Song Lyrics in FFXIV: Compilation, Discussion, and Interpretation

[Caity_Cat]

Been listening to this all day, I first also heard "Falling too fast" for this second segment...but after getting the bottom phrases to a place I think "Feelings" could work too but since the first phrase is also Falling I'm unsure...

Feelings are ___ ("lost" makes lyrical sense but it doesn't really sound like lost...)
Let the ground overtake me (sounds like "ground" but I don't think that makes sense..)
a voice from the past
echos on like a drum
no more goodbyes
and my heart is still aching
I'll open my eyes one more time, one more time

Either way probably one of my favorite tracks now

Edit: Listened to it a bit more pretty sure it is "ground" as in like falling to your knees

idk why I didn't think of "echoes" for that line lmao, I was like "why do I hear both 'it comes' and 'it goes'". this is easily the biggest 'duh' of the night, thank u for solving that. the "a voice" fits then for that too, I thought I might've heard "voice" but. I'm hearing a lot of things at this point...

I don't hear "feelings are" at all even if I squint (aurally lol), I'll let others weigh in on that one before messing with it. I can kinda hear "let the ground overtake me", I'll slot it in since that was a blank line. (and if you take that to mean slamming into it after falling, it makes sense w/ "falling too fast".) Gonna adjust some of the lines in my original post to reflect this stuff and see what ppl think.

This is a sign that being awake for 24 hours is really getting to me now, I'm going to sleep after this lol. Hopefully there will be further revelations in the afternoon!

[Bladeglory]

So taking what others have said about Return to Oblivion, here's what I've come up with:

Wandering, I lie,
Too weary to die,
Too lost to the ice for saving
My sins cling, binding me

(Like Oblivion, it starts out by describing being lost in a snowstorm, dying from exposure, but being unable to pass on)

Eyes filled with tears
Her song in my ears
Broken, faded
How long I have waited
to open
my eyes

Falling too far for the ???? to catch me
A voice from the past ?????? with no end
Now a slave to my fault, I bow down to my weakness
again and again and again and again and a-

Falling too fast, let the ground overtake me
A voice from the past echoes on like a drum
Now there's no more goodbyes though my heart is still aching
I'll open my eyes one more time, one more time

Reason resigned
Dark season's design
Spring's promise of sun is honored
With winter's weight down on us

(I think this passage is supposed to symbolize the fusion of Ice and Light elements; spring is supposed to bring light and warmth, but in this case it's light and cold)

Visions in white
All fury and fright
Clear as diamond
Yet forever as always
My heart is rising

Falling too far for the field to embrace me ("field" as in a snowfield?)
A voice from the past rings again with no end
Now enslaved to my fault, I bow down to my weakness
again and again and again and again and a-

Falling too fast, let the fall never break me
A voice from the past echoes on like a drum
Now there's no more goodbyes, I am torn, never beaten
I'll open my eyes one last time, one last time



Sorry, I can provide absolutely no help with the super distorted chorus lol
I'll check in after I pass out and reawaken.

[Mysteltain]

After listening to it a bunch last night and this morning, and reading what's been posted thus far, here's where I'm at with this. It seems to be a recounting of Ysayle's entire life, from being found by Hraesvelgr in the cold to her final sacrifice in Azys Lla.

Return to Oblivion
Wandering, I lie
Too weary to die
Too lost to the ice for saving
My sins clinging, binding me

Eyes like her tears (Reference to Shadowbringers "For whom weeps the storm", and Diamond Tears from Shiva fights?)
Her song in my ears
Broken, faded, how long I have waited
To open my eyes

Eternal light ??? (I hear both this and "Turn the light on", but I feel like "Eternal light" should fit better?)
Eternal light ???
Eternal light ???
Eternal light ???
Eternal light ???
Eternal light ???
In solace, far away will we look (This took forever to figure out, but I think this is it?)
Oblivion!

