Song Lyrics in FFXIV: Compilation, Discussion, and Interpretation

[Mysteltain]

Here's my updated version from what all of you have been saying, as well as some of my own edits after having this on repeat at work. I think most of this is actually accurate, too (which I'm often hesitant to say!). The fourth verse was probably the one that developed the most, and actually helped me out with other verses, too, since the song uses so many similes in it for imagery. Anything italicized are lines that I'm most unsure of.

One brings shadow, one brings light
Two-toned echoes tumbling through time
Threescore wasted, ten cast aside
Four-fold knowing, no end in sight

One brings shadow, one brings light
Two-toned echoes tumbling through time
Threescore wasted, ten cast aside
Four-fold knowing, no end in sight

I remember, being locked in silence
A surrender, a solemn reverie
Of drifting, down in the twilight
Ascending, through faded memories

No more printed, a work is worthless
As a madman, is writing on the wall
Whoever sent this, descent to madness
Come and save us, yet just before we fall...

Riding home...
Riding home...
Dying hope...
Hold onto hope...

Like broken angels, wingless, cast from heaven's gaze
(Our slumb'ring dead ??? )
We can find we're falling, falling, far from grace
(Now take us where I can breathe)
I'm like a message in a bottle, cast to sea
(Displaced and torn by the sea)
Unto their end, our candle's burn, until we're free

In monochrome melodies
Our tears are painted in red
(Bringing me to the edge...)
Deep inside, we're nothing more than scions and sinners
In the rain, to light our dullest vague hope!

Yes, time circles endlessly
The hands of fate trained ahead
(Coming to the edge...)
All things change, dragged through the flame to rise from the ashes
To begin, we first must see the end fall!

One brings shadow, one brings light
Two-toned echoes tumbling through time
Threescore wasted, ten cast aside
Four-fold knowing, no end in sight

One brings shadow, one brings light
Two-toned echoes tumbling through time
Threescore wasted, ten cast aside
Four-fold knowing, no end in sight

Like the victims, we cast the first stone
In our cages, we know not what we do
Indecision, here at the crossroads
Recognition, tomorrow's come to soon

Or the bloodied, like lambs to slaughter
At the mercy, of those who drive the sword
As the storm rends, it underwater
We're forgotten, for now and evermore

Riding home...
Riding home...
Dying hope...
Hold onto hope...

Without a compass, wand'ring, lost in lies of fate
(Fate subtly resting above)
Are we alive and fighting death's amber embrace?
(Our hearts beat on unafraid)
On hands and knees, we pray to gods we've never seen
(Come, shadow, come far from me)
The final hour upon us, no more time to grieve

In monochrome melodies
Our tears are painted in red
(Bringing me to the edge...)
Deep inside, we're nothing more than scions and sinners
In the rain, to light our dullest vague hope!

Yes, time circles endlessly
The hands of fate trained ahead
(Coming to the edge...)
All things change, dragged to the flame to rise from the ashes
To begin, we first must see the end fall!