Song Lyrics in FFXIV: Compilation, Discussion, and Interpretation

[Mysteltain]

Alright, so big thanks to the lyrics provided by VitalSuit on Reddit for posting these lyrics. I think I finally figured out the two lines following "Where the serpent lies!"

What is it like when you pull back the curtain,
and realize every wrong is right?
Your world is rusted like an old, dirty razor,
The edge is calling tonight.

The edge is calling tonight! (The edge is calling tonight!) x2
The sun is setting; darkness taking over.
A date with chaos and you're dressed to the nines!

Salt of the earth is salting your own fields;
The road to destruction is true and tried.
You walk the path laid before you,
The core reason you refuse to abide

Necessity is an inventive mother,
Promising sanctum which she cannot provide.
She is the hand that rocks the cradle,
The wind that breaks the bough and leaves you to die!

And as she leaves to die! (And as she leaves you to die!) x2
You'll find slumber when the world comes tumbling down,
Sweet dreams, baby, sleep tight!

Retreat where lesser men lead.
Flee from what you do not see.
Heed the dark within your being.
Turn away! Disobey!

I'm the end and the beginning.
The faith that feeds the unbelieving.
A tightening knot to staunch the bleeding.
Say my name!
Say my name!

SEPHIROT!

The Seventh Hell's become your Seventh Heaven.
Rose of redemption put a thorn in your pride.
Waste no more time fighting your demons;
Lay down your arms and let the evil inside.

And then you let it inside! (And then you let it inside!) x2
You let it eat you 'til there's nothing left at all
So you can feel that you are truly alive!

Better to serve in waking nightmare, than rule in their paradise.
What is gold always glitters, but it still comes with an unpayable price.
Treading out upon the stagnant waters, I see you waiting for a turn in the tide.
You are the light at the end of the tunnel
The empty void where the serpent lies!

Where the serpent lies! (Where the serpent lies!) x2
The endless graves in the meadows of excess.
They must be gold from the Devil's coin!

Retreat where lesser men lead.
Flee from what you do not see.
Concede your mind unto the Fiend!
Turn away, decimate!

I'm the end and the beginning.
The drug that gives the wretched meaning.
The answer every soul is seeking.
Say my name!
Say my name!

SEPHIROT

[Khalithar]

Snip

After "turn away," I don't think it's "decimate" it sounds like "dissipate" to me.

[Elecrom]

After "turn away," I don't think it's "decimate" it sounds like "dissipate" to me.

For me it is clearly "Disobey" ^^
But I´m not sure about serpent because before I read the lyrics here I thought it was "sacred" instead.

[Harz]

After listening for a bit in the orchestration, this is pretty spot on, but I'd say:

Your world is rusted like a dirty razor,

No "old."

Rose of redemption, but a thorn in your pride.

"But," not "put."

Now here's the strange part.

Retreat where lesser men lead.
Flee from what you do not see.
Concede your place in history.
Turn away, turn away.

Retreat where lesser men lead.
Flee from what you do not see.
Heed the dark within your being.
Turn away, to serve me!

These two are so far off what it seems like they are in the fight that I almost think that they put an old version of the song in the orchestration instead of the current version.

[Annana]

These two are so far off what it seems like they are in the fight that I almost think that they put an old version of the song in the orchestration instead of the current version.

I really have to agree. The Orchestion and actual battle theme are different.

Take a listen to the battle theme. I can't believe it's saying "Concede your place in history." And for additional reference, the second chorus.

[Rocl]

My Heavensward OST arrived today so I figure I'd add a few things

Unbending Steel (Ravana)
All, like snow, they fall -> Fall, like snow they fall

And Heavensward's lyrics!!

Beneath the gazing stars
Vales deep and forests dark
Betrayed by loyal hands, Her wrath stirred

Bound fast unto our fate
One path, one burden great
Yet ever do our aching souls point Heavensward
Ever ring outs our song

Yes, ever do our aching souls march Heavensward
As they've done for so long

To their trespass
We are Witness
Here to pass this
Final sentence

No forgiveness
No deliverance
Only Justice
Only Vengeance

Wills unbending
Faith unending
Stone defending
Now our steel shall sing

Guide us, O mighty Fury
Guide us to victory!

Dys an sohm in
Rohs an kyn
Sahl djahs afah an
Mah morn narr
Eorzea!

Given there's no lyrics given for Heroes, so it might be another case of Ultima, unfortunately...

[Mysteltain]

Awesome, Rocl! Not only do we now have lyrics for Ravana and Heavensward, but we also have lyrics for the Aetherochemical Facility, as it draws from Heavensward. Not to impose, but were there also lyrics for the standard Alexander boss theme, Locus, in the OST?

[CyrilLucifer]

There are, but I unfortunately am doing Seph Ex atm and cannot type them up. I posted like 6 lines of them in the 3.2 reaction thread, on page 19ish.

[Rocl]

Awesome, Rocl! Not only do we now have lyrics for Ravana and Heavensward, but we also have lyrics for the Aetherochemical Facility, as it draws from Heavensward. Not to impose, but were there also lyrics for the standard Alexander boss theme, Locus, in the OST?

Ah yes there are, I had seen them posted on reddit and a few other places already but I can type them up here too.

I also have to agree w/ the "Fiend" being clearer on the Orchestrion and it being "concede your place in history"

Locus

Seeking the peace of reason
Sheep in a peaceless season
Reason to keep believing
Waken the beast who's sleeping

Let go this destiny, you're caught in a trance
Ever marking time inside a dream, no sign of advance,
You see, the moral coil we serve is taut like a spring
Step back! Two-step, two-step, two-step, one two three

Our world's a fantasy, no more than a test
Ever feeding off the fallacy creating this mess
Deep down inside this bleak machine with all of the rest
Break free! Two-phase, two-phase electricity

Time turning up the volume
Time turning on us always
No time enough tomorrow
For turning back to where we began

Twenty-two sectors tested
Fragments in one direction
Celestial noise detected
Delirium unsuspected

Static tuned in to reason
Time in the aether deepens
Transmissions blink uncompleted
Seven two three two two...<send>

Arrested destiny, alone in a trance
No escaping from this waking dream, no hope for advance,
You see, the mortal coil we serve is naught but a spring
Unwind! Too slow, too quick, too much to believe

Your world's a fantasy, you've failed the test
Ever forging all new fallacies creating more mess
Directly through this bleak machine, with all of the rest
DC! Dying, dying, electricity

Falling back right into the system of
Falling back on all that's erased
When fighting back right out of this system
Means falling back right into this space

Yes, falling back right in with the system
Who'll see you falling back to the end
When falling back is better than simply
Falling back into pieces again

Silent steel breathing, breathing
Memory writing, reading
Error! Repeat deleting
Radicals flowing free and

Energy slowly speeing
Suspending all disbelief in
Synergy with our being
Synapses fire in three, then...

Heavensward, Unbending Steel, Dragonsong, Locus and Metal are the only songs w/ lyrics listed in the booklet ftr

[Harz]

The Sephirot lyrics are far easier to make out over the orchestrion for some reason.

I'll do a full transcript after this Void Ark run, but I can tell you now that it's "concede your place in history."