Song Lyrics in FFXIV: Compilation, Discussion, and Interpretation

[DracotheDragon]

o11s eScape lyrics as heard by a deaf person
i wanted to try ;w;

A new pretender Come ready to die!
Prepare young 'tender, i wait to die!
Something gathers, come ready to die!
A real ?? carry??, i'm ready to die!

Why do i always wonder, i wait though one trick wonders,
We are the herald ??? , we cannot have these findings,
(it gets hard here) Space ????
?????

Ancient records, come ready to die!
Electric silence, i wait to die !
Rainbow pesants, Come ready to die!
A lowly worm (error?), i'm ready to die!

Time to set us all over, streamed to be an asylum(???) seeker
Space to the region ??? makes the objects putty,
Fate ??? cuts our hands quicker,
WE???? the cold But arn't done ticking,

((i have a lot of difficulty with this part))
Time, ever linger though the fire?,
Design, design something to see tomorrow,
Tonight, ?????? file?
????

[Iscah]

Design! Struggle, (to) (Struggle), to see tomorrow!

Demise! Back, (to) back, (to) back, to Battle!

Punctuation probably needs adjusting on these lines, to make sense as a single phrase partly repeated:

Struggle to, Struggle to see tomorrow!

Back to, back to, back to Battle!

[Sove92]

Sunrise lyrics from the devblog.

手繰り寄するは　かの情景
⇒たぐりよするは　かのじょうけい
taguri yosuru wa kano joukei
Drawn to a heart and a soul, saved by a hero true

清らに優し　恋ひ恋ふ吾が君よ
⇒きよらにやさし　こいこうあがきみよ
kiyora ni yasashi koi kou agakimi yo
Stranger to kindness until freed by love eternal, you and I

Blazing Scarlet, fire within
Honor binds me unto errant kin
Yea, if here I find my end
Stay your tears, for we shall meet again

陽炎の如く消えた　恋ひ恋ふ吾が君
⇒かげろうのごとくきえた　こいこうあがきみ
kagerou no kotoku kieta koi kou agakimi
As the light of the setting sun fades, bid farewell to me beloved

長き別れが来たり　幾度願へども
⇒ながきわかれがきたり　いくどねがえども
nagaki wakare ga kitari ikudo negaedomo
In these fleeting moments hold my hand, as I whisper a silent prayer

千年の暁　臥い乞う夜　過ぎて
⇒せんねんのあかとき　こいこうや　すぎて
senen no akatoki koi kouya sugite
Should dawn never break on this thousand thousand year night, I promise

三世を羽ばたけど　ゆくえなく
⇒さんぜをはばたけど　ゆくえなく
sanze wo habata kedo yukuenaku
Should I take to wing and seek you in every distant sky...

一念に流すは　濃い紅の涙よ
⇒いちねんにながすは　こいこうのなみだよ
ichinen ni nagasu wa koi kou no namida yo
One last breath and I fracture, shatter─crimson sorrow, endless, boundless

願わくば吾が君　生き出で給へ
⇒ねがわくばあがきみ　いきいでたまえ
negawakuba agakimi ikiide tamae
One more life for us, one more chance─for this I pray, I beg, I plead

心念に終得て　恋ひ恋ふ身
⇒しんねんについえて　こいこうみ
shinen ni tsuite koi koumi
Dreams of you and me in my heart I hold forevermore, as I falter

朽ちたら　君待つ彼方へと
⇒くちたら　きみまつかなたへと
kuchitara kimimatsu kanata heto
Wait for me, wait for me my love...

[Annana]

Would like to see a more literal translation. I know artistic liberty and localization, but they kinda pulled words out of nowhere to match the syllable count.

[ObsidianFire]

eScape Lyrics!

[ChaoticCrimson]

eScape Lyrics!

I'm trying to match these lyrics along with the song in my head, and yet somehow I still can't match these along with the tune. @_@

Anyway, "cosmic sea shanty" is a phrase I never expected to hear, but is strangely apt given the subject matter.

[Annana]

If it helps, "Come ride, heroes, ride" is sung like there's no commas.

And the longer lines are more like
"DO weathered warriors wander their way whither wanting wonders
WAIT, (next line)
ESCAPE (next line)"

[ObsidianFire]

Yeah, a lot of the lines don't start and end with the melody. There's a lot of hanging phrases that are completed in the next musical section.

[Mysteltain]

I think they did the same thing with one or two of the songs in Alexander, as well.

[zuzu-bq]

Koji does that a lot.