Song Lyrics in FFXIV: Compilation, Discussion, and Interpretation

[Mysteltain]

My initial thought was that it was "Heart of amber, mote in time", as it 1) creates this image of a singular event or moment locked in time, such as the Final Days, and 2) might be a call back to the lyrics from To the Edge:

Only alive in fighting Death's amber embrace

But I eventually settled on "ember" because of all of the fire imagery in the rest of that first section.

[HiraishinNoJutsu]

https://blog.playstation.com/2021/06...ki-yoshida-qa/

Not sure if anyone posted it but Yoshida had an interview that states

"Regarding the direction of the song itself, I conveyed to Soken that we wanted to represent Hydaelyn and Zodiark as having their own voice, with male and female vocals intertwining with each other in the track. However, it was Soken’s idea to incorporate motifs of each expansions’ theme into the track. Overall, I feel we were able to make a song worthy of our first big story arc conclusion!"

If Sam Carters vocals represent Zodiark's PoV I am starting to get real curious now about how "inspiring" the male vocals have been so far

[neila_nuruodo]

A (somewhat belated) addition I'd like to suggest that I caught last night:

Stay strong along the way
Tales of love survive the flames

[accidias]

Are song lyrics typically included with the soundtrack releases? I'm curious for the lyrics of Starlight de Chocobo, personally!

[Enkidoh]

Are song lyrics typically included with the soundtrack releases? I'm curious for the lyrics of Starlight de Chocobo, personally!

Although the OST albums usually do include lyrics for tracks that have actual sung vocals, not every track that appears to have vocals actually does - a lot sadly instead are just a synthesized 'vox' effect that sounds like a choir or singing, but is actually just synthesized gibberish (Ultima is a particularly infamous example, and a more recent well-known one in particular is the "LA-HEE!" in Civilizations is just a vox synthesizer sound as well disappointingly), so I'm liable to assume Starlight de Chocobo is probably the same sadly (may I be proven wrong though! ).

[Nestama]

Are song lyrics typically included with the soundtrack releases? I'm curious for the lyrics of Starlight de Chocobo, personally!

They are, however in Death Unto Dawn, there are no lyrics for "Starlight de Chocobo" and "Starlight de Chocobo?"

[accidias]

They are, however in Death Unto Dawn, there are no lyrics for "Starlight de Chocobo" and "Starlight de Chocobo?"

Thank you for double checking! VGMdb credits Koji Fox as the lyricist for both tracks, so I was hoping that meant they had, well, lyrics. Disappointing, but I guess a fully fleshed-out Starlight carol would have been a bit unreasonable.

[MrThinker]

So there is an Endwalker MV teaser. Most of what audio is there is clear, but that 3rd line Im still having trouble with. Anyone want to take a gander before next week's Dev Blog Lyrical Journey gives us our answers?

[Guiballad]

Not only this but the FFXIV x Fender commercial has most of the ending verses without the trailer sounds https://youtu.be/xuL-07N18Jg

[SannaR]

Soken says the LP of the Endwalker theme will have lyrics included.