Arcadion Floor 4 Theme "Give It All" (official lyrics in subtitles) - FFXIV OST

[@TheSaltiestHealer]

"How are you still standing?" Lady this song could reanimate my corpse.

[@Orrin_Hawke]

"Dynamis. Ma'am"

[@Wayte13]

"Ya i get that a lot"

[@iaxacs3801]

"I could say the same to you"

[@crowdemon_archives]

"Living Dead, man."

[@chaoschris8194]

Dynama'am.

[@levintine777]

Stormblood - Ixion Shadowbringer - daddy Ixion Endwalker - Ixions Dawntrail - cat girl Ixion

[@Naoto-kun1085]

Mommy Ixion 😂

[@VorAbaddon]

​@@Naoto-kun1085Thiccxion

[@Naoto-kun1085]

@@VorAbaddon REALS

[@Gillrien]

I got Felicia vibes from Darkstalkers

[@Lyu-Phy]

Heart throb Ixion

[@Juno500]

I love fights where the last bit is just the boss throwing out any pretense of mechanics and just trying to flat-out overpower you at the end, and it's a race to out-DPS them while healing through all the damage. Really sells the desperation of the fight for her.

[@honeyxew469]

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERES AN ENRAGE IN MY NORMAL RAID?!”

[@GENOSANDIEGO]

​@@honeyxew469Soft enrage in my normal raid, you love to see it

[@arbiter771]

What're some other fights that do this anyways, i can only think of like kinda barb

[@johnshaffer3504]

​@arbiter771 Hades, Meteon, and the new final all have a final phase that does this. They get damage buffs every time they run through their mechanics and will kill you if you somehow dont kill them Edit: Meteon got autocorrected to meteor which is objectively funny

[@arbiter771]

@@johnshaffer3504 What about not counting End of Expansion Final boss hurrah phase that they all have? any besides that?

[@squirepengu]

God the way she does the repeated giant beams and it becomes a battle between her and the two healers as the music is picking up. PEAK

[@alternative_five]

imagine how peak it will be in savage when that attack might obliterate everyone if not enough mitigation is applied XD

[@retokazene]

Enrage idea: after every beam, she got a stacking damage up and remove furthest tile. Repeat until you have no tile left and just fall

[@Lucy-dg9en]

Unfortunately in normal that attack hits like a paper towel lol, even after 3-4 cycles, but in savage it really will be peak, Harrowing hell 2 maybe? 👀

[@iaxacs3801]

@@alternative_five This fight is why all DPS mits got a big buff I can feel it

[@ExTermeur]

@@iaxacs3801 viper in shambles

[@kaitokei]

1:15 LMAO the way the 3 solar bahamuts just . block your entire view.

[@groudonsbest]

"That girl is gone, she's gone." Blocked by an army of bahamuts

[@runi9707]

why I hate summoner 😅

[@rustyjones7908]

Sounds pretty accurate to me

[@LZ02-OVERTURE]

@@runi9707 Pretty sure there's a setting to hide Summoner's summons unless I'm mistaken (may be).

[@Alaadassa]

@@LZ02-OVERTURE You can shrink them.

[@muhc2931]

Now that I actually hear the lyrics. This is a song of utter desperation masked as a thunder dome epic fight song. Stating that they're fading away and that they're losing everything they are. That they're being forced into a corner yet they choose to fight against their fate even if it makes their own death faster. This is the song of someone who is at risk of burning out all they are just to survive. In short. The song slaps

[@muhc2931]

"Somebody help my misery's taking me. Somebody help I'm losing what's left of me."

[@KutluMizrak]

OH shit.... She's V.

[@coolyeh1017]

Also an allegory to actual WWE/pro-wrestling which the raid so far is basing themselves on. Many pro-wrestlering/WWE becomes stars but in the process destroy their body (and mind if you count CTE) due to their careers. Vince McMahon is known for doing some shady stuff to his WWE stars or encouraging the use of performance enhancing drugs for the showmanship similar to how the third boss does in the middle of the fight or the entire concept of using feral souls to enhance one's battle capabilities.

[@adamsbja]

Yeah, this song is Oblivion levels of "let me just traumadump while we fight."

[@whodistoodis]

I may hate 90% of what Dawntrail is throwing down narratively, but among those is certainly not the raid. Not only does the music slap super hard, but the story is actually engaging.

[@絶し不変なる殺戮の地平]

A non-Hyur female antagonist that has a J-rock theme song sung by a female vocalist with lyrics that talk about her desperation and how there's no going back from where she is now, who can also transform into a sexy elemental demigod when you fight her. Welcome back, Ysayle.

[@SStyle5]

Exactly

[@johnisdead]

We waited patiently and were rewarded for it, no doubt

[@SneakyMuffin]

...by the Twelve you're right.

[@coolman5242]

Except this time around the choice in rock music actually fits the character.

[@Akanalusa]

Given how solution 9 was built by people from another reflection, it could be possible

[@melaniebiberger2191]

The term thunder thighs gets a whole new meaning

[@shadcroly]

Thiccxion

[@Naoto-kun1085]

Need her to crush ne with them!

[@Loispealz34]

Nora Valkyrie is currently running at this lady and screaming "thunder thighs" at the top of her lungs

[@Twocoolman115]

She could crush a car with those things. Lucky Car.

[@ThiefofCrystals]

"Damn, what a raid series, huh?" "There are two more tiers still, remember?" "....Holy shit."

