As the redditor who came up with these, I'm just now finding out from the comment section that it's supposed to be just gibberish but... honestly I struggle to believe that? So much lines up so well as actual words that if it's really gibberish, the coincidence is incredible. The thought makes me a little sad given all the time I spent trying to figure it out, but it would also be kind of amazing? I'm mostly still just kinda disappointed tbh lmao
Honestly, even if they _were_ supposed ti just be gibberish, I love your version. Especially the segment that mirrors the Song of Hope. Really shows what Zodiark represented to the Ancients.
It is indeed gibberish as it is made with a VST (probably Oceania II from the sound of it) - however, the illusion here of the custom lyrics someone made is pretty nice!
Brings to mind the Ruby Weapon theme. Aside from generally having this upbeat, energetic, epic feeling to it, lyrics like "Salvation, rend the shield of light!" makes me wanna cheer along because of how encouragingly it's sung... before remembering ah wait, they're cheering on the baddie lol.
@galloviking4766 any alignment of aether is bad if left unchecked. Dark does the same thing to people in the thirteenth shard for example. We just only got to see lights calamity during it.
When the trial unlocked I was in shock. My exact words were and I quote: “WE ARE FIGHTING FREAKING ZODIARK AS THE FIRST TRIAL???? WHAT’S THE REST GONNA BE?!
Incorrect. Zodiark was the will of Etheirys made manifest, borne of the ancients' _desperation._ If they'd had hope, there would have been less blasphemies, but ultimately their life free of tragedy left them ill-equipped to handle a catastrophe such as this. Zodiark didn't _stop_ anything, either. His power forcefully caused the ambient aether to move, preventing the Endsinger's dynamis from penetrating to Etheirys's surface. It's nothing to do with hope - it's simply a band-aid solution.
Well, keeping the end of everything at bay is pretty much hope for those who were seeing the death of their world. Plus zodiark was truly born from hope. We know that from hydaelus and elidibus. They sacrificed themselves with the hope that their creation would save their brethren. Which it did. The other sacrificed themselves in hope that zodiark could restart life of aethyris, which he did. And them his followers wanted to sacrifice some of that life in the hope of seeing their loved ones again. Even after the sundering, hope is what define zodiark. The ascians wish for him to give them back their brethren in hope of seeing the life they lost back to them. And when we hear the souls that compose zodiark on the moon, hope is what holds them together. Hope for the salvation of the world, and hope for their own restauration.
And the 2 songs of Hope are really tied, Zodiark was the answer to Meteion's song of Oblivion, but this answer was too weak (just praying and sacrifice themselves to Zodiark so he will prevent the song to reach the Ascians) and Venat did the Worst treason to give the following generation a chance to come with a real answer: Stop the singer (like the Boss did in MGS3, betraying everybody to give te following generation a Future)
So I j heard how Hydaelyn uses the umbral elements (water, ice, and earth) which means Zodiark uses astral elements. We see fire and lightning used( but folks were wondering where was the wind. I just realized that green is the color of wind (aero for example). The three beams are green which means those are wind-aspected aether. So ya, they really thought out these encounters. Man I love Endwalker so much.
In spite of that, the two's personalities are reflective of the opposite alignment. Zodiak was made to preserve the past, exactly as is with no room for growth or change. Hydaelyn, on the other hand, is all about hope and building a better future.
@@legomaniac213 From another angle, Zodiark was made to bring back the past. The Star was a hellscape, and the Ancients made Him to change it so it was lush again.
“That was a pretty good expansion, can’t believe that was the last boss.” *that was a level 83 trial* “But what’s left then?” *the end* “Of the story?” *the end* “Making it sound like that a place…”
Before EW I was under the impression that Zodiark was going to be our big bad. Fighting him at this point in the game while on discord with my friends made us all go silent and say “…if he isn’t the problem then who is?” And I loved that. And I feel like I’m not the only one who probably felt the dread of who is actually the one we need to stop?
The best meme I've seen is "Fighting Zodiark in EW and realizing you have 66 quests left in the expansion is like watching your favorite detective show and seeing the badguy caught but realizing there's 20 minutes left in the 30 minute episode."
@@MayHugger Yea. I think it would have helped a bit if the explianations started with Fandaniel's last gasps- like goading you into actually thinking "Did Emet Selch even tell you WHY we summoned Zodiark in the first place? Buah hah hah! -Final Days Foreshadowing here-" That way when the Lopporits give you their explination it feels more natural in the progression of the story and you can shift to that thought of finding out what caused it a bit easier.
Fandaniel's desire to see Zodiark dead was established almost as soon as he was introduced in post-ShB. Zodiark's summoning to avert the final days was established in ShB. It really wasn't all that sudden and it wasn't that hard to put two-and-two together. Dynamis is established as a force and device almost immediately in the story during the level 80 split-off quests. The only two missing pieces of the puzzle by this point are "what is causing the final days?" and "is there a someone behind it?" I don't really see how events foreshadowed an entire expansion in advance can be interpreted as "out of nowhere."
Everything about this fight was perfect. It felt epic, as Zodiark should be. Zodiark's design looked amazing, the circles and missing bits for the 6 unrejoined shards was an amazing touch. The dread at "THIS IS ONLY THE FIRST TRIAL". Perfect in its ending of one arc, and setting up how much things would escalate.
@@StrangerForever85 IMO it has the same issues I had with Garlemald. It just didn,t live up to their hype and kinda got deal like they were side events.
1:55 I love this section so much. The original chants take a backseat and the music continues to become louder and more powerful. And when the "On wings of faith" part begins and the music just explodes, i get chills everytime. How is this game's music even real?