Falling too far
Feel the fear and it breaks me
A voice from the past
Claiming there is no end
Now I'm a slave to my fate
And I come to my weakness (I'm hearing "come" instead of "bow")
Again, and again, and again, and again
And I'm-

Falling too fast
Let the ground overtake me
The voice from the past
Echoes on like a drum
Now there's no more goodbyes
Though my heart is still aching
And I'll open my eyes one more time
One more time

Reason resigned
Dark seasons consign
Spring's promise of Summer's honored
When Winter's weighed down on us

Visions in white
Bold fury in flight (Nice reference to Hraesvelgr)
Clear as diamond, and fragile as ice
My heart is frozen

Eternal light ???
Eternal light ???
Eternal light ???
Eternal light ???
Eternal light ???
Eternal light ???
In solace, far away will we look
Oblivion!

Falling too far
Feel the fealty embrace me
A voice from the past
Claiming there is no end
Now I'm a slave to my fate
And I come to my weakness
Again, and again, and again, and again
And I'm-

Falling too fast
Let the folly now break me
A voice from the past
Echoes on like a drum
Now there's no more goodbyes
And I'm tired of waiting
I'll open my eyes one last time
One more time, one more time!

[Rocl]

Ah, always glad to come back to this thread. I've only given my first crack at Return to Oblivion but I'm curious if anyone's tried to suss out the second Ruby Weapon theme?

It's clearly Rise of the White Raven but the lyrics... I think are different...? There's no "corvus fortis ascendit" that I can hear, but "ave imperium" is still sung. It's possible I can't hear it with the new singer though...

As for the interpretation of "let the ground overtake me," I think Mysteltain is correct and it might be describing Ysale's final moments as she plummets from Azys Lla to the ground below...

[MrThinker]

Ah, always glad to come back to this thread. I've only given my first crack at Return to Oblivion but I'm curious if anyone's tried to suss out the second Ruby Weapon theme?

It's clearly Rise of the White Raven but the lyrics... I think are different...? There's no "corvus fortis ascendit" that I can hear, but "ave imperium" is still sung. It's possible I can't hear it with the new singer though...

As for the interpretation of "let the ground overtake me," I think Mysteltain is correct and it might be describing Ysale's final moments as she plummets from Azys Lla to the ground below...

I think that's the orchestral arrangement of Rise of the White Raven which is available in the 1st Eozean Symphony album.

[Rocl]

I think that's the orchestral arrangement of Rise of the White Raven which is available in the 1st Eozean Symphony album.

I'll be damned, you're right. Somehow it still sounds different than the Orchestrion roll (which honestly wouldn't surprise given Fiend's history) but you're definitely right on the money there. Whoops.

[Ibi]

Clear as diamond
Yet forever as always

To my ear, the second line is "Yet fragile as ice"

Turn the light on, can't connect
'til I turn the light on (turn the light on)
____________
____________

No idea what the first line is, but I think second one is just "Oblivion!"

[Caity_Cat]

Yay the forums return, here's the post I wrote out earlier and then couldn't post :

So the Eden's Verse song is called Return to Oblivion then? Neat!

There's a lot to unpack! Gonna comb thru the stuff from both Bladeglory and Mysteltain and give my thoughts.

As far as "Wandering, I lie" for the lyric; I think I can hear that, I was really thrown off by the "ck" sound at the end of the phrase. This might just be a mouth noise made by the singer that Soken left behind (I've heard this sound on my own vocal takes when it wasn't part of the preceding word before, so entirely possible).

Too weary to die

This one is throwing me, could go either way.

Eternal light ???

The syllables I hear doesn't seem to work with "eternal light", unless it's broken up really weird with some other word we can't understand. At this point, I don't put anything past the man who wrote the lyric "a drifting tender".

In solace, far away will we look
Oblivion!

I think this is right or very on the right track at least, I swore I heard "far away" there too but I couldn't make the rest because I was too tired. I don't hear the "will" myself, but that's a minor detail lyrically anyways.

And I come to my weakness

I heard "come" too, kept flip-flopping on it. Still not sure honestly lol.

"Spring's promise of sun is honored"

"Spring's promise of Summer's honored"

I can hear both of these, leaning toward "Spring's promise of sun is honored"

Clear as diamond, and fragile as ice
My heart is frozen

I can kinda hear some of this but a bit differently. If I combine this with what I hear (like I hear "yet fragile" and an "ing" sound on the end bit,for example), I get something like: "Clear as diamond, yet fragile as always/My heart is freezing". I dunno, this is pretty difficult haha.