[@XelaShade]

We yet to see her Final form in Savage :)

[@ThiefofCrystals]

@@XelaShade I can't WAIT

[@jacobkern2060]

​@@XelaShade It'll probably a new configuration in Savage in addition to the wings and cannon, like E8S

[@arthurreitz9540]

​@@XelaShadeMy bet is on her absorbing a Phaeton soul ^^

[@iaxacs3801]

​@@arthurreitz9540My bet is she goes after her reflection in the Source. She needs a "fuller" soul and i dont think shes learned quite yet that what is needed is a rejoining. Our soul would be incompatible

[@RobdeliaYT]

Y’know, in hindsight I really should’ve put “Shonen rock song about drug overdose and ego death” on my Dawntrail bingo card.

[@meeeberperson]

"Where were you when the souls hit?"

[@TechneMakre]

​@@meeeberperson 'a second soul has hit the arena'

[@blueray222]

@@meeeberperson "Man this soul ain't sh-"

[@trial_with_an_error9687]

Son of a bitch, Sphene introduced souls usage to the urban cat-girl population. This really is America!

[@ladyopheliagames]

I had "Soken Rock Theme in Raid Series" on my Bingo Card - but this was wayyy better.

[@Krysta1Rose]

THANK YOU CHRISSY COSTANZA FOR THE BANGER VOCALS

[@mochicak3s]

i knew the voice sounded so familiar so i’m excited for this!! LOVE against the current ❤

[@Tofuklops]

I came back after hearing it's her!

[@twilightfire93]

She's got an amazing voice! I'm gonna have to listen her band's stuff!

[@KainsAddiction]

corpo cringe

[@ddbs9415]

​@@KainsAddictionWhat do you mean?

[@Twocoolman115]

“Tonight our city bleeds red, blue, and green.” Our Job role colors. She’s legit out for blood.

[@kingbertskorner]

It's extra clever as a play on RGB, the color range for digital light sources

[@CrazzyCrisis]

Or pixels. I was thinking pixels

[@Shindashi]

First thing I thought about was the RGB lights in my computer (I didn't want them, but that's what was available, because most of us do lol). Those lights are right on top of my graphics card that looks just like the Arcadion tower itself.

[@Aegis---]

i was looking for an answer to this everywhere, great catch

[@Guran.M]

"YOUR SOUL IS MINE" The audacity of this women asking for my life randomly popping onto the ring with a floating cube... Shang tsung?

[@sweepingtime]

Hmm, I don't know, we must consult the Elder Gods.

[@bigboi5507]

I knew she reminded me of someone 😂

[@Twocoolman115]

She could at least take us out to dinner first.

[@voistar5387]

​@@sweepingtime Too bad we killed the Elder Gods last expansion.

[@acgearsandarms1343]

She wasn’t asking. And why is it whenever someone demands our soul but says it’s not personal, it always feels like it is?

[@RyniaTenendora]

I dropped this on the hour-long version because it was up first but I'll put them here too - my rough outline of the lyrics after 4 hours of listening on constant repeat (I may be obsessed). Tonight our city bleeds red, blue and green, As I walk in the dark, unseen. My lost greatness I was draped in, The colours in my mind are fading, gone. They’re gone, they’re gone, all gone. A girl looks to the stars and dares to dream Of the world she'll make her mark in, see. I stand strong in my mirror, staring back I realise that girl is gone, She’s gone, she’s gone, I’m gone, Climbed every mountain, made it to the top, I had it all, or so I thought. Traded tomorrow for a lie And found the price too high. My clock is ticking, counting down to naught, I’m out of time, why did it stop? I'll bet my life before it's lost, The final line I'll cross. Ain’t no going back, no going back, no going back no. What light left here inside, I’ll suffocate if that’s what it takes, oh. A thousand men who cast me aside, Turn their backs and leave me to die. You can try, can try, come try but I will survive. No going back, no going back, no never, you'll never again know me. No going back, no going back, no coming back from the edge. Look in my eyes, yeah I know you’ll understand. (Somebody help, my misery’s taking me.) Made up my mind now there ain’t no going back. (Somebody help, I’m losing what’s left of me.) Made up my mind, now my heart’s demanding, I’m ready to fight til’ there’s one left standing. Tonight, lightning will strike, thunder will follow, You’re gonna give it all to me, To me, to me, to me, I gotta believe you’ll set me free. Tonight my circle finally comes complete, At last, up from the dark I’m free. The music’s swelling, crowd is chanting, For this moment fear’s an afterthought. It’s gone, it’s gone, all gone. I look out to the crowd and there I see A thousand little girls, all me. I’ll turn the tables there, I’m fighting back. I’ll bring the lightning, now it’s on. It’s on, it’s on, you’re gone. (repeat bridge & chorus)

[@Aquana01]

Good work

[@proy3]

I think that second line is "I thought greatness, I was draped in" Other than that, awesome stuff.

[@salrisia]

@@proy3 I think it's 'I'm not the grayness I was draped in' since she talks about colors right after maybe?

[@RyniaTenendora]

@@proy3 Could be. Or maybe "My lost greatness?" I love the singer's voice but her accent is kinda hard for me to figure out sometimes!

[@BlueMoonX79]

Slowing down the chorus, it sounds more like this: Ain't no going back, no going back, no going back now What light's left here inside, I'll suffocate if that's what it takes Oh, and those who lived to cast me aside, Turn their backs and leave me to die You can try, can try - come try, but I will survive!

[@lysandre1861]

if i had a nickel for every raid boss that was fused with an ixion, i'd have two nickels, which isn't much but its weird that it happened twice

[@jareddrake8656]

Does this mean she's the mount from Savage? Would.

[@Probably_Gonna_Die]

@@jareddrake8656 The mod community is prob. already on it 💀

[@daikaiju1517]

I am predicting that she's going to turn into a centaur in the Savage-exclusive Phase 2. I'm however happy to be proven wrong.

