the silence grows

In the solitude of the night.

Darkness spreads throughout the land

And your weary eyes open silently.

Sunsets have forsaken all

The most far off horizons.

Nightmares come when shadows grow.

Eyes close and heartbeats slow.

Fear not this night.

You will not go astray.

Though shadows fall,

Still the stars find their way.

Fear not this night.

You will not go astray.

Though shadows fall,

Still the stars find their way. (Find their way)

Who needs the light?

Fear not this night.

Trivia

• Instrumental variants of the song play, among other things, in the Omphalos Chamber in The Grove and during a pivotal moment in The Source of Orr mission. The theme's instrumental version is briefly referred to during the Pale Tree's Vision cinematic which is played at the end of The World Summit chapter of Living World Season 2. It was also played during Hearts and Minds in Heart of Thorns.
• The trailer for A Bug in the System, the second episode for Living World Season 4, featured a short, foreboding "Joko" arrangement of "Fear Not This Night" with slightly altered lyrics. Maclaine Diemer both arranged the piece and provided the vocals for it while Tom Abernathy provided the altered line for the lyrics. On May 4, the full version of the song was released.
• A third version of the song called "Fer Naw This Evenin by The Soggy Joko Brothers" was also released on May 4. According to the official Twitter, "Sometimes things can go in a very, very different direction before they’re final.", indicating that this was likely an alternative version created before the 2018 "Joko" arrangement was created. The creation of this version was discussed in Guild Chat - Episode 63.
• The "Fer Naw This Evenin by The Soggy Joko Brothers" music video features Audio Team members Chris Burgess, Drew Cady, Katelyn Isaacson and Joseph Clark singing and playing instruments with a special appearance of a Gourdon plushie.

External links

• Fear Not This Night on Asja Kadric's YouTube account.
• Fear Not This Night, Piano Only on ArenaNet's SoundCloud.
• Pale Tree Chamber on ArenaNet's SoundCloud.
• 无惧此夜 (Chinese version of "Fear Not This Night") on the official Guild Wars 2's Youtube account.
• Trailer for A Bug in the System, YouTube.com
• Fear Not This Night 2018 on ArenaNet's Soundcloud
• Fer Naw This Evenin by The Soggy Joko Brothers on ArenaNet's Soundcloud
• The Soggy Joko Brothers - Fer Naw This Evenin Music Video, YouTube.com