Song Lyrics in FFXIV: Compilation, Discussion, and Interpretation

[Annana]

Amber would be kinda strange, considering all the Fire and light thematics that are getting used throughout the song.

Heart of Amber, referring to Azem's soulstone, makes plenty of sense. We kept it for a reason. Heart of Ember doesn't really flow in my opinion.

[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.

[TaleraRistain]

I am 99% certain that the first line is "Heart of amber" rather than ember.

I'm with you. Whether it matches the other proposed imagery or not, that definitely sounds like amber.

Also because the next line almost sounds like bleeding light, which would be a reference to Shadowbringers

[EaraGrace]

After listening to the Dragonspeak again and again, and after seeing some.... intriguing translations, I think I’ve got am attempt at the lyrics that I’m somewhat confident in

Dys an sohm in (Our slumber disturbed)
Rohs an kyn (My brothers wake)
Sahl djahs afah an (Vengeance will be ours)

Dys an sohm in (Our slumber disturbed)
Asah afah an (Redemption will be ours)

It’s prettttyyy much the same as the Heavensward lyrics with a few slight changes. Dropped is the line Mah morn narr (The saviours must perish), and replaced at the end is Sahl djahs qith asah, changing it from vengeance to redemption. It’s all still very up in the air, as the dictionary isn’t complete and the language is meant to be difficult to parse without the echo, but this seems to sound like the lyrics and would match thematically.

[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! ).

[SannaR]

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

[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?"