"Lusus Naturae" is a song from the RWBY: Grimm Eclipse video game soundtrack, released as part of the Horde Mode update on October 13th, 2016. It is incorporated in the RWBY: Volume 4 Soundtrack.[1][2]
It was written and performed by Jeff Williams. The full song plays over the video game credits, which are accessible from the main menu. An instrumental version of the song is used as background for the main menu.
It is presumably written from the point of view of Doctor Merlot, the main antagonist of RWBY: Grimm Eclipse.
Lyrics[]
Gnarled and mangled
Warped deformed
They see nightmares
A mutant swarm
I see beauty
Underneath
I see promise
In nature's freak
A mystery of blood and bone
Soul-less, origin unknown
Twisted devil villains lost in time
Mindless born of bubbling ooze
Intelligence I will infuse
A curse upon the world but now you're mine
I will raise you up de-
sign the perfect beast
Elevate the savage
Use you to bring peace
They don't know
They don't understand
There's a goal
It's my master plan
These simple minded fools just see my plans abstruse
I'll give the monster's life a use
Awaken my brood
Today you will rise
I've given you life
My lusus naturae
Open your eyes
Created in a netherworld
Into this realm you were hurled
But scientifically misunderstood
I will decode and knowledge gain
Your mysteries I will explain
I'll lucubrate and change you for the good
The fools they've placed in power
Try to halt my dreams
They will fail to stop me
Grimm I will redeem
I'm your god
I will make you grow
You're my own
twisted embryo
They call me sick obsessed
A madman with no proof
In triumph I will show the truth
Awaken my brood
Today you will rise
I've given you life
My lusus naturae
Open your eyes
When evolution fails
Science will prevail
What nature warped
I will restore
I will love
What all abhor
They call me sick obsessed
A madman with no proof
I'll give the monster's life a use
Awaken my brood
Today you will rise
I've given you life
My lusus naturae
Open your eyes
Trivia[]
- The title of the song roughly means "freak of nature" in Latin.[3]
- The song's main leitmotif appears several times in Volume 4; it first appears when Mercury Black and Emerald Sustrai are watching over the Grimm pools in "The Next Step", and again in several scenes involving the Nuckelavee.
- The song refers to the Grimm as having been "created in a Netherworld" and hurled into "this realm", possibly foreshadowing the Land of Darkness.