Song Lyrics in FFXIV: Compilation, Discussion, and Interpretation

[Hikiopoltsh]

Listening to it more and more (and at slower speeds when I can) and going off of what others have in here, this is what I got:

Wandering, I lie
Too weary to die
Too lost to the ice for saving
My sins claim me, binding me

Ice like her tears
Her song in my ears
Broken, faded
How long that I've waited
To open my eyes

Turn to light and never end
Won't you turn to light, all (Turn to light, all)
Turn to light and never witness
So turn to light, all (Turn to light, all)
Turn to light and pain will end
So turn to light, all (Turn to light, all)
And so much farther away we will look
Oblivion

Falling too far
Feel the fear, it'll embrace me
A voice from the past
Claiming there is no end to
A slave to my fight
And I come to my weakness
Again and again and
Again and again and

I'm falling too fast
No, the ground won't overtake me
A voice from the past
Echoes out like a drum roll
There's no more goodbyes
And my heart is still aching
I'll open my eyes
One more time
One more time

Reason resigned
Dark seasons consign
Spring's promise of sun is honored
When Winter's weighed down on us

Visions in white
Bold fury in flight
Clear as diamond
Yet fragile as ice
My heart is rising

Turn to light and never end
Won't you turn to light, all (Turn to light, all)
Turn to light and never witness
So turn to light, all (Turn to light, all)
Turn to light and pain will end
So turn to light, all (Turn to light, all)
And so much farther away we will look
Oblivion

Falling too far
Feel the fear to embrace me
A voice from the past
Claiming there is no end, no
A slave to my fate
And I jump to my weakness
Again and again and
Again and again and

I'm falling too fast
Let the falling not break me
A voice from the past
Echoes out like a drum roll
No more goodbyes
And I'm tired of waiting
I open my eyes
One last time
One more time
One more time

Based on this version, it's just as much about Ryne being consumed by Shiva and just wanting so be herself one more time as it is about a general retelling about Ysale's feelings as flew on Hraesvelgr to her death on our way to Azys Lla (or what we thought she felt as we watched it all happen).

And like Oblivion, the song's voice gets more assertive and gains more agency in the second half.

[Caity_Cat]

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To me, this sounds like

"Now there's no more goodbyes/Now no more goodbyes/No more goodbyes
I am tired of weeping"

I'm not sure about the "feel the fury embrace me" one, that line is just really hard to hear in general, though I can def hear the "embrace me" in it, so you might be on the right track.

I think you definitely might be onto something with "weeping" on this line! Gonna incorporate that into my document.

Ice like her tears
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A slave to my fight

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Echoes out like a drum roll
There's no more goodbyes

These parts sound like they might work. "Roll" with soft pronunciation+effects over it could come across as "now" to the ear.

[Caity_Cat]

Ok so I tried to do center channel extraction on this in my DAW because I am determined, and I have figured out that the parts we can barely understand are pretty much fully mixed into the channels with the music, so that explains a lot.

But for other parts, the vocals are center:

Wandering, I lie
Too weary to die
Too lost to the ice for saving
My sins cling, binding me
Eyes wet with tears
Her song in my ears
Broken, faded; how long I have waited to open my eyes

I think we have this about right, "Too weary to die" could still be "too weary and I'm" but since multiple people think it's "too weary to die", I'll be leaning to that. "Eyes fill(ed) with tears" is another one I'm still unsure of, I could see a few people's suggestions working in that line, "eyes wet with tears" is what it sounded like with the music pulled back.

Reason resigned
Dark season's design
Spring's promise of sun was honored
with winter's weight down on us
Visions in white
Bold fury in flight
Clear as diamond

This is approx what this part says. "with winter's weight down on us/when winter's weighed down on us" can go either way, but regardless of which it is, the core meaning of the line doesn't actually change.

Yet fragile as ice
My heart is rising(or racing)

Due to the singer's choice of vowel shaping and enunciation, I still can't fully make heads or tails of this part. Basically everyone's suggestions could be right.
On the second line, I just cannot hear any semblance of an "f" to make freezing/frozen.

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I tried some other things to try to clear away some of the music from the vocals that the center channel extraction didn't work for:

Falling too far
for the fear to embrace me
A voice from the past
chanting "there is no end"
Now a slave to my fight
Am I doomed to repeat this again and again and again and again?
and I'm-

This is a bit diff from what we've been tossing around, thoughts?


The whole "turn the light on" bit is just a wreck and nothing I could do with it will make it any more understandable.
I'd share the center channel extracted version for you guys to weigh in, but if I had to guess, that's prooobably frowned upon.

[Karyou]

Am I doomed to repeat this again and again and again and again?