[@skairis7421]

​@@jareddrake8656 wait a minute, I think you're onto something here 👀

[@jareddrake8656]

@@skairis7421 I have my moments of genius.

[@Kuribohcoast]

This game is *NEVER* beating the FGC Retirement Home allegations

[@saemitatsuya8419]

FFXIV is just generally a retirement home

[@Umbruhh]

Wait is that actually a thing? I didn't know that until now xD

[@volantblade2024]

@@Umbruhhbeen a thing for years

[@SkyeTheDemon]

@@saemitatsuya8419 this is unironically true LMAO, lots of former splatoon competitive players have also retired to FFXIV

[@ittlenanzo7744]

Ffxiv truly is the retirement home for everybody lmao

[@MarqueeRow]

i know you get a lot of comments about leaving effects on but playing the game with THREE summoners with max pet size is wild

[@angelking1989]

or....they dont even know how to re-size the pet.......

[@DantoriusD]

​​@@angelking1989 an Alpha Legend who dont know about that??? Doubt it. 😅

[@coolyeh1017]

I loved how when THREE Solar Bahamuts appeared he immediately shifted the camera.

[@JangoFox11880]

Its not impossible to play with max pet size. You just need to adjust your camera like in the Video 😊

[@durra5752]

@@JangoFox11880 Pet size is the minor issue; the real issue with leaving all effects at normal is when you get a sequence of Titans and you're blinded for longer than RDM's LB3!

[@BHS289]

Keeping everyone alive during the final sequence is a Top 3 healer moment all-time for me

[@Fexghadi]

uh? It's a normal raid mate. Unless your party had 2 corpses and 16 vulns...

[@BHS289]

@@FexghadiIt was just fun, don’t think too hard about it

[@sparkjunem1859]

We had two Astrolagins, and they couldn't keep up even with no one dead or at least one or two with a stack debuff. Took 3 tries and they were about to fail again if we waited a few seconds longer. ​@Fexghadi

[@epiccaliburist9431]

The elitist has entered the ring. Let the person be excited about their experience "mate"​@Fexghadi

[@christabelle__]

As a healer, that was the easiest part. Pop a CD or two and just spam. It's when everyone is running frantically while being blown up that it's hard. I don't get people saying the laser spam is hard.

[@vystaria]

"i'll suffocate if thats what it takes" goes so hard, the sheer determination and will to do anything it takes, to truly give it all, just to win and free herself from her doomed fate, love this song a lot

[@AxleStukov]

The boss really pulling a "DAMN! I'VE BEEN DEFEATED BUT I CAN'T FALL HERE."*Teleports away* Hubert would be proud.

[@SirStrikeFreedom]

Ah yes, a FE promised event.

[@CyanYoh]

Miracle Proc into Rewarp is a true combo.

[@Eclipse4589]

“I’VE BEEN DEFEATED BUT I CANT FALL HERE I MUST MAKE MY RETREAT”

[@DoppelgangerTH]

​​​​@@Eclipse4589considering the lyrics I really wouldn't be surprised to fight her again on ultra-boost mode in M12 "I'll bet my life before it's lost, the final line I'll cross"

[@Bladehound83]

@@DoppelgangerTH I'd expect for the rematch to come in M8, with M12 being dedicated to the mysterious "president".

[@usamimi-no-majo]

"That girl is gone, she's gone, she's gone, I'm gone" Such a good line.

[@midgetsnowman]

knowing her story it just..man it hurts.

[@alyssarasmussen1723]

and melody too :D

[@astrum_remi]

For those wondering the Vocalist here is Chrissy Costanza. She is the lead vocalist for Against the Current

[@ChibiNinjaVT]

"Look in my eyes, yeah I know you'll understand" If this song ain't a cry for help, idk what is...

[@pll3827]

Her state reminds me a lot of V from Cyberpunk 2077 - "You don't live with the knowledge that, every single moment, your soul is being eaten away!"

[@Zero2k0]

if you know you know

[@Gillrien]

Reminds me a lot of Ysayle's song during Shiva

[@BadaBadger]

@@pll3827 I'm so glad I managed to finish it too. I think The Star was the best ending for them. Free from it all, only to enjoy their last moments in peace. I'd want that too.

[@ArchieGamez]

@@pll3827 Even the whole feral souls thing is sort of similar to Cyberpsychosis

[@hamthefunnyfish3119]

Just noticed for some lyrics you can hear the crowd repeating her lines, like she's pouring her soul out saying she'll die taking your life and all the crowd thinks is just "wow, cool show!"

[@DraconicCatgirl]

People suffering is commodified y'know? Speaking of which, Anthology of The Killer is neat.

[@carbodude5414]

These sisters and their fursonas awakened something alright

[@OmenOfStorms]

Yea a good deal of monster hunter ptsd for me was re awakened. Gods damned Kirin

[@ZurilasZone]

@@OmenOfStorms Ixion*

[@PlusOne2Crit]

@@ZurilasZone They know what they meant. You didn't need to correct them.