I love how the themes for Hades & Zodiark the chorus takes the side of the Ascians & the Ancients, crying out their hopes and fears for protection and succor from their heroes and god- Who we have to slay for our own sakes, our own world that rose from the ashes of theirs.
*On wings of faith, you rise up through the night* *Our Lord, Zodiark* *Carry on our home* *All we knew, our perfect world* *Let the chorus of hope take all!* I love the juxtaposition between Hydaelyn's lyrics and Zodiark's lyrics. They're one and the same, the light and the darkness, using the same song with different words and meanings. Absolutely beautiful and menacing at the same time. Fuck, I love this game so much
These lyrics are even better, when you realise how they're being twisted by the actions of Amon, this being who was the embodiment of hope for the Ancients has been overridden and abused by someone who seeks the destruction of everything Zodiark was created to protect.
Zordiak is the right one !!! Never forget the world would be destroyed without Zordiak :) He stopped the effect of endsinger on the earth :) And if Hydaelyn had told the truth about the endsinger after the memory washing, ascians would have got the power to destroy her :)
@@maluekfassi9060Uh, this is proven wrong multiple times in game. Meteion used Dynamis, something they were unable to even perceive to utterly cripple their society, not to mention that she herself was the culmination of how their society acted towards life. We even saw a dark reflection of them in the Dead Ends, where it’s heavily implied that’s what they would have ended up as if they continued. Zodiark didn’t stop it, he was a giant band-aid that was half peeling and required millions more death to re-stick it back on for another few cycles.
I love the name of this song. "Endcaller". The lyrics may be for Zodiark, but the song itself belongs to Fandaniel. For HE is the Endcaller. The one who will bring about the end of all by the power of the Warrior of Light, who in striking him down will bring The End to Etheirys. As the song to end all creation is called forth by Zodiark's death, the Final Days come upon us...
The balls. The absolute balls to make Zodiark. The villain that has been built since ARR. and to make him the 83 trial. NOT EVEN 50% of the way through the story… Yoshi P you are a mad man
This was the first trial and I was level 83 and this is what ran through my mind when the big bad of the entire games storyline was suddenly in front of me: "THERE'S WORSE THAN ZODIARK AHEAD OF ME?!?!".
The truly wild part about this is that apparently the choral part is computer generated and it's a mix of coincidence and the human ability to see patterns even when they're not there that it feels so 'right'.
The human ability to see patterns that are not there, or the human ability to connect the dots missing from the skein of reality? There are some things in the worlds where the probability of coincidence becomes to low. That said, this does indeed sound like computer generated gibberish and the lyrics are a stretch. But they are a very close stretch, and it doesnt feel out of place. Which is a bit creepy.
@@IRedpunk Exactly. The brain is wired to filter data and identify patterns to increase survivability. It's why we see faces in stuff like the craters on the moon. Our brains are actively looking for this stuff, so of course we're going to find it whether it's actually there or not. Optical illusions are a really cool one because they usually play with the way your brain cuts out the place where your nose obscures your vision and stitches the resulting images from your eyes together into one picture.
I am still just in awe that ZODIARK, the thing that we'd been building up to since 1.0 was defeated at the end of Act 1 of the expansion. That takes some fucking giant titanium balls to try and explain why something that we had never even had a clue about (Metion/Endsinger) was the real mastermind behind all the bad shit, and the motherfuckers pulled it off spectacularly.
I don't know if you meant that you wanted a solo Ascian voice singing the verse, but you can hear a chorus sing it in the orchestral arrangement preview here! Official lyrics should come accompanying the album's release on December 7th, so be sure to watch out for that😄😄 th-cam.com/video/x35cNNXGkO4/w-d-xo.html
I still remember getting to this trial and going "What? They're having us fight Zodiark NOW? At level 83? What the frick are they going to have us DO for the rest of the expansion?" Also "This is either a horrible mistake on the devs' part, or it's going to be one Hell of a plot twist." Well, now I know which. XD
"For the inner voice of the Dark One" the end of that line sounds much more like "... Zodiark come/call" to me. But yeah I see this one getting actual lyrics in an Eorzean Symphony version
this track immediately gave me ff15 vibes of the leviathan fight the vocals the instrumentals all are heavy forboding and push a sense of impending danger or doom and an urgency to act to fight or die i love it ff14 has absolutely the best soundtrack in gaming bar none
I honestly thought the lyrics being sung was Latin, save Zodiark. Was NOT expecting it to be English lyrics. When I first got to this, my jaw dropped. "We're actually fighting him NOW, THIS EARLY?!" were my thoughts at the time, and it subverted my expectations, and prepared me for the unexpected.
These are the official one From the Final Fantasy XIV Orchestra Concert 2022 -Eorzean Symphony-, written by Michael-Christopher Koji Fox Should we lose our way Tire of all this pain We won't be afraid To forge ahead Marching forward Ever forward Marching forward Ever forward Storm of blood inside us Born from blood in silence Two tone echoes down, Tumbling down down Now we yearn for freedom For freedom Stories sown along the way Tales of loss and fire and faith On, carry on Strong, ever strong Courage thriving hand-in-hand Our souls aligned we forge ahead Forward Marching forward Forge ahead Our song of hope, she dances on the wind higher, oh higher E'er our vows endure, and remain forever strong Standing tall in the dark do we carry on On wings of hope, you rise up through the night higher, oh higher Carrying our song, cradled fast within your arms That its chorus might ring for all E'er the chorus rings E'er the chorus rings on Souls aligned, we forge ahead Forge ahead
Don't have the slightest idea how true this might be or not at all, but believe it 200%. I love this theme anyway and this kind of lyrics makes everything even better
From the community that brought you "Chicken tenders, ready to fry" from a song with actual lyrics. We bring you fitting serious lyrics from a song that officially has no lyrics. (Them copy pasting the Endwalker lyrics 'forge ahead' and applying them to Endcaller orchestral version doesn't count)
They nailed the feel of this trial. I did the story for the first time with a friend, and we both had the exact same reaction to freakin’ ZODIARK showing up as early as level 83. “What the hell?! It’s way too soon for this! We are NOT ready!” And then, in you go…
For all we know the actual lyrics could just be gibberish (Reto Kazene said Soken said so), but this is what Ringahda was able to come up with that sounds similar to English words. Do you have ideas on the lyrics? I'm interested to know so comment them down below!
