Song Lyrics in FFXIV: Compilation, Discussion, and Interpretation

[myahele]

After looking at Sephirot's lyrics and reading the lore book entry that the Triad actually fought against each other, I am starting to thin that his song is referring to Sophia ("Her" "She") and that the song is trying to convince one of her followers to follow him instead.

Especially seeing how extreme Sophia and her follower's belief of "Harmony" truly is

[LuckyFish]

After looking at Sephirot's lyrics and reading the lore book entry that the Triad actually fought against each other, I am starting to thin that his song is referring to Sophia ("Her" "She") and that the song is trying to convince one of her followers to follow him instead.

Especially seeing how extreme Sophia and her follower's belief of "Harmony" truly is

I want to take this one step further. The first half of the song is about Sophia, but the second half is about Zurvan. We know Zurvan's faithful believe him a "god above gods," he would have tried to place himself above the other two. The lines

Better to serve
In a waking nightmare
Than rule in your paradise.

Could be interpreted as saying "I'd rather be a battery for the Allagans than be a god if it means acknowledging you first."

[Anonymoose]

After looking at Sephirot's lyrics and reading the lore book entry that the Triad actually fought against each other, I am starting to thin that his song is referring to Sophia ("Her" "She") and that the song is trying to convince one of her followers to follow him instead.

I want to take this one step further. The first half of the song is about Sophia, but the second half is about Zurvan.

This inspired me to dive back into my own notes on Sephirot's theme (basically a reduction of the lyrics, cleansed of repetition, idiom, and references to Kabbalah) to see if I could make it about the competing members of the Triad. It backfired on me, though; I'm more convinced than before that it's Hydaelyn. (For now).

The song is from the point of view of an aetheric deiform, and those are not known for having high opinions of...pretty much anything but themselves. They fear and loathe all other higher powers, believing themselves to be the "one true god". This hatred apparently extends to Hydaelyn, as well; Garuda refers to Her gifts as a "foul stench" once she realizes that they prevent her from claiming you, herself.

Deiforms are consistently used as tools by the Ascians; they exploit the darkness in the hearts of man to give birth to something that will bleed the land dry and bring chaos. As a Calamity draws near, certain people see the warning signs coming as those blessed with the Echo start to appear. These two groups (the "messengers" and the "gifted") become the lynchpin of an attempted defense.

I hear it as Sephirot is saying, "Ignore them. Summon me."

Hydaelyn is a voice of Light, always speaking in themes of affection. To her, the world should be filled with hope and summoning is the ultimate wrong. They need to use Her gifts to see some survivors through the catastrophe. I see Sephirot as urging his followers to reject that.

He wants them to see "The Truth": a depraved Allagan onslaught of chimeric monstrosities and voidsent is on their doorstep, and the Light is doing nothing of value. She'll fill them with comfort and false hopes and Allag will kill them all. No matter what they do from here, the Umbral Era is coming; humankind has poisoned its own well. The only hope of driving back Allag is to embrace the wrong, embrace the Knowledge of the Paragons, and summon the Fiend. He's a tourniquet that might let them at least escape with their lives.

I REPEAT: This is just my present interpretation. It might be wrong; I might have a different impression later.

EDIT
Assuming it actually is about Hydaelyn, the bit at the end makes a bit of sense. "Stagnant waters" (water being a theme with the aetherial realm and the Mothercrystal), our savior waiting for a "turn in the tide", and how humanity is the "void where the serpent lies". (Not just a biblical reference, but a reference to Zodiark by way of the 13th Zodiac?)

[Nihonnick]

I imagine most of the lyrics you seek are here