[@cylesteasunrise3199]

​@@OmenOfStorms I thought kirin right away as well

[@HowlingDoom]

kirin but if I wanted to have SEGGS with it​@@OmenOfStorms

[@TheRollyD]

OFFICIAL lyrics just posted! Tonight our city bleeds red, blue, and green As I walk in the dark unseen Yet like the grey the sky is draped in The colors in my heart have faded Gone They're gone They're gone All gone A girl looks to the stars and dares to dream On the world she'd make her mark, it seemed This phantom in my mirror starin' back I realize that girl is Gone She's gone She's gone I'm gone Climbed every mountain, made it to the top I had it all, or so I thought Traded tomorrow for a lie And found the price too high The clock is ticking counting down to naught I'm outta time but it won't stop I'll bet my life before it's lost That final line I'll cross There ain't no going back No going back No going back No What light's left here inside I'll suffocate If that's what it takes, oh And those who look to cast me aside or turn their backs and leave me to die You can try, can try, come try, But I will survive No going back No going back Won't ever (no) Never again, no Ain't no going back No going back No coming back from the edge Look in my eyes, yeah I know you understand (somebody help, my misery's taking me) I've made up my mind, now there ain't no going back (somebody help, I'm losing what's left of me) I've made up my mind, now my heart's demanding I'm ready to fight til there's one left standing Tonight, lightning'll strike, thunder will fall (and) You're gonna give it all To me To me To me To me, I gotta believe You'll set Me free Tonight my circle finally comes complete One last step from the dark, I breathe The music's swellin', crowd is chantin' And for this moment fear's an after- thought It's gone It's gone All gone I look out to the crowd and there I see A thousand little girls--all me I've turned the tables, yeah I'm fightin' back I'll bring the lightnin', now it's On It's on It's on You're gone Climbed every mountain, made it to the top I had it all, or so I thought Traded tomorrow for a lie And found the price too high The clock is ticking counting down to naught I'm outta time but it won't stop I'll bet my life before it's lost That final line I'll cross There ain't no going back No going back No going back No What light's left here inside I'll suffocate If that's what it takes, oh And those who look to cast me aside or turn their backs and leave me to die You can try, can try, come try, But I will survive No going back No going back Won't ever (no) Never again, no Ain't no going back No going back No coming back from the edge, no more

[@Jujuwhat]

thunder will *follow*

[@TheRollyD]

@@Jujuwhat its the official lyrics they posted what do you want from me haha

[@Jujuwhat]

@@TheRollyD just listen to that part and tell me what you hear.

[@browlix45]

​@@JujuwhatI hear clearly fall but it's followed by an echo that give the impression that she say follow.

[@bethanypethers4421]

I thought It said 1000 little ghosts of me ?

[@tkOzeki]

"Hey this theme is pretty dang coo- ...where yo clothes at...?"

[@ninethreefivesix]

"That girl is gone, she's gone, she's gone. -- I'm gone." STUCK IN MY HEAD

[@yanastase]

pandaemonium:darkest raid made Arcadion:THE UNDERTAKER MAKE AN ENTRANCE !!!

[@ShouAlias-io7ud]

That was EXACTLY what I thought when she showed up. Then she pointed and said she'd steal our soul! 100% Undertaker!!

[@yanastase]

​@@ShouAlias-io7udThe whole raid look like a wwe night

[@finalsurvivor1]

This is the fourth raid tier (following Alexander the Creator, Alphascape, and Eden's Verse) where each fight has a different theme. Unlike those three, none of the songs were reused from older content and we got four entirely new tracks.

[@Sllandre]

​@@AvengingFossilxCreator reuses Locus and Metal, while Alphascape reuses Primogenitor.

[@richardwicker8456]

It's pretty typical for the 4th fight of the 1st savage tier to just reuse the BGM; even the fourth fight of Pandaemonium savage reuses Hic Svnt Leones. The only exception so far has been Deltascape 4.0, the 4th fight of the 1st savage tier of the Omega raid.

[@ByaKyuren]

@@richardwicker8456to be fair e4s isnt a door boss so i dont think its fair to include it there

[@AvelinFF]

I'm not sure if it counts given these songs were released simultaneously, but this "reuses" the green room theme - I suppose in that way, it's like the first Pandaemonium raids where the Pandaemonium private instance (gate) theme, the P1-3 theme, and Hic Svnt Leones are all reorchestrations of each other. E: Floor 1 also seems to be a reorchestration using the same motifs! Which makes a lot of sense, given the bosses.

[@limeopolis]

@@richardwicker8456 Hic Svnt Leones is only used in P4, sharing a leitmotif doesn't mean the song as a whole is reused.

[@NekkoBlue]

The music team’s been working overtime for these raids, goddamn

[@JangoFox11880]

I may be a little bit late but I realised today in her lyrics that while she seems strong and determinded on her goal she actually is desperate and don't know what to do and asking for help.

[@SenaBryer]

Soken really just dropped The Protomen Act 3 and thought nobody would notice

[@dmckenna]

yeeeeesss! exactly what i thought!

[@PrismTheKid]

if you thought this was soken I'm shocked

[@VorAbaddon]

Based take from the Resolve of Tunes.

[@kaitoudark1]

Still forever waiting. Especially after Light up the Night was such a banger in Act 2. This'll do for now though!

[@TheDaisukeMiyuki]

YES EXACTLYYYY.

[@geovanicaon20]

Im glad they made a game for this song

[@jeanvanwanrooy127]

LOVE everything about this fight. The song, the mechanics, the environment. A masterpiece.

[@athroughzdude]

This song fucking rocks

[@DieHardDarkKnight]

I feel almost obliged to come back and say "what a raid series, huh?" "captain it's only the first tier" this is insane. huge hopes for the future of this game with this kind of content

[@FlashPlayerGames]

FF14 is great because it turns boss fights into rock concerts and I *love* that for us

[@mymicart]

It's crazy how much this sounds like Casey Lee Williams was outsourced to make this.

[@mymicart]

With sprinkle of Takeharu Ishimoto.

[@Loispealz34]

YES I KNEW I WASNT THE ONLY ONE. IT FUKKEN SOUNDS LIKE A RWBY SONG.

[@Chrome_Flux]

This is why I was searching this out! I LOVE this style of music, with THIS type of singer, who also definitely sounds like Casey Lee Williams.

[@garothegoldenknight498]

@@Loispealz34 so which character would this represent?

