Song Lyrics in FFXIV: Compilation, Discussion, and Interpretation

[Torquil]

This is where I'm at.

I don't live, but I don't die
Called in swiftly, we unite
Splintered selves we are biding time
Marching forward in moonlight

???, shadows clash
Guiding footfalls engraved in ash
???, remaining days
Through our echoes, the angels sing

While I can think of a reasonable point of view for individual lines, nothing/no-one seems to fit all of it (which isn't a good sign ;>)

[Veloran]

Similar to several previous posts, this is what I'm hearing.

I don't live but, I don't die
Cooling swiftly, reignite
Slept too softly*, biding time
Marching forth, in moonlight

Here*, the shadow's cast
Guiding footfalls, living in ash
Prayer, for one more* day
Through our echoes, the angels sing

The distortion on the * lines just has them too difficult to make out. The first one sounds something like "swimpt" to my ears but without the distortion I can see how it could be "Splintered selves, we're biding time".
The second one, the "here" is pretty arguable, but it rhymes with the upcoming "prayer", so that seems reasonable. The "for one more" part doesn't seem quite right, it sounds more like "for many" or "for any", and even then the "for" isn't very distinct so it may be the first syllable of a larger word or something.

[MadRider]

hydaelyn , we're out of time
Counting swiftly, reignite.
Floating softly, bidding time
marching forward in moonlight
when the shadow clash
Guiding foremost(?), and then in ash
??? any days
through our echos. the angels weep

when it eeeeeends

[Nanami_Hanafubuki]

00:19
Hydaelyn is dieing, but I don't die
Cooling swiftly, reignite
Fate is watching, i'm buying time
Marching forward, in the moonlight

00:36
Here, the shadows clash
Guiding footfalls, engraved in ash
Pray, for a new day
Through our echoes, the angels sing

00:52
In the End (or heeeeey or praaaaay)
In the End (This sounds more like "In the End")

01:09 (It's really hard to understand anything from this part)
I remember better days
Trying not to lose the ground
Pray, for a new day
Through our echoes, the angels sing

01:42
holding your word (or "cold in your heart") (I hear what i want to hear, that is confusing)
holding your word (or "cold in your damn heart") (same here)

02:15
In the End (multiple times)

[RicaRuin]

It's still very hard to make out, but Square Enix dropped the Trailer Sound on Twitter without the voiceover.

https://twitter.com/SquareEnix/statu...187134464?s=09

[Veloran]

Here's what I'm thinking for the second set of lyrics.

Finally I'm* out of time
Burning brightly, blinding white
**** **** that I wear
**** silence, **** in the air

I'm sure of the second line and the second half of the first, but the first half of the first line and most of the latter two is really difficult to parse. Of course this is probably intentional given the early Shadowbringers trailers had muffled and distorted lyrics as well.

[Nanami_Hanafubuki]

Yes, that sounds more like it. And i like the fact, that they dropped the Trailer without the voices! Now i can hear it clearer ^^

Now I'm unsure with the 01:42 Part xD

[GoldStarz]

**** silence, **** in the air

I think this one is

In shadow and silence, we lead (leave?) them there

Less sure about the 2nd half, though

[Rymi64]

Yes, that sounds more like it. And i like the fact, that they dropped the Trailer without the voices! Now i can hear it clearer ^^

Now I'm unsure with the 01:42 Part xD

I hear:
For all that ????
For all so ???? (we'll shine)

[Riastrad]

Not my interpretation, but one I feel that has a lot going for it. Credit to u/M_intTea on Reddit.


https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...eb2x&context=3

Hold on reaper, hold on tight
Cold but swiftly we reignite
Slow 'tween suffering, biding time
Marching forward in the night

Our shadows clash
Guiding footfalls engraved in ash
Forgetting pain
Through our echoes, the angels sing
Waiting
Waiting

Burn with us, hold on tight
Burning brightly, all in white
Key to exist and clear our wear
Shadows sidelong beneath our prayer

( Female Voice)
On and on and on
All shall fall

(Male & Female Voice)
The end
Let it end
The end

The end
Let it end
The end