I’m currently going my first play through of Endwalker and got to this part a couple of things went through my mind Why is Zodiark the first trial of Endwalker? Why is this music going so hard? OH GOD WTF AM I GONNA FACE AND THE END?
This is the first bit of music/first moment i ever saw of FFXIV after entering someones stream just before the music kicked and so when i started playing, i was waiting for this moment. Took longer than i expected of course but it made it all the more satisfying when the music dropped.
The lyrics make it more of a tragic moment, as the very thing made from half this people we spent time trying to understand in which they poured all their hopes of salvation is actually taken over by one who incarnates the direct consequences of what they were blind to and would have destroyed them sooner or later in another form... Poetry
Tbh I like these lyrics better than the official ones. These make more sense to me. And leads me to believe that the original intent was for the lyrics to be gibberish. Because the official lyrics just seem like random words thrown together.
Just finished the 1st half of Endwalker, and i must say I was completely shocked that i faced Zodiark halfway into the expansion, I was like "Shouldn't this be a final boss?!"
God, I love FFXIV: Extreme Depression, it goes so well with my existing major depressive disorder. Joke aside... God I fucking love this game, it makes me feel a genuine sadness AND happiness more than anything else. The writing in this game is beyond stellar.
I remember back when this was still new stuff, and it was fantastic! After so many years hearing about Zodiark, this was perfect, right from Fandaniel onward. The battle theme was exhilarating and heroic, perfect tone for the Scions confronting their (they think) enemy number one.
Hey Gamers as of 2023 and the release of Eorzean symphony Vol3 in 2022, this song actually has lyrics written by Koji fox English Should we lose our way Tire of all this pain We won't be afraid To forge ahead Marching forward Ever forward Marching forward Ever forward Storm of blood inside us Born from blood in silence Two tone echoes down, Tumbling down down Now we yearn for freedom For freedom Stories sown along the way Tales of loss and fire and faith On, carry on Strong, ever strong Courage thriving hand-in-hand Our souls aligned we forge ahead Forward Marching forward Forge ahead Our song of hope, she dances on the wind higher, oh higher E'er our vows endure, and remain forever strong Standing tall in the dark do we carry on On wings of hope, you rise up through the night higher, oh higher Carrying our song, cradled fast within your arms That its chorus might ring for all E'er the chorus rings E'er the chorus rings on Souls aligned, we forge ahead Forge ahead
@@zenosyaegalvus technically it’s got it’s official lyrics and the live lyrics meant to be sung by actual people, but originally the song does not have the english/latin as sung live!
When I was in high school I used to be capable of doing quadratic equations in my head but could just never do geometry so imagine my fun reaction to the arena spinning lol I’m an adult now and doing this fight felt like an absolutely epic geometry quiz 😂 I was the healer too so I wasn’t popular with my group 🤣 when you’re in the moment and absorbed into keeping people alive it can get really difficult to focus on what the arena is doing. To this day I don’t understand the damn constellation mechanic. I absolutely dread the day I get this trial in roulette
Me, who assumed they were latin lyrics: "wait they were english lyrics all along!?!?" Soken in an astronaut suit holding a gun behind me: "Always has been"
Soken undergoing Chemo was just a cover. What really happened is that he composed Endcaller and the sheer might of the song burned the cancer out of him. XD (Misshapen Chair joke
@@hungrychad Not your fault! SE has a weird habit of just crediting everything to Soken which just makes me feel bad for everyone else that works on the music. VGMDB always has a pretty extensive and detailed list of full credits per album :)
When I was expecting to fight this dude, I was expecting either some kind of orchestral music or something catchy. I did not expect it to sound like the Ancients were singing this as some kind of church choir along with the music.
Your lyrics made their way into the endcaller orchestral. Wings of hope, they rise up through the night Higher-Zodiark Or something. Still listening closely!
Commented this under another, I know it's gibberish but I just found this so perfect. The dark mirror of "Hail the darkness hidden inside, hidden in all of you On wings of faith, your rise up through the night. Our Lord Zodiark Carry on our home. All of us knew, our perfect world let the chorus of hope take all" Matches so perfectly with the part I refer to as Endwalkers unofficial/Sharlayan theme from the intro aka the "Our song of hope, she dances on the wind. Higher, oh higher. E'er our vows endure and remain forever strong. Standing tall in the dark do we carry on. On wings of hope, you rise up through the night, Higher, oh higher. Carrying our song. Cradled fast within your arms. That it's chorus might ring for all. The EW intro then transitioning into Shadowbringers with: "One brings shadow, one brings the light, two toned-echoes tumbling through time. Tumbling down to the never" Brings it to its conclusion. Two God's, both born of the same cloth, both borne out of Hope for a future, one steeped in death, one steeped in life. I am not a songwriter but I would love to make an edit of this.