I've been waiting to get access back to the forums since resubbing for two days just to say this, and you've beaten me to it. Though you definitely put more work into getting there than I did. But, yeah, I think everyone was off on this line until now. I am very convinced it's "am I doomed to repeat this".

[Hikiopoltsh]

After some more re-listenings and audio edits on a recording for more clarity along with considering the more recent suggestions, this is my update. Changes from my previous post in bold:

Wandering, I lie
Too weary to die
Too lost to the ice for saving
My sins claim me, binding me

Ice like her tears
Her song in my ears
Broken, faded
How long that I've waited
To open my eyes

Turn the light on, it’ll never end
Won't you turn the light off (Turn the light on)
Turn the light on, you’ll never witness
So turn the light off (Turn the light on)
Turn the light on, the pain won’t end
‘Til you turn the light off (Turn the light on)
And so much for the way that we look
Oblivion

Falling too far
Feeling fear, it'll embrace me
A voice from the past
Screaming, "There is no end now"
A slave to my fight
Am I doomed to repeat this
Again and again and
Again and again and

I'm falling too fast
No, the ground won't overtake me
A voice from the past
Echoes out like a drum roll
There's no more goodbyes
And my heart is still aching
I'll open my eyes
One more time
One more time

Reason resigned
Dark seasons consign
Spring's promise of sun is honored
When Winter's weighed down on us

Visions in white
Bold fury in flight
Clear as diamond
Yet fragile as ice
My heart is rising

Turn the light on, it’ll never end
Won't you turn the light off (Turn the light on)
Turn the light on, you’ll never witness
So turn the light off (Turn the light on)
Turn the light on, the pain won’t end
‘Til you turn the light off (Turn the light on)
And so much for the way that we look
Oblivion

Falling too far
Feel no fear to embrace me
A voice from the past
Screaming, "There is no end now"
A slave to my fate
Am I doomed to repeat this
Again and again and
Again and again and

I'm falling too fast
Let the falling not break me
A voice from the past
Echoes out like a drum roll
I have no more goodbyes
And I'm tired of waiting
I’ll open my eyes
One last time
One more time
One more time

[Mance1462]

Seems Soken actually provided us one of the lines, the one at the end of the pre-chorus.

[Pandoraaaa]

Here's my interpretation and I'm decently confident about these tbh

Wandering, I lie
Too weary to die
Too lost to the ice for saving
My sins claim me, binding me

Ice like her tears
Her song in my ears
Broken, faded
How long I have waited
To open my eyes

Turn the light on, it’ll never end
Won't you turn the light off (Turn the light on)
Turn the light on, you’ll never witness
So turn the light off (Turn the light on)
Turn the light on, the pain won’t end
‘Til you turn the light off (Turn the light on)
The soul longs for oblivion, oblivion

Falling too far
Feel no fear to embrace me
A voice from the past
Screaming, "There is no end now"
A slave to my fight
Am I doomed to repeat this
Again and again and again and again

I'm falling to fast
Now the ground overtakes me
A voice from the past
Echoes out like a drum roll
There's no more goodbyes
And my heart is still aching
I'll open my eyes
One more time
One more time

Reason resigned
Dark season's design
Spring's promise of sun is honored
When Winter's weighed down on us

Visions in white
Blind fury in flight
Clear as diamond
Yet fragile as ice
My heart is racing

Turn the light on, it’ll never end
Won't you turn the light off (Turn the light on)
Turn the light on, you’ll never witness
So turn the light off (Turn the light on)
Turn the light on, the pain won’t end
‘Til you turn the light off (Turn the light on)
The soul longs for oblivion, oblivion

Falling too far
Feel no fear to embrace me
A voice from the past
Screaming, "There is no end now"
A slave to my fight
Am I doomed to repeat this
Again and again and again and again

I'm falling too fast
Let the falling not break me
A voice from the past
Echoes out like a drum roll
I have no goodbyes
And I'm tired of waiting
I’ll open my eyes
One last time
One more time
One more time

[NessaWyvern]

After some more re-listenings and audio edits on a recording for more clarity along with considering the more recent suggestions, this is my update. Changes from my previous post in bold:
[INDENT]Wandering, I lie
Too weary to die
Too lost to the ice for saving
My sins claim me, binding me

Ice like her tears
Her song in my ears
Broken, faded
How long that I've waited
To open my eyes

I am hearing quite strongly "My sins clung, binding me" with binding a bit separated, bind-ding. I am not hearing the "claim me" at all. And I think the word binding doesn't sound quite right. Bonding me? Vaunting me?

I am also hearing
"Eyes with her tears,
Her song in my ears"

[Grimmdarke]

I got you covered for Ruby Weapon.

[GuyInDogSuit]

I got you covered for Ruby Weapon.

Or like this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d6XaW5TeD0