[@docsigma]

@@garothegoldenknight498 Ilia Amitola, because her weapon is called Lightning Lash! Second option is Jupiter Vasilias but I'm not sure he deserves a song lol

[@T3hBadger]

Chrissy Constanza is everywhere now, not that i'm complaining everything she sings in is top tier

[@Sasha.Sanguine]

Soken is channeling some serious fighting game energy with these bangers.

[@LesbianWitchAcademia]

2 of my friends and i had a really rough group for her last night. We were extremely far behind on the enrage, and at the end it was myself on gunbreaker and the paladin as the only ones left weathering the laser. For the penultimate one the Paladin Covered me and used Hallowed Ground to soak it. The next one he died and i had to Superbolide, and right as my invuln wore off i crit my Lionheart and finished the fight right as she was about to start firing again. It was peak cinema. Putting a soft enrage in normal was peak.

[@braxbro6674]

Man, imagine the canonical implications of that conclusion. To be *so close,* yet *so far* from what you think will save you must have DESTROYED her.

[@zeehero7280]

I was wondering why the lyrics say "Tonight our city bleeds red blue and green" Then I realized... DPS, Tank, Healer

[@DucksAreEpic]

Official Lyrics (I edited a bit to fit this video) ------------------------------------------------ Tonight our city bleeds red, blue, and green As I walk in the dark unseen Yet like the grey the sky is draped in The colors in my heart have faded Gone They're gone They're gone All gone A girl looks to the stars and dares to dream On the world she'd make her mark, it seemed This phantom in my mirror starin' back I realize that girl is Gone She's gone She's gone I'm gone Climbed every mountain, made it to the top I had it all, or so I thought Traded tomorrow for a lie And found the price too high The clock is ticking counting down to naught I'm outta time but it won't stop I'll bet my life before it's lost That final line I'll cross There ain't no going back No going back No going back No What light's left here inside I'll suffocate If that's what it takes, oh And those who look to cast me aside or turn their backs and leave me to die You can try, can try, come try, But I will survive No going back No going back Won't ever (no) Never again, no Ain't no going back No going back No coming back from the edge Look in my eyes, yeah I know you understand (somebody help, my misery's taking me) I've made up my mind, now there ain't no going back (somebody help, I'm losing what's left of me) I've made up my mind, now my heart's demanding I'm ready to fight til there's one left standing Tonight, lightning'll strike, thunder will fall (and) You're gonna give it all To me To me To me To me, I gotta believe You'll set Me free Tonight my circle finally comes complete One last step from the dark, I breathe The music's swellin', crowd is chantin' And for this moment fear's an after- thought It's gone It's gone All gone I look out to the crowd and there I see A thousand little girls--all me I've turned the tables, yeah I'm fightin' back I'll bring the lightnin', now it's On It's on It's on You're gone Climbed every mountain, made it to the top I had it all, or so I thought Traded tomorrow for a lie And found the price too high The clock is ticking counting down to naught I'm outta time but it won't stop I'll bet my life before it's lost That final line I'll cross There ain't no going back No going back No going back No What light's left here inside I'll suffocate If that's what it takes, oh And those who look to cast me aside or turn their backs and leave me to die You can try, can try, come try, But I will survive No going back No going back Won't ever (no) Never again, no Ain't no going back No going back No coming back from the edge Look in my eyes, yeah I know you understand (somebody help, my misery's taking me) I've made up my mind, now there ain't no going back (somebody help, I'm losing what's left of me) I've made up my mind, now my heart's demanding I'm ready to fight til there's one left standing Tonight, lightning'll strike, thunder will fall (and) You're gonna give it all To me To me To me To me, I gotta believe You'll set Me free

[@gravitykat714]

M1 - this is fun M2 - This is fun M3 - This is fun M4 - This is still fun but this story is gonna end sad isn’t it?

[@OBroKanin]

Get out of here with Pondering the Orb, time to Ruminate the Cube

[@jestermagus]

Heck with it - I'll throw my hat in the ring. Here's what I got for the lyrics [Verse 1]Tonight our city bleeds red blue and green As i walk in the dark unseen (To find the greener side restricted?) The colors in my heart are fading on Their gone their gone all gone A girl looks to the stars and dares to dream Of the world she'll make her mark in seen I stand strong in my mirror staring back I realize that girl is gone Shes gone shes gone all gone [Pre-Chorus] Climbed every mountain made it to the top I had it all or so I thought Traded tomorrow for a lie And felt the price too high The clock is ticking counting down to naught I'm outta time why did it stop I'll bet my life before it's lost The final line I'll cross [Chorus] Ain't no going back no going back no going back to the white light Left here inside I'll suffocate if thats what it takes Oh And those who meant to cast me aside Turn their backs and leave me to die You can try can try come try but I will survive No going back no going back won't ever no never again no No going back no going back no coming back from the edge Look in my eyes yeah I know youll understand {Somebody help my misery's taking me} Made up my mind now there ain't no going back {Somebody help I'm losing whats left of me} Made up my mind now my hearts demanding Ready to fight til theres one left standing tonight Lighting will strike Thunder will fall You're gonna give it all To me To me To me To me I gotta believe It will set Me free [Verse 2]Tonight my circle finally comes complete The last step from the dark I'm free Music's swelling crowd is chanting For this moment fear's an afterthought It's gone it's gone all gone I look out to the crowd and there I see A thousand little (girls all me?) Turn the tables yeah I'm fighting back I'll bring the lightning now it's on It's on it's on you're gone [Repeat Pre-Chorus] [Repeat Chorus]

[@Lanaur_]

I think (girls all me) may be "ghosts of me"

[@jestermagus]

@Lanaur_ it probably is but i always here "girls" something so thought I'd throw it out there as an idea. Like she looks into the crowd and sees her youth and the person she was egging her on to get her life back

[@Shellbe26]

I hear "A thousand little girls love me" because they idolize her and remind her of her sisters. its more pressure she needs to win on top of the mounting pressure from the post fight cutscene

[@enlongjones2394]

I think this one line in the chorus goes like this: “What light’s left here inside I’ll suffocate, if that’s what it takes!” She’s saying that she’ll kill what light/honor is left in her, if that’s what it takes to survive. I think it goes well with her saying that she’ll cross the final line.

