Answers by Susan Calloway is a metaphor for this game.

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I close my eyes, tell us why must we suffer
Release your hands for your will runs asunder
My legs long tired, tell us where must we wander
How can we carry on with redemption beyond us

Self explanatory.

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To all of my children in whom life flows abundant
To all of my children to whom death hath passed his judgment
The soul yearns for honor and the flesh the hereafter
Look to those who walked before to lead those who walk after

Yoshi-P taking the helm after Tanaka, and trying to decide the direction in which the game should go.

Quote:

Shining is the land's light of justice
Ever flows the land's well of purpose
Walk free, walk free, walk free, believe,
The land's alive, so believe

These forums, and the discussion of the future of the game. Hopes and aspirations.

Quote:

Suffer [feel] (me) Lonely [face] (me) Weakness [teach] (me) Evil [Fear] (me)
although[feel] (me) one must [face] (me) stumble [teach] (me) listen [speak] (me)
(Although we) [speak] we (might) [tell] them (we must) [tell] them (land of) [hope] hope
(Mother) [hope] hope (father) [wish] with (every) [wish] wish(has a) [roam] home
(we must go) [roam] go (listen) [roam] go (suffer) [roam] home (sanctum) [swim] leap
(And as) [speak] we (wander) [sleep] sleep (answer) [sleep on] sleep on (on)

Some random part of the song roleplayers made up, that kinda leaves you feeling embarrassed for reading/listening. It doesn't really fit, but you let them carry on because you don't really care that much.

Quote:

Now open your eyes while our plight is repeated
Still deaf to our cries lost in hope we lie defeated
Our souls have been torn and our bodies forsaken
Bearing sins of the past for our future is taken

Trolls telling the community that this game is dying.

Quote:

War, born of strife these trials dissuade us not
Words without sound these lies betray our thoughts
Mired by your plague of doubtful and cheap lore
Judgment binds all we hold to a memory of scorn
Tell us why, given life, we are meant to die? help us in our cry!

Casual VS Hardcore (and Lore VS Content) debate. Comparison to other MMOs, specifically FFXI and WoW.

Quote:

witness (we) suffer (we) grovel (we) reason
(we) follow (we) struggle (we) wander (we) listen
(we) whisper (we) shoulder (we) addle (we) weather
(please) answer (you) answer (me) answer together

More roleplaying stuff.

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My life is a riddle to bear rapture and sorrow
To listen to suffer to entrust unto tomorrow
In one fleeting moment from the land doth life flow
Yet in one fleeting moment for the new leaf doth grow
In the same fleeting moment thou must live, die and know

The on-going discussion of whether this game can survive or not. Do we know what as players want? Is it best for the game? Are we to suffer endlessly because that's simply how we've been building ourselves up to do so? (Potential failure of supposed Golden Patch)
As of now, all we can do is wait for development and Producer Letters.

Great. You've forever ruined the one redeeming quality this game has. Thanks.

lol interesting interpretation

Interesting take on it. but it is definitely a cryptic telling of the games story

Yeah. Someone pointed out about how it was a prayer to the Twelve and what not.

But the parallelism (albeit unintentional) to the game itself is present.

lol

/10char

Someone clearly failed literary analysis class at school.

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Originally Posted by Vesperia

Someone clearly failed literary analysis class at school.

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Originally Posted by Cairdeas

We can only hope

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Originally Posted by Vesperia

You mean you can only false hope.

You JUST posted this, and you're giving someone else tips on comprehension? Gtfo.

Anyway, someone must be pretty bored.

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Originally Posted by Sephr

You JUST posted this, and you're giving someone else tips on comprehension?

Well someone has to do it.

I can't even read that without a pot of coffee this early in the morning!

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Originally Posted by Vesperia

Someone clearly failed literary analysis class at school.

lol. anyway this is an incredible song, i encourage everyone to hear the distant worlds recording if they can.

I like the song but susan calloway butchers it. I mean like she really cheeses it up.