I just love these raids songs and it makes a far greater impact in my game experience than I could tell. Even today I see myself chanting some of the SB raid bosses... but honestly, I couldnt understand the lyric at all untill I read it lol
I remember as the cutscenes crept closer and closer to this scene. And thought, well damn, we going to fight Zodiark, that can't be right? Even after asshole days himself, I still thought, no way. Then from the darkness grew a light. Twas not my light I wa surprised but fucking Zodiark. I said in party chat "what's next? Hydaelyn?" Someone said "do you really want to know?" And I said "you just told me. :("
As the redditor who came up with these, I'm just now finding out from the comment section that it's supposed to be just gibberish but... honestly I struggle to believe that? So much lines up so well as actual words that if it's really gibberish, the coincidence is incredible. The thought makes me a little sad given all the time I spent trying to figure it out, but it would also be kind of amazing? I'm mostly still just kinda disappointed tbh lmao
I believe you, thank you for all the effort you put in figuring it out!! 🎉🎉🙏
Honestly, even if they _were_ supposed ti just be gibberish, I love your version. Especially the segment that mirrors the Song of Hope. Really shows what Zodiark represented to the Ancients.
Gibberish or no your interpretation of that final chorus hits.
The orchestral version of it has actual lyrics, go listen to it
It is indeed gibberish as it is made with a VST (probably Oceania II from the sound of it) - however, the illusion here of the custom lyrics someone made is pretty nice!
I love the fact that the music about the Dark Lord is not about terror or fear but instead it's a song of hope.
Classic Final Fantasy. Darkness is not 'bad' and Light is not 'good'. Or basically the entirety of Shadowbringers as an expansion.
Brings to mind the Ruby Weapon theme. Aside from generally having this upbeat, energetic, epic feeling to it, lyrics like "Salvation, rend the shield of light!" makes me wanna cheer along because of how encouragingly it's sung... before remembering ah wait, they're cheering on the baddie lol.
@@sparthyslaysstuff2405 If FF14 has taught me anything, it's that Light is MUCH worse than Dark, when left unchecked.
@galloviking4766 any alignment of aether is bad if left unchecked. Dark does the same thing to people in the thirteenth shard for example. We just only got to see lights calamity during it.
@@Kurbling the lyrics though are "Darkness, come, rend the shield of Light"
words cannot justify the panic and confusion i felt when this trial was just at lvl 83
"Man, what a MSQ..."
"WoL, it's the lvl 83 trail."
"Wait, wait, wait. If this is Lv. 83, who is the final boss?"
Me when progging Trial Lv.83
When the trial unlocked I was in shock. My exact words were and I quote: “WE ARE FIGHTING FREAKING ZODIARK AS THE FIRST TRIAL???? WHAT’S THE REST GONNA BE?!
@@phoenixflamegames1 IKR like EVERYTHINGS BEEN BUILDING UP TO THIS WHO CAN BE WORSE????!!!!!!!
@@jerome6519 oh, you know, just some little girl singing a sad song.
I thought I was tripping when I saw Zodiark as the first trial lol. I couldnt fathom what would come after that but man was it good
It's wild when you think about it, zodiark was the ancients hope made manifest, Zodiark singlehandedly dropped the endsingers nonsense.
I just always wonder why the ancients prayers for salvation, made manifest, required so many tentacles
Incorrect. Zodiark was the will of Etheirys made manifest, borne of the ancients' _desperation._ If they'd had hope, there would have been less blasphemies, but ultimately their life free of tragedy left them ill-equipped to handle a catastrophe such as this.
Zodiark didn't _stop_ anything, either. His power forcefully caused the ambient aether to move, preventing the Endsinger's dynamis from penetrating to Etheirys's surface.
It's nothing to do with hope - it's simply a band-aid solution.
@@ann-marieellis8523Its typical to punish all Endingers (Jap emo ghost girls) with tentacles... Imagine if they meet each other.
Well, keeping the end of everything at bay is pretty much hope for those who were seeing the death of their world.
Plus zodiark was truly born from hope. We know that from hydaelus and elidibus. They sacrificed themselves with the hope that their creation would save their brethren. Which it did.
The other sacrificed themselves in hope that zodiark could restart life of aethyris, which he did. And them his followers wanted to sacrifice some of that life in the hope of seeing their loved ones again.
Even after the sundering, hope is what define zodiark. The ascians wish for him to give them back their brethren in hope of seeing the life they lost back to them.
And when we hear the souls that compose zodiark on the moon, hope is what holds them together. Hope for the salvation of the world, and hope for their own restauration.
@@commediaDollArte~12000 years is a hell of a bandaid
The changed Lyrics for Oh Higher gave me frickin chills!
Same, I didn't realise how hard they hit until I could actually understand what they were saying lol
Totally agreed, it's the ascians praising their god. I had no idea
SAME! The juxtaposition between Hydaelyn's lyrics and Zodiark's lyrics are amazing
It’s still a song of hope.
But the Ancients’ hope lies in their god Zodiark.
And the 2 songs of Hope are really tied, Zodiark was the answer to Meteion's song of Oblivion, but this answer was too weak (just praying and sacrifice themselves to Zodiark so he will prevent the song to reach the Ascians) and Venat did the Worst treason to give the following generation a chance to come with a real answer: Stop the singer (like the Boss did in MGS3, betraying everybody to give te following generation a Future)
So I j heard how Hydaelyn uses the umbral elements (water, ice, and earth) which means Zodiark uses astral elements. We see fire and lightning used( but folks were wondering where was the wind.
I just realized that green is the color of wind (aero for example). The three beams are green which means those are wind-aspected aether. So ya, they really thought out these encounters.
Man I love Endwalker so much.
In spite of that, the two's personalities are reflective of the opposite alignment. Zodiak was made to preserve the past, exactly as is with no room for growth or change. Hydaelyn, on the other hand, is all about hope and building a better future.