[@Huszti89]

toward the end of chorus it sounds like "Lightning will strike, Thunder will follow"

[@Staineless84]

Tonight our city bleeds red blue and green As I walk in the dark unseen I'm not the greatness I was draped in The colors in my heart have faded Gone They're gone They're gone All gone A girl looks to the stars and dares to dream On the world she'd mark a mark it seemed I stand staring in my mirror staring back I realize that girl is gone She's gone She's gone I'm gone Climbed every mountain made it to the top I had it all or so I thought Traded tomorrow for a lie And found the price too high The clock is ticking down and down to naught I'm out of time, why did it stop I'll bet my life before it's lost The final line I'll cross Ain't no going back No going back No going back No My light Left here inside I'll suffocate If that's what it takes Oh And those who mean to cast me aside Turned their backs and leave me to die You can try, can try, come try But I will survive. No going back No going back Won't ever. You'll never again know me No going back No going back No coming back from the edge Look in my eyes, I know you'll understand (Somebody help, my misery's taking me) Made up my mind, now there ain't no going back (Somebody help, I'm losing what's left of me) Made up my mind, now my heart's demanding Ready to fight 'til there's one left standing Tonight Lightning will strike Thunder will follow You're gonna give it all To me To me To me To me I'm gonna believe You'll set Me free Tonight my circle finally comes complete At last up from the dark I'm free The music's swelling, crowd is chanting For this moment fear's an afterthought It's gone It's gone All gone I look out to the crowd and there I see A thousand little girls all me Turn the table, yeah I'm fighting back I'll bring the lightning Now it's on It's on You're gone Climbed every mountain made it to the top I had it all or so I thought Traded tomorrow for a lie And found the price too high The clock is ticking down and down to naught I'm out of time, why did it stop I'll bet my life before it's lost The final line I'll cross Ain't no going back No going back No going back No My light Left here inside I'll suffocate If that's what it takes Oh And those who mean to cast me aside Turn their backs and leave me to die You can try, can try, come try But I will survive No going back No going back Won't ever You'll never again know me No going back No going back No coming back from the edge Look in my eyes, I know you'll understand (Somebody help, my misery's taking me) Made up my mind, now there ain't no going back (Somebody help, I'm losing what's left of me) Made up my mind, now my heart's demanding Ready to fight 'til there's one left standing Tonight Lightning will strike Thunder will follow You're gonna give it all To me To me To me To me I'm gonna believe You'll set Me free

[@kman6004]

I like this one

[@android19willpwn]

I think it's "A last step from the dark," not "At last up from the dark". She's not out of the dark yet, not free yet, but there's only one step left (claiming a soul) before the circle is complete and she's back to normal.

[@Staineless84]

@@android19willpwn I think you might be right! I'm sure a got a few things wrong, I'm a little lost on the mirror as well, I feel I'm wrong there.

[@ItsCassius]

LIVE AND LEARN HANGIN ON THE EDGE OF TOMORROW

[@FF-tp7qs]

And I live to rule by the sword Slashing through the every inch of the power The power in you as I sit, as I stand By the table, I command my kingdom I'm the knight of the wind

[@AdellRedwinters]

Crush 40 wishes it sounded this good

[@hat-desu]

THANK you I know there are better music comparisons but my first words queueing in was oh it is so buttrock in here

[@elianwyn]

the intro seriously had me like "....live and learn???"

[@ninjaemilee]

I'm glad someone had the same thought! this song has the exact soundscape from SA2 and I'm so here for it

[@elluimlinnias7273]

I can’t shake this being from a Sonic game what with this Crush 40 energy. AMAZING. :D

[@AvengingFossilx]

The World Ends With You vibes

[@retokazene]

Blue Noise

[@Professor_Utonium_]

Nah, the speakers aren't muffling it hard enough like the DS did hahahaa

[@keyblade365able]

Emptiness and ixion

[@ninj0shikirei]

Also an anime opening

[@ruexu1725]

So true and the first floor is Persona 5

[@davuz]

Absolute banger, they knocked it out of the park with the music in Dawntrail

[@cerebralisk]

until i was able to listen to it clean here i didn't notice the 'lightning will strike, thunder will fall'

[@SofaKingWeTodEd]

Follow** Thunder will fall doesn’t make sense.

[@thebaddestguy]

kinda disappointed they didn't have "thunder will roll" as a ramuh callback

[@DoppelgangerTH]

​@@thebaddestguyit's possible, we don't have official lyrics yet.

[@cerebralisk]

@@SofaKingWeTodEd maybe? i don't hear the extra syllable but it's possible it's just too fast to distinguish in that part. i just assumed they were using 'thunder' colloquially, as in a 'thunderbolt', as another word for lightning

[@coolyeh1017]

I feel like it is "lightning will strike, thunder will follow" it is just that the "-low" part is a bit muffled by the guitar but you can hear it.

[@TheVorshevsky]

Alexander: Forward and back and then forward and back Arcadion: No going back, no going back, no going back

[@LuceDGooseVT]

1:12 SUDDENLY 3 SOLAR BAHAMUTS I love that you moved the camera around them and I do not blame you 😂

[@MrKanooe]

She sounds desperate in this song, and for a reason, not even mentionning the same leitmotiv as her little sister's fight of M1. This raid story went from : Oh cool, awesome fights with low stakes to ... these fighters contracting cyberpsychosis at 20yo and dies. Shit, it went dark pretty fast.