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Sorry if it sounds like I'm nitpicking at stuff btw lol. I don't know how y'all normally do this, but I figured exchanging thoughts back and forth will help us get to the answers!

[Caity_Cat]

I was hitting text limit in my previous post. >_>; At the risk of being further pedantic by commenting on anything more line-by-line, this is my current version amended with the help of your versions:

Wandering, I lie
Too weary and I'm
too lost to the ice for saving
My sins cling, binding me
Eyes fill(ed) with tears
Her song in my ears
Broken, faded; how long I have waited to open my eyes

Turn the light on, know my name
Won't you turn the light on? (Turn the light on)
Turn the light on, you know my name
have to turn the light on (Turn the light on)
Turn the light on, can't connect
'til I turn the light on (turn the light on)
In solace, far away we look
Oblivion!

Falling too far
Feel the fear and it breaks me
A voice from the past
claims that there is no end
Now a slave to my fate
I bow down to my weakness
again and again and again and again, and I'm-

Falling too fast
Let the ground overtake me
A voice from the past echoes on like a drum
Now there's no more goodbyes
Though my heart is still aching
I'll open my eyes one more time, one more time

Reason resigned
Dark seasons design
Spring's promise of sun is honored
with winter's weight down on us
Visions in white
Bold fury in flight
Clear as diamond
Yet fragile as always
My heart is freezing

Turn the light on, know my name
Won't you turn the light on? (Turn the light on)
Turn the light on, you know my name
have to turn the light on (Turn the light on)
Turn the light on, can't connect
'til I turn the light on (turn the light on)
In solace, far away we look
Oblivion!

Falling too far
Feel the fealty embrace me
A voice from the past
claims again there's no end
Now enslaved to my fate
I fall down to my weakness
again and again and again and again and I'm-

Falling too fast
Let the folly now break me
A voice from the past echoes on like a drum
Now there's no more goodbyes
And I'm tired of waiting
I'll open my eyes one last time
one more time, one more time

[Amyrillis]

I was hitting text limit in my previous post. >_>; At the risk of being further pedantic by commenting on anything more line-by-line, this is my current version amended with the help of your versions:

Wandering, I lie
Too weary and I'm
too lost to the ice for saving
My sins cling, binding me
Eyes fill(ed) with tears
Her song in my ears
Broken, faded; how long I have waited to open my eyes

Turn the light on, know my name
Won't you turn the light on? (Turn the light on)
Turn the light on, you know my name
Asking turn the light on (Turn the light on)
Turn the light on, can't connect
'til I turn the light on (turn the light on)
In solace, far away we look
Oblivion!

Falling too far
Feel the fear and it breaks me
A voice from the past
claims that there is no end
Now a slave to my fate
I bow down to my weakness
again and again and again and again, and I'm-

Falling too fast
Let the ground overtake me
A voice from the past echoes on like a drum
Now there's no more goodbyes
Though my heart is still aching
I'll open my eyes one more time, one more time

Reason resigned
Dark seasons design
Spring's promise of sun is honored
with winter's weight down on us
Visions in white
Bold fury in flight
Clear as diamond
Yet fragile as always
My heart is freezing

Turn the light on, know my name
Won't you turn the light on? (Turn the light on)
Turn the light on, you know my name
Asking turn the light on (Turn the light on)
Turn the light on, can't connect
'til I turn the light on (turn the light on)
In solace, far away we look
Oblivion!

Falling too far
Feel the fealty embrace me
A voice from the past
claims again there's no end
Now enslaved to my fate
I fall down to my weakness
again and again and again and again and I'm-

Falling too fast
Let the folly now break me
A voice from the past echoes on like a drum
Now there's no more goodbyes
And I'm tired of waiting
I'll open my eyes one last time
one more time, one more time

The only two bits I think might be wrong are:

"Falling too far
Feel the fear and it breaks me"


I could be wrong, but this might be

"Falling too far
Feel the fury embrace me"


The second bit is

"Now there's no more goodbyes
And I'm tired of waiting"

To me, this sounds like

"Now there's no more goodbyes/Now no more goodbyes/No more goodbyes
I am tired of weeping"