Song Lyrics in FFXIV: Compilation, Discussion, and Interpretation

Apologies for the double post, but we have lyrics for yet another song! As many of us cannot pass Raubahn's Gate, I'll keep the necessary info in a spoiler tag. It's nothing major, mind you, but just as a bit of common courtesy. Anyway, to the lyrics (and thanks to a youtube comment I can no longer find for helping me with some words)!

Beauty's Wicked Wiles- Theme of Lakshmi

Night
Embrace her worldly delights
Tonight
In time you shall follow
In time you shall follow
Behold as our burdens comes off with the song

Tonight
Step from the dark to the light
Tonight

Rise high
High above our rivals
Spread our wings
Spread them wide
Let them by

Keep on
Free to ever slumber
Open the door, close our eyes
We are the Dreamers

Fire
Born of the flames of desire
This fire
Give in to the hunger
Give in to the hunger
Cast off inhibition, let passion run wild!

Desire
Though the unquenchable fire
Desire

Rise high
High above your rivals
Spread your wings
Spread them wide
You need not hide

Keep on
Free to never slumber
Open the door, close your eyes
You are the Dreamer

Can't spoilers but there is a Ala Mhigan version to the Garlean Anthem.

Am I only the one that thought the Lahkshmi song was dreadfully annoying?

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Originally Posted by Khalithar

Am I only the one that thought the Lahkshmi song was dreadfully annoying?

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No, I quite frankly love her song. Her tone is very playful, I'd go so far as say she's bubbly, but she's doesn't come off like other primals wherein her appeal is power over others insomuch as she's offering joy and comfort. Like a lover.

Anyone written Ala Mihgo's anthem outside the game? The Boss theme seems to be a small mix of its instrumental followed by Stormblood.

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Originally Posted by zuzu-bq

Anyone written Ala Mihgo's anthem outside the game? The Boss theme seems to be a small mix of its instrumental followed by Stormblood.

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I got this from DRK quest

O come ye wayward brothers,♪
Bereft of hearth and home,♪
Beneath yon burning star there lies♪
A haven for the bold...♪

Raise up your hands and voices!♪
Let fill your hearts with pride!♪
Above the churning waters we♪
Stand strong and unified!♪

Does it fit?

For those who have cleared The Royal Menagerie (was quite painful at the beginning but gradually got the hang of it lol), in the 2nd phase (after the Active Time Manoeuvre bit) of the fight there are some choral parts prior to the Stormblood theme coming back... I can't make out anything at all other than it sounding much like it was in Latin.... anyone?

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Originally Posted by deathstix

For those who have cleared The Royal Menagerie (was quite painful at the beginning but gradually got the hang of it lol), in the 2nd phase (after the Active Time Manoeuvre bit) of the fight there are some choral parts prior to the Stormblood theme coming back... I can't make out anything at all other than it sounding much like it was in Latin.... anyone?

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I am waiting on transcribing that. After Ultima Weapon's theme, as well as Thordan's, we know that Soken doesn't always use live choirs for chanting sections of songs. As such, it could just be gibberish and not Latin or whatever other language it could be.

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Originally Posted by FenHin

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Yes, that's the same from last cutscene. Thank you!

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Originally Posted by Mysteltain

I am waiting on transcribing that. After Ultima Weapon's theme, as well as Thordan's, we know that Soken doesn't always use live choirs for chanting sections of songs. As such, it could just be gibberish and not Latin or whatever other language it could be.

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Actually, doing a comparison, Ultima and Thordan's themes sound synthesized and most of the Royal Menagerie is as well. However, there is a live choir during the last section of Royal Menagerie, during the Stormblood theme section . Trying to figure out what they are singing there. Sounds English. I'll get back to you =3

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Originally Posted by AdarNasiykh19

Actually, doing a comparison, Ultima and Thordan's themes sound synthesized and most of the Royal Menagerie is as well. However, there is a live choir during the last section of Royal Menagerie, during the Stormblood theme section . Trying to figure out what they are singing there. Sounds English. I'll get back to you =3

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Actually that last part you were referring to is indeed the Stormblood (Dungeon) Theme itself, whose lyrics we already know (found on the first page of this thread). It's the stuff before that that I'm interested in (that bit that starts in Gflat major haha).

