Song Lyrics in FFXIV: Compilation, Discussion, and Interpretation

[Mysteltain]

There is one part I disagree on: the line "Can't compete so instead I'm off to beat her!"

To me, it sounds more like "Can't defeat them, so instead I'll have to be her!" It almost makes more sense lorewise, likely as a reference to Iceheart's struggle against the Ishgardian church and the process of summoning Shiva.

Yeah, that's the one line I'm pretty much unsure of. When coming up with the lyrics, I listened to both the live FanFest version and the in-game version. There were a few differences in the live version, but it was also easier to understand the words, so it really helped me to figure out certain parts of the in-game song. What you're saying was one of my choices, but I think in the live one she sang "compete", and I swear I heard a "t" at the end of "be". Those sounded present in the in-game version, but I'll double check.

Also, Iceheart didn't want anymore deaths in the Ishgard/Dravanian war, so "beating death" could work as well, especially given how Death is referred to as a woman and the previous line talks about fighting her. Which also brings up the question of why death is referred to as a woman--it sounds like Shiva (in which case your interpretation is right), but that sounds too obvious...