He uses wind attacks in the EX fight if I remember right.
@@legomaniac213 From another angle, Zodiark was made to bring back the past. The Star was a hellscape, and the Ancients made Him to change it so it was lush again.
“That was a pretty good expansion, can’t believe that was the last boss.”
*that was a level 83 trial*
“But what’s left then?”
*the end*
“Of the story?”
*the end*
“Making it sound like that a place…”
HAHAHAHAH SO TRUE
Wait.. fk3im crying again.
When I realised it was Zodiark at that point I was like… shit. What’s next… 🤣
didn't know I was playing MGS3 tho
Zodiark suprised me was also expecting that to be the final boss. But man that second trial FFS I WAS NOT PREPARED
Before EW I was under the impression that Zodiark was going to be our big bad. Fighting him at this point in the game while on discord with my friends made us all go silent and say “…if he isn’t the problem then who is?” And I loved that. And I feel like I’m not the only one who probably felt the dread of who is actually the one we need to stop?
The best meme I've seen is "Fighting Zodiark in EW and realizing you have 66 quests left in the expansion is like watching your favorite detective show and seeing the badguy caught but realizing there's 20 minutes left in the 30 minute episode."
A shame the actual big problem felt so rushed and out of nowhere. Oh well, at least their theme is almost as much of a banger.
@@MayHugger Yea. I think it would have helped a bit if the explianations started with Fandaniel's last gasps- like goading you into actually thinking "Did Emet Selch even tell you WHY we summoned Zodiark in the first place? Buah hah hah! -Final Days Foreshadowing here-"
That way when the Lopporits give you their explination it feels more natural in the progression of the story and you can shift to that thought of finding out what caused it a bit easier.
Fandaniel's desire to see Zodiark dead was established almost as soon as he was introduced in post-ShB. Zodiark's summoning to avert the final days was established in ShB. It really wasn't all that sudden and it wasn't that hard to put two-and-two together. Dynamis is established as a force and device almost immediately in the story during the level 80 split-off quests.
The only two missing pieces of the puzzle by this point are "what is causing the final days?" and "is there a someone behind it?"
I don't really see how events foreshadowed an entire expansion in advance can be interpreted as "out of nowhere."
Everything about this fight was perfect. It felt epic, as Zodiark should be. Zodiark's design looked amazing, the circles and missing bits for the 6 unrejoined shards was an amazing touch. The dread at "THIS IS ONLY THE FIRST TRIAL". Perfect in its ending of one arc, and setting up how much things would escalate.
I think everyone collectively lost their shit when instead of the final boss of Endwalker, Zodiark was the first Trial.
@@StrangerForever85 IMO it has the same issues I had with Garlemald. It just didn,t live up to their hype and kinda got deal like they were side events.
@@magikazam8430 not really if you realized that zodiark was not whole and was still that powerful
I was so shocked to find out that anima wasn't the first trial
Yeah I know I lost my shit lol. I thought for sure Anima was gonna be the first trial before going to Babil.
Shout outs to this PLD for taking the tank buster while standing HALF AN INCH outside of the the healer's shield bubble.
You're right I didn't notice 😱 I apologize to whoever that healer was
Hallowed Ground is built different
Paladins need not the bubble of healing, we are the true tanks
@@AUSpetsnaz tank privilege
1:55 I love this section so much. The original chants take a backseat and the music continues to become louder and more powerful.
And when the "On wings of faith" part begins and the music just explodes, i get chills everytime. How is this game's music even real?
Because that's the part where the WoL's motif enters, and it is awesome.
I like these lyrics better than official ones. They also make more sense
I love how the themes for Hades & Zodiark the chorus takes the side of the Ascians & the Ancients, crying out their hopes and fears for protection and succor from their heroes and god- Who we have to slay for our own sakes, our own world that rose from the ashes of theirs.
*On wings of faith, you rise up through the night*
*Our Lord, Zodiark*
*Carry on our home*
*All we knew, our perfect world*
*Let the chorus of hope take all!*
I love the juxtaposition between Hydaelyn's lyrics and Zodiark's lyrics. They're one and the same, the light and the darkness, using the same song with different words and meanings. Absolutely beautiful and menacing at the same time. Fuck, I love this game so much
These lyrics are even better, when you realise how they're being twisted by the actions of Amon, this being who was the embodiment of hope for the Ancients has been overridden and abused by someone who seeks the destruction of everything Zodiark was created to protect.
WTF are you mumbling about, it feels like people will like every nonsense as long as they want to believe its true. No, thats wrong.
Zordiak is the right one !!! Never forget the world would be destroyed without Zordiak :) He stopped the effect of endsinger on the earth :)
And if Hydaelyn had told the truth about the endsinger after the memory washing, ascians would have got the power to destroy her :)
@@maluekfassi9060Uh, this is proven wrong multiple times in game. Meteion used Dynamis, something they were unable to even perceive to utterly cripple their society, not to mention that she herself was the culmination of how their society acted towards life.
We even saw a dark reflection of them in the Dead Ends, where it’s heavily implied that’s what they would have ended up as if they continued.
Zodiark didn’t stop it, he was a giant band-aid that was half peeling and required millions more death to re-stick it back on for another few cycles.
@@maluekfassi9060 reading comprehension must be hard for you :) you are wrong :)
I love the name of this song.
"Endcaller". The lyrics may be for Zodiark, but the song itself belongs to Fandaniel. For HE is the Endcaller. The one who will bring about the end of all by the power of the Warrior of Light, who in striking him down will bring The End to Etheirys. As the song to end all creation is called forth by Zodiark's death, the Final Days come upon us...