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Originally Posted by FenHin

O come ye wayward brothers,
Bereft of hearth and home,
Beneath yon burning star there lies
A haven for the bold...

Raise up your hands and voices!
Let fill your hearts with pride!
Above the churning waters we
Stand strong and unified!

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Can we get this fixed on OP? It's technically a lyric confirmed by ingame text.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAafBY76Seg

I was waiting to post those lyrics until two weeks after the official launch (so this coming Tuesday), primarily to avoid spoiling anyone who wanders in. So don't worry, they'll be up soon enough.

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Originally Posted by deathstix

For those who have cleared The Royal Menagerie (was quite painful at the beginning but gradually got the hang of it lol), in the 2nd phase (after the Active Time Manoeuvre bit) of the fight there are some choral parts prior to the Stormblood theme coming back... I can't make out anything at all other than it sounding much like it was in Latin.... anyone?

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After the Active Time Manoeuver there are 2 sets of lyrics. The first part, that, like you, I still can't find. The music then bridges into the Stormblood Main Theme that you hear in most boss fights for which the lyrics are already posted. To wit:

Storm of blood
Born from blood
Of our fallen brothers
Borne upon our hands
Cradled in our arms
Swelling in our hearts
Raise your weary head
Heed the call to arms
Ringing in your heart

I don't believe the lyrics before the bridge are English there's a distinct difference when the music coda's back to the start after the Stormblood bridge. They do sound Latin but the music overpowers the enunciation too much.

Updated the main post with the lyrics from the new songs. I've done my best to try and keep them informative but not outright spoilers, but it's a pretty fine line to tread. The worst offenders being the two Ala Mhigan anthems, I gave them the descriptors of "Occupation" and "Liberation" until we get their full titles. Further, we only have part of the Garlean version of the song as they continue it through the cutscenes where it plays, but then cut the subtitles out after the second verse. That could also imply that there's more lyrics that we just aren't given for the actual Ala Mhigan anthem, but then again, knowing the Garleans, they could have just extended this short anthem to really push how great Garlemald is. We'll just need to wait and see for anymore information on that end.

Also, this is just something I'm curious about: does anyone else think that the singing in the Azim Steppe (Daytime) BGM, Drowning in the Horizon, are Xaelan? Or at least the language of one of the tribes. Obviously, we'd need Koji, Oda, Soken, or just someone from the lore team to confirm this, but every time I'm in the zone that thought picks at the back of my mind.

The Lore panel has given us 3 sets of Official lyrics!:

Beauty's Wicked Wiles
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...975444/bww.png

The Measure of his Reach
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...16/unknown.png

Garlean Territorial Anthem
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...56/unknown.png

Thanks for the screenshots, Rocl! Updated the main post with with full lyrics and names.

The Royal Menagerie phase 2 song is titled 'The Worm's Tail'

Also the 'Garlean Territorial Anthem' is listed as The Measure of Our Reach on the Orchestrion, further confirming that the Garleans simply stole it from Ala Mhigo (The Measure of His Reach), rewrote the lyrics into Imperial propaganda, and gave it back to Ala Mhigo. So Garlemald are not only evil world-conquering warmongers, they're also copyright thieves as well ;) (Insomuch as concepts like 'intellectual property' even exist in Hydaelyn).

I actually liked that little touch. It's interesting how they've evolved the Garlean Empire to have some of their culture and such be more dependent on the local regions. It's a great way to give the Empire a lot more visual variety while looking and feeling distinctly Garlean. It's also a nice way to make them more like classical Empires such as the Romans, who often adapted local culture rather than destroying it outright. Although we don't know how much cultural pushback there is in the Garlean's case, probably less due to their more propagandistic stylings.

I was wondering, since the conquest of ala mhigo happened during the reign of the previous emperor, who was an admirer of arts, maybe he decided to adapt the ala migan anthem as the garlean empire anthem,

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I was wondering, since the conquest of ala mhigo happened during the reign of the previous emperor, who was an admirer of arts, maybe he decided to adapt the ala migan anthem as the garlean empire anthem,

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While it's never specified whether The Measure of Our Reach is the anthem for the Empire as a whole or just for Colonial Ala Mhigo, my bet is the latter. Garlemald was established as a Republic over 500 years before there's any evidence of them encountering Ala Mhigans, and were a nationalistic, expansionist empire decades before the same; it's hard to imagine them not having some unifying anthem for any of that history, or to imagine them replacing an existing one with one based off that of a freshly-conquered state.

