Song Lyrics in FFXIV: Compilation, Discussion, and Interpretation

[RileyDarooster]

I think that the line "we're nothing more than scions and sinners" could actually be "we're nothing more than scions *of* sinners" since scion means descendant, it doesn't make sense to just say we are descendants and sinners and it makes less sense to refer to scions of the seventh dawn. Just a thought though.

[Annana]

I think that the line "we're nothing more than scions and sinners" could actually be "we're nothing more than scions *of* sinners" since scion means descendant, it doesn't make sense to just say we are descendants and sinners and it makes less sense to refer to scions of the seventh dawn. Just a thought though.

That does make a good amount of sense, actually.

[RileyDarooster]

Words followed by[?] I am not 100% confident in or strike me as off for some reason, some brackets have other things I might hear.
Brackets with dots[...] are where I feel there could be another unknown word or extra syllables, though I am not sure so they are also followed with a [?].

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

I remember[?], in blackened silence
Our surrender, a somber reverie
Something[?] glinting down in the twilight
Ever sifting through fading memories

Now I'm thinking Oh, was it worth it?
As I led them, to fight[?] another war[?]
I resent this, descent to madness
Come and save us, yet just before we fall

Riding home
Riding home
Finding hope
Don't lose hope

Like broken angels, wingless, cast from heaven's gates (I'll slowly keep on tumbling)
And[?] we can't fly when falling, falling far from grace (Hell[?]take us[...][...][...][?])
And as[?] a message in a bottle cast to sea (Disgrace[...][...][...][?])
Unto their ends our candles burn, until we're free

In monochrome melodies,
Our tales are painted in red. (Leading[maybe Bleeding?] to the edge)
Deep inside, we're nothing more than scions of sinners
Either way[maybe "In the rain" like below?], tomorrow[...][?] don't lose faith
Woah!

Yes time circles endlessly
The hands of fate trained ahead (Pointing to the edge)
All things change, dragged through[maybe to?] the flame
To rise from the ashes
To begin, we first must see the end
Woah!

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

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

Lost in vengeance[?], we cast the first stone
In our cages, we know not what we do
Indecision, here at the crossroads
Recognition, tomorrow's come too soon

We are bloodied[?], like lambs to slaughter
At the mercy of those who brandish[?] swords
As the star[?] falls[?][...][?] underwater
We're forgotten, for now and evermore

Riding home
Riding home
Finding hope
Don't lose hope

Without a compass, wand'ring lost in lies of faith (Fate subtly resting above)
Oh, we can dive in, finding deaths at her embrace (Our hearts beat on unafraid)
On hands and knees we pray to gods we've never seen (Come shadow, come follow me)
The final hour upon us, no more time to grieve[can't hear the G?]

In monochrome melodies
Our tales are painted in red (Leading[maybe "bleeding"?] to the edge)
Deep inside, we're nothing more than scions of sinners
In the rain[?], tonight our time is played out

Yes, time circles endlessly
The hands of fate trained ahead (Pointing to the edge)
All things change, dragged through[maybe to?] the flame
To rise from the ashes
To begin, we first must see the end
Woah!