"Answers" Answered!

[Naraku_Diabolos]

Everybody, check out the lyrics for Answers! I used to sing this all the time around the office and with this post, I think I need to bring that back!

Thanks as always, Fernehalwes!

Now I know what the song's lyrics are, I have a better understanding it's message. But I bet Bayohne would rather have Bieber sing the song

[Joji]

Nice SE, this I like very much

[Anonymoose]

Man, the lyrics I got from the Wikia weren't very close. Time to edit that...

Thanks for the officials!

I thought it was a real nice touch to use the song. The damn thing's been in there in 8-minute form since Alpha, a few second clip of it was all we heard for the first two years, and then it all comes full circle for the end of an era.

Inspired recycle, and a fantastic way to make the song have the impact it was supposed to.

YOU'RE MY BOY, LOU. You're my boy...

[DubstepNinja]

cool! thanks for posting the lyrics.

[Shougun]

Everybody, check out the lyrics for Answers! I used to sing this all the time around the office and with this post, I think I need to bring that back!

Thanks as always, Fernehalwes!

Video or it never happened.

[Rane]

Man, I've been wondering about these lyrics for a long time. A long time. Thank you for posting them.

I still wonder though... for what purpose was this song originally composed? Maybe that will have to stay a secret forever—I don't know. But I sure would love to find out.

[Kayokane]

Yay I'm a happy Miqo'te ~Nyaa

but...

"Yet in one fleeting moment, for anew it doth grow"

shouldn't it be in red like this:

"Yet in one fleeting moment, for anew it doth grow"
(as it was cut out of the End of an Era Video)

[Anonymoose]

for what purpose was this song originally composed?

Every now and then, we'll pop into the Localization forum when the lore goes awry (though, I can't stress this enough, we don't go in there to just ask questions we're curious or confused about; but inquire about things that genuinely seem like inconsistencies and unintentional ambiguities possibly as a result of localization or development error after we've discussed them with others).

From the discussions we've had, and responses they've generated from team members like Fernehalwes, it really don't seem like too much was changed from its original purpose. It seems like many things were put on hold, a few connecting strands were intertwined, and new things were added.

Take Midgardsormr for instance. In September 2010, we were given the information that a primal stopped the Garlean advance pre-release, and then in the opening cutscene of 1.X, we see the Garlean advance being decimated by a giant, nameless dragon.

Many of us assumed that this dragon was the very primal we were informed about. However, in 2012, we were informed that this dragon was Midgardsormr and was not, in fact, a primal at all. Was this an inconsistency? Not at all, it turns out (to my pleasant surprise).

We later got confirmation (today in fact!) that the primal that halted the Garleans was never meant to be Midgardsormr, and its identity had been planned from the beginning but won't be revealed until ARR.

It really just seems like a lot of things were put on hold for Meteor.

We saw Gaius really ramping up his efforts in Future's Perfect - Answers may very well have always been intended to be a mournful moment in our struggle against The Empire.

You never know, though!

[Talshara_Blade]

I have to admit, when i read 'answers', I thought square caved and posted their application criteria for everyone foaming at the mouth.

I actually thought the same thing. I'm glad it was this though ^^

[Fernehalwes]

"Yet in one fleeting moment, for anew it doth grow"

shouldn't it be in red like this:

"Yet in one fleeting moment, for anew it doth grow"
(as it was cut out of the End of an Era Video)

Excellent catch, Kayokane!
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