Song Lyrics in FFXIV: Compilation, Discussion, and Interpretation

[-Krypyonite-]

Quote Originally Posted by Goddess- Sophia's Theme (partial)

...Speak an ancient truth, on her knees.
Breath passes from her lips,
Into her soul, the Goddess whispers:
"A heartbeat without harmony,
Is a rhythm without time.
The heart seeketh equilibrium.
Without strength the (something).
Since truth is but the melody,
That memory shalt reveal.
One must start believing:
An empty heart devours sin.

An empty heart devours sin."

Chase the heartbeat...

think that in the, "The heart seeketh equilibrium.
Without strength the (something)."

instead of the "without the strength", i hear "(something) is the only path"

am i hearing it wrong? but nonetheless, great hearing !

[Mysteltain]

No, you're hearing that part better than I. Although, now I don't know the start of that line, haha! The ending of the line you mention sounds like "...worldly path" to me, after listening to it with your interpretation. That said, we'll have the full song soon enough so it should be much easier to determine what the lyrics are without the sound effects in the background.

[-Krypyonite-]

its alright, i love to do this, i listened to the one of alexander over and over back then, trying to figure out the lyrics, its fun.

[myahele]

This is what i got for now:

The song of a shifting sea, the kiss of sun-sweet breeze
The warmth of a silken dress, standing nude
And then her reach lightning fast
Her longing seeks eye accursed
Upon a broken heart, her words unsaid
There was a certainty lost in grief
A daughter's desperate cries, on her plees
Recite an ancient rite on her knees
A prayer passes from her lips and into her soul the Goddess whispers:

Our heart beat with the harmony i
Is the rule that will ...?
The heart seeketh equilibrium
The balance fill the world with calm
Seek true peace for duality (?) and fragments shoulder grief (pain?)
One must stop (start?) believing an empty heart divide the sea
An empty heart divide the sea

[RobinMalvin]

http://noireharu.tumblr.com/post/151001782479

Credit and many thanks to Noireharu

[Apoptomon]

While I wait for download to complete, I tried listening to RobinMalvin's link.
This is what I heard, probably very wrong.

Song/soul(?) of/on a shifting sea,
the kiss of a ___ breeze(?)
The wonderful silken dress(?), standing ___(?)
A memory fading fast,
a/her(?) ____ eyes(?) uncursed/unkissed(?)
A ____ in hand, her __ un___(words unsaid?)
Where once was certainty, lost in grief
A daughter's desperate cries, unheard(?) pleas (?)
Forsaken/an ancient rite(?) on her knees
A prayer passes from her lips, into her soul the goddess whispers:
A heartbeat without harmony
Is moonlight(?) without dark(?)
The heart seeketh equilibrium,
____ (let balance?/the flowers?/will violence?) be/fill your lonely ___(heart/path?) ?)
____ calamity(?) __ memory shall __ (?) (I can't really make out this and the above line)
One last step (by leaving/believing?)
An empty heart the light (will see(k?)/the sea?)

I really like this theme, even if I have no idea what she's singing. Can't wait for the dev blog to reveal all.

[Mysteltain]

So many songs, so many vocals, so little time! I'll start with Equilibrium first.

The song of the shifting sea.
The kiss of the salt-sweet breeze.
The warmth of her silken dress
Standing ???

Her memory fading fast.
Her mother sits eyes downcast.
An eminent form in hand,
From eyes unseen.

Now once a certainty lost in grief.
A daughter's desperate cries on her pleas.
Forsaken ancient rite, on her knees.
A breath passes from her lips,
Into her soul the Goddess whispers:

"A heartbeat without harmony
Is a rhythm without time.
The heart seeketh equilibrium,
Will ??? worldly path.
Since truth is but the melody,
And memory shall free thee.
One must start believing:
An empty heart divides the sea.

An empty heart divides the sea."

At first I thought the chant was the name of one of her attacks, Cintamani, but the chant has a definite "ess" sound.

[Rocl]

Here's my crack at it, everything in the brackets I'm pretty unsure of:

The song of the shifting sea, the kiss of the sun-sweet breeze
The warmth of her silken dress, stain'd in red
Her memory fading fast; her mother sits, eyes downcast
[An eminent form in hand, their vows] unsaid

Now once a certainty lost in grief
A daughter's desperate cries and her pleas
Forsaken ancient [trade?], on her knees
A breath passes from her lips,
Into her soul the Goddess whispers:

A heartbeat without harmony
is rhythm without time
The heart seeketh equilibrium
Let balance fill your world with calm
[So sing this] broken melody
[And [something] shoulder [me?]
[One must start believing
An empty heart; divine to see

An empty heart; divine to see]

[KHMarie]

So all of your guy's suggestions really helped with the hard to hear parts, this is my interpretation of what I heard!:

The song of the shifting sea; the kiss of the sun-sweet breeze

The warmth of her silken dress; stained in red

A memory fading fast; her mother sits, eyes downcast

An eminent form in hand, farewells unsaid

Now once in certainty, lost in grief

A daughters desperate cries, unheard pleas

Forsaken ancient rite, on her knees

A prayer passes from her lips into her soul the Goddess whispers:

A heartbeat without harmony; is rhythm without time
The heart seeketh equilibrium
Let balance fill your world with calm

So sing this broken melody; let balance shelter thee
One must start believing; an empty heart divided sing

The mother part is still by far the hardest part to interpret.

[QueenAzura]

There are some parts that were crazy difficult for me to understand, but to my knowledge these are the most accurate lyrics currently available. This song is probably one of my all time favorites in terms of primal themes.

The song of the shifting sea; the kiss of the salt-sweet breeze
The warmth of her silken dress; stained in red
Her memory fading fast; her mother sits, eyes downcast
A tormented form in hand; farewells unsaid

Not once a certainty, lost in grief;
A daughter's desperate cries, unheard pleas;
Forsaken ancient rite, on her knees;
A prayer passes from her lips;
Into her soul the Goddess whispers:

"A heartbeat without harmony
is rhythm without time.
The heart seeketh equilibrium;
With balance fill your world with calm.
So sing this broken melody,
and let wings shelter thee.
One must start by believing;
An empty heart the light will seek.

An empty heart the light will seek."