[@truthless4720]

Psychonecrosis* but yeah.

[@Twocoolman115]

It reminds me of Final Fantasy 16. You have the ability to summon and become these incredibly powerful beasts, but doing so slowly kills you, and there’s little to nothing you can do to stop it

[@Forien]

Yeah, the story went full Gundam real fast.

[@MrKanooe]

@@truthless4720 It was a voluntary mistake :D

[@XelnasTV]

Yeah I mean they need it to ramp up eventually as good as a tournament arc can be the arc needs stakes. She even leaves basically saying... I have to beat you I need your soul to survive. Like finding out the arcadion has this dark secret and the populous can't really take losing another pillar of its society right after jalool and sphenes death

[@amyreo1119]

The singer is Chrissy Costanza from Against the Current. What a collab ;-;

[@AridLemming]

I love the tiny little detail in the lyrics, "lightning will strike, thunder will fall" that's the same line in ramuh's theme. Clever!

[@Voidgear1]

Fell in love with the theme instantly.

[@spectreshadow]

I love how sad and desperate the lyrics are.

[@nathanadams8044]

They cooked something fierce with these transformed boss designs for the women in this tier good lord.

[@BP-bq9uz]

i love the three summoners randomly taking half the screen throughout the video

[@clintmatthews3500]

Go big or go another job!

[@hamthefunnyfish3119]

if this game came out like 20 years ago id hear this in so many amvs of like roxas tearing up some heartless (good!)

[@nickwilliams904]

or goku tearing up with majin vegeta

[@elianwyn]

man I miss when people unironically enjoyed stuff

[@CyberSoldier101]

Me and the 2nd tank in my group both said in unison "WOULD" I've never made quicker friends with a random stranger in my life

[@linkofthewild4236]

The same thing happened to me too, were you with a Viera DRK XD

[@CyberSoldier101]

@@linkofthewild4236 Might have been another GNB but it was definetly a Viera XD

[@HowlingDoom]

Moment I saw her, I said smash

[@polmao]

Lol I might have been in that group this morning cause two people def said would right after each other

[@kman6004]

Would?

[@kokopossum]

If you go listen to music from the first raid, there’s a motif there, which is fitting since the two of them are sisters.

[@coolyeh1017]

Pretty much the entire raid series even the green room, the waiting room, etc all have the motif.

[@strawberrysundaes]

The arena layout is actually the exact same as well.

[@LZ02-OVERTURE]

Brute Bomber's theme has the same melodies too, it's the Arcadion motif or at least the first tier. Pandaemonium did the same for the first tier. Alexander too to an extent (Moebius' melody can be heard in Locus). Common trend with raids and the entire game in general tbh.

[@raevenent751]

I cannot wait to see what the Primals rendition/cover of this sounds like, or if they perform this in a future fanfest

[@velzoya]

No joke, there was a thunderstorm when I ran that raid for the first time and I got a power outage for a few minutes. Logged back in to my character on dead on the ground with everyone gone. "Lightning will strike" all right :D

[@itsregal]

AND OUR VOICES ARISE IN A GLORIOUS CHORUS. "Would."

[@JayBigDadyCy]

God this song is so lit. Chrissy annihilated these vocals. As a massive FF14 fan and a lifelong musician I love e how amazing the muaic continues to be in this game.

[@Link3Green]

Black Cat= Perrserker Honey B. Lovely= Vespiquen Brute Bomber= Incineroar Wicked Thunder= Zebstrika

[@Malacite]

The anime tournament arc is real. I seriously think this is my new favorite song from 14, wasn't sure they would ever top To The Edge but here we are. It really does sound like something ripped right out of a Shounen final arc AND I LOVE IT!!!!

[@royox]

But we already had our anime tournament arc with Omega xD. We are having our 2nd just now.

[@Codemandragon21]

The lyrics to this song are incredibly sad

[@DJThomas59]

you know a songs a hit when the most replayed is the entire video

[@Aluranae]

Between Ixion here, the Queen Bee in phase 2, and the King Bomb... Not to mention the 'mysterious benefactor' head that I've got good cash on being a Kuja analogue... We're fighting through FFIX's iteration of FFX's Fiend Arena as brought to you by Xenoblade.

[@gloriousgoo7087]

It would fit extremely well as Kuja has a secondary identity as "King" that secretly runs the auction house in FF9.

[@EratoTiaTuatha]

I am praying so hard for my boy Kuja to show up in some form.... though so far I'm not getting a Kuja vibe from the boss person. He'd never limit himself to just "hmmm most intriguing", he'd feel compelled to monologue about the theatrical perfection of what's going down. If I were to pin it on someone from IX it's the most like Garland. Also I wonder, cause we did technically have monster fights in IX, in the form of the Knight's House in Treno... There wasn't terribly much lore to that place tho, iirc.

[@Aluranae]

That's why I'm putting my bet on a Kuja-type figure. He wasn't as theatrical, but someone in a similar role as King would be able to restrain himself for a round of fights or two since y'know. We're still minor leaguers. To him, our fourth round was just a pleasant surprise. That Elezen we ran into gave off *major* vibes after all.

[@Loispealz34]

Yea

[@TheWickedWizardOfOz1]

@@Aluranae That Elezen will be our lore refresher in S9 if people forget what's happening in the story, I think

[@lapisfengari2428]

Hearing this song gave me a lot of the same feelings that hearing Oblivion for the first time, I love this song so much it;s easily one of my favorite raid themes in the game

[@MissFaerlynn]

I just love how both sisters have same theme foundation

[@SMNtheNight]

OG X Japan with female vocals in my FFXIV??? Even her name 'Wicked Thunder' is pure 80s metal! Inject it straight into my veins Soken, you madman!!