I missed the "the great cataclysm, faithfuly recreated!" / "from broken skies fall tears of flame" in the beginning, but this is awesome!
All in existence BEND TO MY WILL
The instrument of salvation tolling the the death knell of all creation!
Will you live to see the end?!
MINE, ALL MINE!
@@Naixatloz stewie griffin personified?
Wow, these lyrics really strike at a more desperate and relatable side of the Zodiark worshipping Ascians.
They definitely make a ton of sense especially after you finish your business in Elpis
The balls. The absolute balls to make Zodiark. The villain that has been built since ARR. and to make him the 83 trial. NOT EVEN 50% of the way through the story… Yoshi P you are a mad man
Can't wait for the Zodiark/Hydaelyn/Endsinger Ultimate fight where we get to see fully formed Zodiark
This was the first trial and I was level 83 and this is what ran through my mind when the big bad of the entire games storyline was suddenly in front of me: "THERE'S WORSE THAN ZODIARK AHEAD OF ME?!?!".
The truly wild part about this is that apparently the choral part is computer generated and it's a mix of coincidence and the human ability to see patterns even when they're not there that it feels so 'right'.
The human ability to see patterns that are not there, or the human ability to connect the dots missing from the skein of reality?
There are some things in the worlds where the probability of coincidence becomes to low. That said, this does indeed sound like computer generated gibberish and the lyrics are a stretch. But they are a very close stretch, and it doesnt feel out of place. Which is a bit creepy.
@@NoBuddy89 your brain will try to make sense of nonsense or pretty much anything.
That’s how optical illusion works, they play with your brain.
@@IRedpunk Exactly. The brain is wired to filter data and identify patterns to increase survivability. It's why we see faces in stuff like the craters on the moon. Our brains are actively looking for this stuff, so of course we're going to find it whether it's actually there or not.
Optical illusions are a really cool one because they usually play with the way your brain cuts out the place where your nose obscures your vision and stitches the resulting images from your eyes together into one picture.
Must be the words without sound, talked in answer. Lies
I am still just in awe that ZODIARK, the thing that we'd been building up to since 1.0 was defeated at the end of Act 1 of the expansion. That takes some fucking giant titanium balls to try and explain why something that we had never even had a clue about (Metion/Endsinger) was the real mastermind behind all the bad shit, and the motherfuckers pulled it off spectacularly.
I’d love if one of the Ascian’s voices sung the song of hope portion if these were ever made into official lyrics
I don't know if you meant that you wanted a solo Ascian voice singing the verse, but you can hear a chorus sing it in the orchestral arrangement preview here! Official lyrics should come accompanying the album's release on December 7th, so be sure to watch out for that😄😄
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I still remember getting to this trial and going "What? They're having us fight Zodiark NOW? At level 83? What the frick are they going to have us DO for the rest of the expansion?" Also "This is either a horrible mistake on the devs' part, or it's going to be one Hell of a plot twist." Well, now I know which. XD
No one is going to believe this, but after binging on this channel a day or so ago; was wondering when Zodiark's would pop up. This is awesome.
Trust me, I believe you, happens a lot on my end for different things
"For the inner voice of the Dark One" the end of that line sounds much more like "... Zodiark come/call" to me. But yeah I see this one getting actual lyrics in an Eorzean Symphony version
For me, this are the official lyrics. They fit really, really well.
I prefer these to the orchestral version's footfalls ones
“Wait, we’re only level 83. Are we fighting Zodiark already??
…what happens AFTER that??”
this track immediately gave me ff15 vibes of the leviathan fight
the vocals the instrumentals all are heavy forboding and push a sense of impending danger or doom and an urgency to act to fight or die
i love it
ff14 has absolutely the best soundtrack in gaming bar none
I honestly thought the lyrics being sung was Latin, save Zodiark. Was NOT expecting it to be English lyrics.
When I first got to this, my jaw dropped. "We're actually fighting him NOW, THIS EARLY?!" were my thoughts at the time, and it subverted my expectations, and prepared me for the unexpected.
"What an expansion, huh"
"WoL that was the level 83 trial"
The beginning is so epic especially in game, It was like an epic anime moment, your character looks up and there is Zodiark
Wait till 9.x then MAYBE there would be a chance to meet Him on his full form in EW Ultimate
I like how there are those six magical circles on Zodiark for the six worlds that haven't been rejoined. You can see them pretty well at 2:45.
this gave me goosepumps. so creepy, majestic and legendary. Hail Zodiark
I dont care that the lyrics aren't official, this version of them hits so hard
“ALL OF EXISTENCE. BEND TO MY WILL”
These are the official one From the Final Fantasy XIV Orchestra Concert 2022 -Eorzean Symphony-, written by Michael-Christopher Koji Fox
Should we lose our way
Tire of all this pain
We won't be afraid
To forge ahead
Marching forward
Ever forward
Marching forward
Ever forward
Storm of blood inside us
Born from blood in silence
Two tone echoes down,
Tumbling down down
Now we yearn for freedom
For freedom
Stories sown along the way
Tales of loss and fire and faith
On, carry on
Strong, ever strong
Courage thriving hand-in-hand
Our souls aligned we forge ahead
Forward
Marching forward
Forge ahead
Our song of hope, she dances on the wind higher, oh higher
E'er our vows endure, and remain forever strong
Standing tall in the dark do we carry on
On wings of hope, you rise up through the night higher, oh higher
Carrying our song, cradled fast within your arms
That its chorus might ring for all
E'er the chorus rings
E'er the chorus rings on
Souls aligned, we forge ahead
Forge ahead
The lyrics really hammer home "this is only the L83 trial, keep marching forward"
I know its in actuality just gibberish but the lyrics you put to it are great
its not actually gibberish, its tones and sounds meant to mimic words that your mind will simply connect the dots. they do that alot.
