Song Lyrics in FFXIV: Compilation, Discussion, and Interpretation

[Berethos]

Personally, I don't hear the awkwardness of the "mohnee", which leads me to rule-out the word "harmony".

Looking forward to seeing the official lyrics on this one, as when I listen to it I do hear that quick double syllable for the "mony" part of harmony.

I also don't here a t sound for the "tah" and the first part doesn't sound like the i would if it were pronounced chin, instead sounding like the ai of chains.

[Lewtskie]

Something occurred to me while listening to Rise and I'm gonna feel dumb if this was that obvious, but anyone notice the song acts as a constant loop in and of itself? The song starts with the "SONIC BOOM" and the end sounds really close to something like "Step back I'm about to hit you with a-". That sudden pause then proceeds the stall with the instrumental bit, then builds back up to the "SONIC BOOM", much like how the fight is its own loop of events.

[Rocl]

Something occurred to me while listening to Rise and I'm gonna feel dumb if this was that obvious, but anyone notice the song acts as a constant loop in and of itself? The song starts with the "SONIC BOOM" and the end sounds really close to something like "Step back I'm about to hit you with a-". That sudden pause then proceeds the stall with the instrumental bit, then builds back up to the "SONIC BOOM", much like how the fight is its own loop of events.

aye, that's how I interpreted the whole thing too

[Masekase_Hurricane]

Exponential Entropy

Forward and Back and then forward and back, and then go forward and back, then put one foot forward.

Which is easy enough and totally drilled into my head, but what is the other verses in between the chorus. I have found some have said

Transcending time
(I....un....leash)
Exponential
(En....tro....py)

my indignation,
it's in my nature,
(triangulation)?,
no destination

Are these right? pulled from comments on YouTube video.

[Rocl]

Exponential Entropy

Forward and Back and then forward and back, and then go forward and back, then put one foot forward.

Which is easy enough and totally drilled into my head, but what is the other verses in between the chorus. I have found some have said

Transcending time
(I....un....leash)
Exponential
(En....tro....py)

my indignation,
it's in my nature,
(triangulation)?,
no destination

Are these right? pulled from comments on YouTube video.

No. Yes. Maybe? We haven't gotten the official lyrics yet. The forward & back bit is easy enough to make out, but the rest is debatable still, though some are clearer than others.

[Fenral]

Are you sure about that?

She refers to it as "Daughter", yes, but she never calls is "my/mine daughter". I think Barbelo might be the daughter mentioned in the lyrics, who prayed to Sophia after the death of her mother, and was enthralled as a result. Sophia would call it daughter because she never knew it as anything other than "that daughter that prayed to me after her mother died", or something like that.

Having voices for transitions makes me super happy. It's like this game has a budget or something.

Text just says "Daughter," voiced line in Japanese says "waga musume," which is to say "Our Daughter" (using the royal "we") so yes, she means "my daughter." Even if it absolutely must be in the metaphorical sense, it still implies a closeness beyond that of master/servant.

And in the process of investigating, I may have gotten my first new EX primal kill since Ravana.

[Masekase_Hurricane]

No. Yes. Maybe? We haven't gotten the official lyrics yet. The forward & back bit is easy enough to make out, but the rest is debatable still, though some are clearer than others.

Yes I keep trying to catch what is said in between every time I hear it.

[KHMarie]

Official translation of the lyrics from Equilibrium at Fanfest, thanks to Koji Fox:

The sigh of the shifting sea; the kiss of the salt-sweet breeze

The white of her silken dress, stained in red

A memory fading fast; her mother sits, eyes downcast

A torn uniform in hand, farewells unsaid

That once in certainty, lost in grief

A daughter's desperate cries, unheard pleas

Forsaken, beaten, tried, on her knees

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

"Heartbeat without harmony, is moonlight without dark
The heart seeketh equilibrium; with balance will your worry part.

So still this broken melody and therewith shoulder thee
One last step only leaving; An empty hearth down by the sea"

[myahele]

Here's the official lyrics to Equilibrium from a reddit post:

[Yuyuka3]

http://imgur.com/a/EFrtl
For a screenshot from the stream that might be a bit clearer since it's not from an angle.
So, the story behind these lyrics is pretty heavy. Short summary, the father dies, the mother, in her grief, starts taking it out on the daughter, who in turn prays to the goddess. The goddess commands her to kill her mother for disrupting the harmony. The daughter complies, killes her mother, and is then told to kill herself as well. Koji, you are savage.