The Song of Healing from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask has something odd in common with Zelda's Lullaby from Ocarina of Time, making these iconic pieces of magical music unusual for the series. The Nintendo 64 Zelda outings both grant Link mystical powers and puzzle solutions in the forms of songs that he can play on his ocarina, these songs functioning as spells or passwords depending on where and to whom he plays them. Some of these songs have multiple uses, but it's rare that they share any, which makes one niche use shared between these two particularly notable songs stand out all the more.

For the most part, the context and utility behind why each of these songs is important is very different. Zelda's Lullaby grants Link access to many of Ocarina of Time's most important story beats and locations through its status as a song that only people with close connection to the royal family are meant to know. Meanwhile, the Song of Healing is said to cleanse its listener's soul, and it comes into play on multiple occasions throughout Majora's Mask to lift curses and soothe the spirits of dead and dying characters. This grants Link access to new areas as well, as the song turns those characters' afflictions into new masks for the player to use. However, the power these two songs share has no apparent relation to either's lore or primary use.

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In one of its more unusual uses, Zelda's Lullaby repairs damaged signs when played near them - and that's the ability that the Song of Healing reuses from Ocarina of Time in Majora's Mask. The Legend of Zelda as a series rewards players for interacting with environmental objects; and while attacking signs doesn't yield health or Rupees, it can be gratifying to watch pieces come off of them determined by the angle of Link's sword strikes. Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask also encourage players to explore songs' uses by allowing them to play any of them nearly anywhere. Many Ocarina of Time players have likely discovered Zelda's Lullaby's ability to repair signs that they'd attacked, but when experimenting to see if any songs had the same ability in Majora's Mask, it turns out that the Song of Healing does as well.

Sign Repair Makes Only Slightly More Sense In Majora's Mask

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It may sound on paper like it makes more sense for one of The Legend of Zelda's most inherently supernatural songs, especially a healing song, to repair broken objects than the more subtly mystical Zelda's Lullaby. However, that's disregarding that the Song of Healing usually acts on the soul rather than physical damage. It also doesn't have an effect on similarly damaged objects, such as smashed pots. Apart from responding to the Song of Healing and Zelda's Lullaby, there is nothing about signs in Ocarina of Time or Majora's Mask to indicate that they're magical in ways other commonplace objects aren't. The player can also restore damaged signs by leaving the area they're in and then loading back into them, so the ability to repair even ones with helpful tips by using the ocarina isn't necessary.

However, a recurring ability to repair signs isn't alone among the unusual details and Easter eggs across the Legend of Zelda series. The player may not need to repair a road sign with a healing song, but such abilities add color and memorability to The Legend of Zelda's overall experience of its worlds.

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