True but since they've been depitched much like the roman republic/empire where they like to add to their culture something off conquered nations, I have the suspect that since the emperor was enamored with arts he might've found the ala mhigan anthem fitting for the empire.
I do remember it beign called regional anthem once so you might be correct with your sentence but still I do wonder

Felt like I should drop off the lyrics used in the Eorzean Symphony renditions of some songs.

Ultima

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Heart of darkness beatheth, Ultima
Iron enigma treateth, Ultima
Shielding light retreateth, Ultima
Hydealyn defeated. Ah, Ultima
Witness
Witness
Witness
Witness
Witness
Beat, the Heart of Sabik, the Heart of Sabik, the Heart of Sabik
Beat, the Heart of Sabik, the Heart of Sabik, the Heart of Sabik
Witness
Witness
Witness
Ah, rise, Ultima!
Witness Ultima
Darkness come, rend the shield of light
Destruction
Salvation
Ultima!
Witness
Ah, witness
Ah, witness
Ah, witness
Ah
Heart of darkness beatheth, Ultima
Shielding light retreateth, Ultima
Beat, the Heart of Sabik, the Heart of Sabik, the Heart of Sabik
Beat, the Heart of Sabik, the Heart of Sabik, the Heart of Sabik
Witness Ultima
Witness Ultima
Witness!

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Calamity Unbound

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He watcheth
He knoweth
Ah, chaos

He taketh
Bestoweth
Ah, chaos

He reapeth
He soweth
Ah, chaos

He graspeth
Foregoeth
Ah, chaos

Undying
Unbroken
Ah, pandemonium

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Revenge Twofold

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Saih alamorn in o sai asah afah
[Extinction or eternal redemption, thou must choose]
Shess y gahr y Nidhogg dran afah
[Behold the wrath of wyrm Nidhogg eternal]
Saih alamorn in o sai asah afah
[Extinction or eternal redemption, thou must choose]
Sekh a nesh seh anoh ahs an
[Or we shall melt thy flesh and see thy bones ash]

Wills unbending
Faith unending
Stone defending
Now our steel shall sing

To their trespass
We are witness
Here to pass this
Final sentence

No forgiveness
Guide us, O mighty Fury
No deliverence
Only justice
Only vengeance

No forgiveness
Guide us to victory!
No deliverence
Only justice
Only vengeance

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Heroes

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Dys an sohm in
[Our slumber disturbed]
Rhos an kyn ala na
[All my brothers wake]
Eehl an sohm in
[Our peace sacrificed]
Sahl djas afah an
[Vengeance will be ours]

Guide us!
Guide us!
Guide us!
Guide us!
Guide us!
Guide us!
Grant us this victory!

Justice, no forgiveness
Vengeance, no deliverance
Witness to their trespass
Pass this final sentence

Justice, no forgiveness
Vengeance, no deliverance
Witness to their trespass
Pass this final sentence

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Thanks for posting that Annana - finally we have Ultima lyrics! :D And interesting they mention the Heart of Sabik and the breaking of the 'Shield of Light' and vanquishing Hydaelyn (that was a little premature on Lahabrea's part though ;)).

Either way, thank you for that update. :D

In Ultima's case, we know that original version is all latin sounding nonsense, but the Eorzea Symphony version is pretty easy to understand. Even if they do say witness a lot.

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Originally Posted by Remedi

True but since they've been depitched much like the roman republic/empire where they like to add to their culture something off conquered nations, I have the suspect that since the emperor was enamored with arts he might've found the ala mhigan anthem fitting for the empire.
I do remember it beign called regional anthem once so you might be correct with your sentence but still I do wonder

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It was mentioned by Kojiin the lore panel that it is the regional anthem chosen to make the Garleans look less like evil conquerors (obviously this was before Zenos). This suggests that Gyr Abania was the first place outside Ilsabard to fall.

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Originally Posted by Balipu

It was mentioned by Kojiin the lore panel that it is the regional anthem chosen to make the Garleans look less like evil conquerors (obviously this was before Zenos). This suggests that Gyr Abania was the first place outside Ilsabard to fall.