@@Shiirow It's called "glossolalia"; the lyrics aren't defined words, but they are purposeful and deliberate.
Don't have the slightest idea how true this might be or not at all, but believe it 200%. I love this theme anyway and this kind of lyrics makes everything even better
From the community that brought you "Chicken tenders, ready to fry" from a song with actual lyrics. We bring you fitting serious lyrics from a song that officially has no lyrics. (Them copy pasting the Endwalker lyrics 'forge ahead' and applying them to Endcaller orchestral version doesn't count)
I guess you are not a fan of opera, and just think there are no lyrics, just a heavyset woman making nonsensical noises.
I was a bit surprised when he yelled "The end has come and so will I!"
They nailed the feel of this trial. I did the story for the first time with a friend, and we both had the exact same reaction to freakin’ ZODIARK showing up as early as level 83.
“What the hell?! It’s way too soon for this! We are NOT ready!”
And then, in you go…
For all we know the actual lyrics could just be gibberish (Reto Kazene said Soken said so), but this is what Ringahda was able to come up with that sounds similar to English words. Do you have ideas on the lyrics? I'm interested to know so comment them down below!
I think this song doesn't have lyrics. This is all glossolalia.
Its all just "gibberish", soken said so
@@retokazene5085 that's what glossolalia is. Undefined lyrics being sung. It has a religious tone to it
@@andysaelind401 That's probably the best way to describe it. I suddenly remember Sigur Ros and Emi Evans :)
@@retokazene5085 Oh, if Soken already said it himself, then that settles it. Impressive though that Ringahda was able to make English words out of it.
It’s pretty cool that players got to fight the greater scope villain of the first saga in Final Fantasy XIV with this theme.
I’m currently going my first play through of Endwalker and got to this part a couple of things went through my mind
Why is Zodiark the first trial of Endwalker?
Why is this music going so hard?
OH GOD WTF AM I GONNA FACE AND THE END?
Doing this fight day 1 was everyone in partychat saying wtf lmao
This is the first bit of music/first moment i ever saw of FFXIV after entering someones stream just before the music kicked and so when i started playing, i was waiting for this moment.
Took longer than i expected of course but it made it all the more satisfying when the music dropped.
I don’t care if these aren’t the official lyrics, “let the chorus of hope take all” is such a raw line
The lyrics make it more of a tragic moment, as the very thing made from half this people we spent time trying to understand in which they poured all their hopes of salvation is actually taken over by one who incarnates the direct consequences of what they were blind to and would have destroyed them sooner or later in another form... Poetry
THERE ARE LYRICS?!?!?! ENGLISH LYRICS?!?!?!?!
It is in english, but there are no official lyrics.
Nope, the vocals are all made up, if there were lyrics we would have the official lyrics by now
@@Mewla_Aliapoh Next you're going to tell me "big fat taco, so big fat taco, so biiiig" is not what they actually sing in Weapons fights?
Believe it's a Japanese choir singing in English
No, those are misheard lyrics lol
Tbh I like these lyrics better than the official ones.
These make more sense to me.
And leads me to believe that the original intent was for the lyrics to be gibberish.
Because the official lyrics just seem like random words thrown together.
"hey, we're doing this game, it has a bunch of catgirls and bunny boys, make a boss soundtrack for us"
*The composer incinerating the fucking piano*
Just finished the 1st half of Endwalker, and i must say I was completely shocked that i faced Zodiark halfway into the expansion, I was like "Shouldn't this be a final boss?!"
God, I love FFXIV: Extreme Depression, it goes so well with my existing major depressive disorder.
Joke aside... God I fucking love this game, it makes me feel a genuine sadness AND happiness more than anything else. The writing in this game is beyond stellar.
FOR THE INNER VOICE OF THE DARK ONE!
I remember back when this was still new stuff, and it was fantastic! After so many years hearing about Zodiark, this was perfect, right from Fandaniel onward. The battle theme was exhilarating and heroic, perfect tone for the Scions confronting their (they think) enemy number one.
Hey Gamers as of 2023 and the release of Eorzean symphony Vol3 in 2022, this song actually has lyrics written by Koji fox
English
Should we lose our way
Tire of all this pain
We won't be afraid
To forge ahead
Marching forward
Ever forward
Marching forward
Ever forward
Storm of blood inside us
Born from blood in silence
Two tone echoes down,
Tumbling down down
Now we yearn for freedom
For freedom
Stories sown along the way
Tales of loss and fire and faith
On, carry on
Strong, ever strong
Courage thriving hand-in-hand
Our souls aligned we forge ahead
Forward
Marching forward
Forge ahead
Our song of hope, she dances on the wind higher, oh higher
E'er our vows endure, and remain forever strong
Standing tall in the dark do we carry on
On wings of hope, you rise up through the night higher, oh higher
Carrying our song, cradled fast within your arms
That its chorus might ring for all
E'er the chorus rings
E'er the chorus rings on
Souls aligned, we forge ahead
Forge ahead
Fighting anima at level 83 dungeon “wait this is a dungeon boss?”
Level 83 trial
“Wait this is happening already?”
Aite yoshi P you got me good.
I always assumed this song was sung in ancient like Invincible is.
invincible actually has official lyrics if you look them up!
@@zenosyaegalvus yes, and they are sung in ancient.
@@zenosyaegalvus technically it’s got it’s official lyrics and the live lyrics meant to be sung by actual people, but originally the song does not have the english/latin as sung live!
