Song Lyrics in FFXIV: Compilation, Discussion, and Interpretation

[MrThinker]

Official Lyrics out courtesy of dev blog
https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/blog/002962.html

Return to Oblivion
Wanting, I lie
Too weary to die
Too lost to the ice for saving
My sins claim me, untame me

Eyes wet with tears
Her song in my ears
Broken, faded, how long have I waited
To open my wings?

Turn the light on
And let her in. Won't you
Turn the light on
Turn the light on
You'll never win 'less you
Turn the light on
Turn the light on
The pain won't end 'till you
Turn the light on
The soul longs for oblivion, oblivion

Falling too far for the fear to embrace me
A voice from the past screaming there is no end (no)
A slave to my fate, ever doomed to repeat this
again and again and again and again (yeah, I'm)

Falling too fast, no it won't overtake me
A voice from the past echoes loud like a drum (oh, yes)
no more goodbyes, though my heart is still aching
Now open my eyes, one more time, Here I come

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

Visions in white
Raw fury in flight
Clear as diamond, yet fragile as ice
My heart is racing

Turn the light on
And let her in. Won't you
Turn the light on
Turn the light on
You'll never win 'less you
Turn the light on
Turn the light on
The pain won't end 'till you
Turn the light on
The soul longs for oblivion, oblivion

Falling too far for the fear to embrace me
A voice from the past screaming there is no end (no)
A slave to my fate, ever doomed to repeat this
again and again and again and again (yeah, I'm)

Falling too fast, but the fall will not break me
A voice from the past echoes loud like a drum (oh, yes)
no more goodbyes, I am tired of waiting
Now open my eyes, one last time, Here I come (yeah I come)

[Caity_Cat]

My stars we had so much of it wrong LMAO

[SigmaOZ]

Anyone know the lyrics for "Footsteps in the Snow"?.


I hate that Square Enix doesn't publish the lyrics for these cool themes/songs, they're really exciting!.

[Gula]

I hate that Square Enix doesn't publish the lyrics for these cool themes/songs, they're really exciting!.

Except they do. On the Developers blog and with official OST releases. What??

[Vyrerus]

Anyone know the lyrics for "Footsteps in the Snow"?.


I hate that Square Enix doesn't publish the lyrics for these cool themes/songs, they're really exciting!.

I think because that song is mostly instrumental, there's not too much demand for a lyrics listing.

[Enkidoh]

I think because that song is mostly instrumental, there's not too much demand for a lyrics listing.

Knowing Soken, it probably has none - the apparent choral chanting in a lot of tracks are just synthetic gibberish, made through a 'vox' sampler that sounds like lyrics, but really isn't. Ultima was the most notorious example (before actual lyrics were written for the orchestrated arrangement), but quite a few others are done in the same way. Footsteps in the Snow is probably yet another example of this.

[Kuroka]

So lyrics from the out of the shadows CD or... ? Idk, at least on the digital version i didnt get any...

[Morningstar1337]

I've a question, there is mention that certain songs have not lyrics, but vocalization that some almost like lyrics. Which leads to mondegreends like "Big fat tacos" and such, I was wondering if Gaius' theme in Praetorium and Footsteps in the Snow are such themes? (though I think the latter was already mentioned. EDIT: it has and on the same page lol)

EDIT: also wondering about if The Warrens (Snowcloak theme) is also one such track.

[Mysteltain]

Gaius' battle theme in the Praetorium is called Bite of the Black Wolf and it's just Rise of the White Raven without vocals, if that's what you're thinking of. Unless you're thinking of Ultima's first phase, which yes, does have lyrics and is listed in the first page (The Maker's Ruin). The Warrens and Footsteps in the Snow just use vocalizers, so the lyrics are gibberish. I looked pretty close at The Warrens way back when it was released (2.4, if I recall), and while I came up with some lyrics, it's pretty much nonsense.

[Morningstar1337]

Gaius' battle theme in the Praetorium is called Bite of the Black Wolf and it's just Rise of the White Raven without vocals, if that's what you're thinking of. Unless you're thinking of Ultima's first phase, which yes, does have lyrics and is listed in the first page (The Maker's Ruin). The Warrens and Footsteps in the Snow just use vocalizers, so the lyrics are gibberish. I looked pretty close at The Warrens way back when it was released (2.4, if I recall), and while I came up with some lyrics, it's pretty much nonsense.

I see, what about the BGM for the Rak'tika Greatwood (the one that begins with "La heeeeeeeeee")