Song Lyrics in FFXIV: Compilation, Discussion, and Interpretation

[IrisProelia]

(very subjective interpretation ahead...)
"Neath Dark waters" and "Full fanthom five" always felt to me like remixes/echoes of what transpired in Amaurot a.k.a "Mortal instants".
Clock ticking heard in Neath Dark Waters gives a perspective that time flows, only to be stopped near the end of the song and restart again, giving the impression that time is looped in Emet's recreation.
Now this same creation seems to have appeared on the horizon, clock is ticking back again and stars are starting to fall on Norvrandt just like they did on Amaurot.

Soken/The primals probably (and cleverly) gave us lyrics that would highlight how "Mortals instants" is happening again in a similar yet different way in which time to save your friends/everyone is running out.

(...)
(...)your still eyes, I feel.
The stars, that were resting above,
fall around upon us. ("Final hour upon us" doesn't sit well with me because I keep hearing the -nd transitioning to Up-on us)
No more time to grieve.

In monochrome melodies,
our dreams are painted in red.
(... to me)
Deep inside, we've known before (a.k.a the echo)
the silence of sinners. (Would Amaurotian considered sinners for what they did? I cannot NOT hear Sin-NERS)
In the rain,
tonight our time is played
Out!

Yes, stars of mortality,
the path up may change ahead.
(Daunting/Calling to me)
All these chains, wrought out of pain,
to alter the future. (perhaps a parallel between what the exarch and the Amaurotian paid to change the future?)
To me...
Free birds are singing ever!

(One brings shadow, one brings the light)

[MrThinker]

For the life of me, I cannot hear the "ers" part of sinners the rest of you could. It sounds like "sin" with a hard stop, to me at least....

[IrisProelia]

That part is really hard to decipher, I can hear multiple lines but all a bit unatural to fit the music

Deep inside, with or without/we've known before
The insolence of sins

I can totally get the "sins" said in 2 notes making some sort of "SEA(high)-EUNz(low)".
It's just as weird as the "The insolence" that sounds like "Thein silence".
I'm starting to think both are right. There definitely seems to be a "N" before silence/solence and I keep hearing a "dee" (the) instead of "A" for "and".

But then that wouldn't make much sense now would it?

[Realms_Walker]

In monochrome melodies,
our dreams are painted in red.
(... to me)
Deep inside, we've known before
the silence of sinners.

Hm, It doesn't sound like "The silence of sinners" (personally, anyway), it sounds like "The silence in secrets" or "In silence and secrets"?
Played in the English trailer from 1:46 onwards.

Working on the rest!

[Nakkir]

Hm, It doesn't sound like "The silence of sinners" (personally, anyway), it sounds like "The silence in secrets" or "In silence and secrets"?
Played in the English trailer from 1:46 onwards.

Working on the rest!

I hear:

"Deep inside, will not divide (define?) Scions and sinners."

[Powerlord]

OK, I know I'm a new poster. I've been following this on Reddit and I'm definitely hearing some different lyrics than people here.

For example, at the very start I hear (including the part as the song is fading in)

All around us, only your still eyes, I feel.
These stars are resting above.
Final hour upon us, no more time to grieve.

The start of the stars line sounds kind of weird... it might be related to the mech sounds going on in the background though.

And in another spot:

In the rain,
tonight I dull this pain.

Yes, times of mortality,
The path of fate chained ahead,

Holding to me,

All these chains,
Wrought out of pain,
To alter the future.
To me,
We birds all see the end.

(birds sounds weird in that last one, but other people already used it and similar sounding words like "burst" don't work)

[MrThinker]

OK, I know I'm a new poster. I've been following this on Reddit and I'm definitely hearing some different lyrics than people here.

Hi, new posters are welcome! And we need all the help we can get, at least until the official lyrics show us how horribly wrong we all are (-_-").

In the rain,
tonight I dull this pain.

You know, this actually fits in more with the tone of the song imo, so I'll take it.

[Utsuho_Reiuji]

This is what I heard from the lyrics in the trailer:

-only your still eyes I feel
At stars I see resting above me
Final hour upon us
No more time to grieve

In monochrome melodies
Our tears are painted in red
(To the edge)
Deep inside, we've known before
In silence and secrets
In the rain
Tonight our timeless pain grow

Yes, times of mortality
The path are inching ahead
(To the- to the- to the edge)
All this change, wrought out the pain
To alter the future
To me
We birds are singing ever

(One brings shadow, one brings the light)

Hopefully this will shed some light on what the lyrics could be.

Edit: Changed "The path of fate changed ahead" to "The path are inching ahead" and "In stars I (fear/feel) resting above me" to "At stars I see resting above me" as it's starting to sound more like that to me.

[Mysteltain]

Well, they played some of the new song during the intermission for their live patch notes reading (starts at 2:02:00 on the youtube video). It's much easier to make out, which is nice:

One brings shadow, one brings light
Two-toned echoes tumbling through time
Threescore wasted, ten cast aside
Four-fold knowing, no end in sight

One brings shadow, one brings light
Two-toned echoes tumbling through time
Threescore wasted, ten cast aside
Four-fold knowing, no end in sight

I remember, being locked in silence
A surrender, a solemn reverie
Of drifting, down in the twilight
Ascending, to live in memories

..., of what is worthless
As I ..., to fight another war
I resent this, descent to madness
I remember it, just before we fall

Riding home...
Riding home...
Dying hope...
Hold onto hope...

Like broken angels, wingless, cast from heaven's gaze
(On ...)
We can find we're falling, falling, far from grace
(...)
I'm like a message in a bottle, cast to sea
(Disgraced and tortured ...)
Unto their end, our candle's burn, until we're free

In monochrome melodies
Our tears are painted in red
(... to me)
Deep inside, ...
The silence of cinders, in the rain
Tonight our ...

Yes, ... mortality
Their hands of fate ... ahead
(... to me)
All things change, drug to the flame
Too much for the ashes, to begin
...

[Turethir]

Here's a link to a YouTube video of the song if it helps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR2-...ture=emb_title