Thanks to BeneG's Graphics update video, I can't take this theme seriously anymore. lol
When I was in high school I used to be capable of doing quadratic equations in my head but could just never do geometry so imagine my fun reaction to the arena spinning lol I’m an adult now and doing this fight felt like an absolutely epic geometry quiz 😂 I was the healer too so I wasn’t popular with my group 🤣 when you’re in the moment and absorbed into keeping people alive it can get really difficult to focus on what the arena is doing. To this day I don’t understand the damn constellation mechanic. I absolutely dread the day I get this trial in roulette
just remember it how i do: pancake press
I love how the lyrics sound like the most generic bad guy theme in existence, without the context we now have from the story.
I know that there are "official lyrics" now. But this, these are the lyrics to me.
No zodiark voice lines?! The music is so much better with his lines :c
Can find one with those?
Holy crap... These lyrics, they make so much sense if you know the story of Zodiark O.O
The emotional damage is real
Me, who assumed they were latin lyrics: "wait they were english lyrics all along!?!?"
Soken in an astronaut suit holding a gun behind me: "Always has been"
Yep, they just threw lyrics in a blender program and the music worked around it
If i recall soken said he prefers english rather than latin could be wrong though.
It's not any language, the words are all made up
video description :^)
Omatone. Spoken would be wielding an Omatone
There may be official lyrics for the orchestral version now, but these lyrics right here feel way more fitting for this fight.
Thats now one of my absolute favorites
Soken undergoing Chemo was just a cover. What really happened is that he composed Endcaller and the sheer might of the song burned the cancer out of him. XD (Misshapen Chair joke
Zodiark, the worlds true one winged angel.
I just finished it, EndWalker is really beautiful
Getting to this bit and realizing Zodiark is the first trial was the moment I realized I was in for some crazy shit
THE END HAS COME! AND IT WILL BE BEAUTIFUL!
Others: how do you play the game without HUD
you: HUD is for the weak
No way Zodiark didn't flinch after seeing that chicken fish get summoned in
ALL OF CREATION
🟪🐍🟪🐍
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟪🟪🟪🟪
BEND TO MY WILL
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟪🟪🟪🐍
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟪🟪🟪🐍
Wait, so all this time it was a prayer for Zodiark?!
Endcaller isn't done by Soken, it's done by Yoshitaka Suzuki.
Oh. I should've double-checked. I just put in Soken since that's what it says in Apple Music.
@@hungrychad Not your fault! SE has a weird habit of just crediting everything to Soken which just makes me feel bad for everyone else that works on the music. VGMDB always has a pretty extensive and detailed list of full credits per album :)
When I was expecting to fight this dude, I was expecting either some kind of orchestral music or something catchy. I did not expect it to sound like the Ancients were singing this as some kind of church choir along with the music.
WILL YOU LIVE TO SEE THE END
I love the thumbnail with the background who "complete" his missing wing
Your lyrics made their way into the endcaller orchestral.
Wings of hope, they rise up through the night
Higher-Zodiark
Or something. Still listening closely!
When Zodiark was the level 83 fight and not the final boss, I knew we were in for some story.
And man, what a story we got.
I really want a minstrel's ballad of a complete zodiark, it'd be fantastic lol
Ah yes, the theme of Phil Spencer.
Epic-sounding intro leading into porting the WoLs in... first character I see is Namazu mask guy
i want it to be play in my funeral
Just got back from Eorzean Symphony 2023 after hearing this live. Fucking amazing
The more you know about zodiark, the more you realize why this theme is so epic, this is a fight between heroes.
So they weren't saying "potatoes, POTATOES! " ;---;
lol! ok you just ruined the song for me 😂
Commented this under another, I know it's gibberish but I just found this so perfect.
The dark mirror of
"Hail the darkness hidden inside, hidden in all of you On wings of faith, your rise up through the night. Our Lord Zodiark Carry on our home. All of us knew, our perfect world let the chorus of hope take all"
Matches so perfectly with the part I refer to as Endwalkers unofficial/Sharlayan theme from the intro aka the
"Our song of hope, she dances on the wind. Higher, oh higher. E'er our vows endure and remain forever strong. Standing tall in the dark do we carry on. On wings of hope, you rise up through the night, Higher, oh higher. Carrying our song. Cradled fast within your arms. That it's chorus might ring for all.
The EW intro then transitioning into Shadowbringers with:
"One brings shadow, one brings the light, two toned-echoes tumbling through time. Tumbling down to the never"
Brings it to its conclusion. Two God's, both born of the same cloth, both borne out of Hope for a future, one steeped in death, one steeped in life.
I am not a songwriter but I would love to make an edit of this.
I just love these raids songs and it makes a far greater impact in my game experience than I could tell. Even today I see myself chanting some of the SB raid bosses...
but honestly, I couldnt understand the lyric at all untill I read it lol
I like how this uses some elements of the ff1 battle theme
"From broken skys fall tears of flame.:
*Zodiark casts Astral Crash*
"ALL SHALL BURN!"
Gets me every time
im pretty sure the entire choir is synthesized, the vocals aren't real words
I love the twist for this. We all initially thought Zodiark was the final boss of everything, but this was so false. Lol.
I remember as the cutscenes crept closer and closer to this scene. And thought, well damn, we going to fight Zodiark, that can't be right?
Even after asshole days himself, I still thought, no way. Then from the darkness grew a light. Twas not my light I wa surprised but fucking Zodiark. I said in party chat "what's next? Hydaelyn?" Someone said "do you really want to know?" And I said "you just told me. :("
You know, the lyrics to these songs are so painstakingly deliberate that it's almost weird to add fan lyrics to them
This song is heartbreaking...they did a great job of making me care a great deal about the ascians, they were just as much victims as we were
4:23 F in the chat for that ranged DPS.
F