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"Regional," in this case, likely applies to Gyr Abania / Ala Mhigo. The intent is to make it seem like the Imperials are saying "Well, we brutally subjugated conquered your homeland and are your dictators governors now, but we're letting you keep a mockery of an aspect of your culture! We're not so bad, see?"

Either way, Gyr Abania was not the first place outside of Ilsabard that Garlemald conquered. That "honor" goes to Dalmasca, which was "easily" taken with the Imperial airship fleet, as I recall. Next went Doma, and then Ala Mhigo... I think.

Specifically, the description of that orchestrion role is thus: "Music roll for The Garlean Territorial Anthem for Gyr Abania and Surrounding States - The Measure of Our Reach. Use to add to your orchestrion list." (bolded emphasis added) - so it was only intended to be applied to Eorzea at most.

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"Regional," in this case, likely applies to Gyr Abania / Ala Mhigo. The intent is to make it seem like the Imperials are saying "Well, we brutally subjugated conquered your homeland and are your dictators governors now, but we're letting you keep a mockery of an aspect of your culture! We're not so bad, see?"

Either way, Gyr Abania was not the first place outside of Ilsabard that Garlemald conquered. That "honor" goes to Dalmasca, which was "easily" taken with the Imperial airship fleet, as I recall. Next went Doma, and then Ala Mhigo... I think.

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Yep you are right. So as Apoptomon said it's the territorial Anthem for THAT specific territory. Makes you wonder how many anthems the Garlean Empire has.

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Yep you are right. So as Apoptomon said it's the territorial Anthem for THAT specific territory. Makes you wonder how many anthems the Garlean Empire has.

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Probably a lot. Interestingly, there doesn't appear to have been one for Doma. Probably because Yotsuyu had used it as her personal playground for exacting revenge, whereas the Empire still had some investment in Ala Mhigo, most likely from when Gaius reigned over it.

I don't really like the Ala Mhigan version of it, if I am honest. But then I am a Garlean fanboi.

The anthem was probably fropm gaius time idd, maybe doma didn't had one since Zenos didn't care much for such things

Or maybe there IS a Doman Theritorial Anthem we just didn't hear it. Like what's the anthem for Limsa or Ishgard? It probably has one but we just didn't hear it as it isn't important. On a slightly more related note I am super hyped for the music for Jade Stoa. We might get some lyrics with it.

well we didn't hear a doman anthem either probably they didn't want to throw the spotlight off ala mhigo too much

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well we didn't hear a doman anthem either probably they didn't want to throw the spotlight off ala mhigo too much

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I wouldn't have minded. Never cared much for Ala Mhigo.

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I wouldn't have minded. Never cared much for Ala Mhigo.

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Whether or not I take an issue with Ala Mhigo depends entirely on what we get in the future. I'll be very disappointed if we only ever get three zones out of Othard or a similarly large region after Gyr Abania ended up getting three zones in total.

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Whether or not I take an issue with Ala Mhigo depends entirely on what we get in the future. I'll be very disappointed if we only ever get three zones out of Othard or a similarly large region after Gyr Abania ended up getting three zones in total.

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My issue with Ala Mhigo is more about 90% of Ala Mhigans being angry hobos and trouble makers. I can count the decent Ala Mhigans on one hand. And that's counting the likes of Minfilia the useless load and Widalgert who tried to kill us once. The last time they had self governance they necessitated the formation of the Eorzean Alliance. Sure, mad king and all that jazz. But seriously. A bunch of angry jerks living in a barren wasteland. Hoooow interesting.

A whole continent filled with dragon people, ninjas, samurai, thousand year old shape shifting foxed, intrigue and legends totally idependant of what we have in Eorzea? Let's turn it into a sideplot we only deal with to help the angry jerks.

That's a fair assessment. You're definitely not alone in that line of thinking!

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Like what's the anthem for Limsa or Ishgard? It probably has one but we just didn't hear it as it isn't important.

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Isn't Heavensward something of Ishgard's anthem? I mean, "Guide us O mighty Fury. Guide us to victory!" is pretty Ishgardian.

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Originally Posted by Annana

Isn't Heavensward something of Ishgard's anthem? I mean, "Guide us O mighty Fury. Guide us to victory!" is pretty Ishgardian.

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A good point. Short but epic.