[@KindredLamby]

He simply cannot miss. I can't get over how good the soundtrack for this whole expansion is aaaaaaa

[@pll3827]

SQE looking at all the modded characters people keep posting on social media and making them raid bosses.

[@ek9750]

i swear they want us all to turn into furries

[@Dras7]

@@ek9750 Or it's the opposite lmao

[@rayjinflo]

She transformed and I felt funny inside

[@Naoto-kun1085]

My first reaction was "Mommy?"

[@astrum_remi]

@@Naoto-kun1085same

[@iaxacs3801]

I felt the same the first time I saw MH Kirin's girl armor

[@plazmadood]

Would

[@Naoto-kun1085]

@@astrum_remi Good tastes!

[@wolfwyvern3662]

Tonight our city bleeds Red Blue and Green As I walk in the dark, unseen I thought neither side was tempting Colors in my heart are fading gone, they're gone, they're gone, all gone A girl looks to the stars, and dares to dream Of a world she'd make a mark it seemed This phantom in my mirror, staring back I realise that girl is gone, she's gone, she's gone, I'm gone Climbed every mountain, made it to the top I had it all, or so I thought Trade in tomorrow for a lie I found the price too high The clock is ticking, counting down to naught I'm out of time, why did it stop? I'll build my life before it's lost The final line I'll cross! There's no going back, no going back, no going back The white lights, laughter inside, I'll suffocate, if that's what it takes (oh) A thousand people cast me aside Turn their backs, and leave me to die You can try, can try, come try, but I will survive! (no going back, no going back, won't ever, you'll never ever again know me No going back, no going back, no going back, no coming back from the edge) Look at my eyes, I know you'll understand (Somebody Help, My misery is taking me ) Made up my mind, no there ain't no going back (Somebody come, I'm losing what's left of me) Made up my mind, now my heart's demanding Ready to fight, till there's one left standing Tonight, lightning will strike thunder will fall, you're gonna give it all to me (Yeah!) To me! (Yeah!) To me! (Yeah!) To me! I'm gonna believe!(Yeah!) You'll set! (Yeah!) me Free! Tonight my circle finally comes complete One last step from the dark, I am free Music swelling, crowd's chanting 'Fore this moment feels an afterthought It's gone, it's gone, it's gone, all gone. I look out to the crowd, and there I see. A thousand little girls of me. I'll turn the tables, >>>

[@FinioVega]

after suffering 3 full days in pf for the clear i gotta say: IT'S STILL A BANGER YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@bryanstillman2125]

Soken has written some pretty amazing rock songs over the years, but I gotta say, this one might be the best yet. Could be stacked up there with any of the late 70s/early 80s hard rock bangers. Vocals especially giving echoes of Ann Wilson/Patty Smyth

[@stupiddog79]

3 SMNs are a proven recipe for early-onset blindness

[@royox]

Add RDM for extra blindness if LB3 pops

[@truthless4720]

Lyrics as best as I can make them out... sorry if they're not perfect. Tonight our city bleeds red, blue and green As I walk in the dark unseen [I thought greener side was tempting??] (can't make sense of this line) the colors in my mind are fading, gone they're gone, they're gone, all gone a girl looks to the stars and dares to dream on the world she made her mark, it seemed I stand strong in my mirror, staring back I realize that girl is gone she's gone, she's gone, I'm gone climbed every mountain, made it to the top I had it all or so I thought traded tomorrow for a lie and found the price too high the clock is ticking, counting down to naught I'm outta time - why did it stop? I'll bet my life before it's lost the final line I'll cross ain't no going back, no going back no going back, no what light's left here inside I'll suffocate, if that's what it takes, oh and those who meant to cast me aside or turn their backs and leave me to die you can try, can try, come try but I will survive no going back, no going back no never, you'll never again know me no going back, no going back no coming back from the edge look in my eyes, yeah I know you understand (somebody help, my misery's taking me) made up my mind, now there ain't no going back (somebody help, I'm losing what's left of me) made up my mind, dare my heart's demanding ready to fight, 'til there's one left standing tonight, lightning will strike thunder will follow, you're gonna give it all to me (yeah!), to me (yeah!) to me (yeah!), to me, I gotta believe (yeah!) you'll set (yeah!), me free (free!) Tonight my circle finally comes complete A last step from the dark, I'm free The music's swelling, crowd is chanting, for this moment fear's an afterthought it's gone, it's gone, all gone I look out to the crowd and there I see A thousand little girls - all me turn the tables, yeah I'm fighting back I'll bring the lightning, now it's on it's on, it's on, you're gone (repeat from "climbed every mountain" above)

[@val7885]

This is very good! Although there is a whole second half, or at least alternate 1st and 2nd verse after the first loop /think And I think 2nd verse last line ends with 'I'm gone', not 'all gone' Can't quite figure out all of the lines of the alternate verses in the second loop, but they are something like Tonight my circle finally comes complete, I step from the dark, [I agree?] Music swelling, (can't tell, ground is something?) For this moment [???] It's gone, it's gone, all gone. Look out to the crowd and [never?] see - can't figure out this line Turn the tables [ever?] fighting back, I'll bring the light and now he's gone, It's on, it's on, you're gone. Continues same as the first loop from here

[@truthless4720]

@@val7885 You right! Fixed.

[@furutta9095]

I've been unhappy with the "Tonight our city bleeds red blue and green" read since I first read it, and kept re-listening to that line to see if I could pick something more thematic out. Notoriously difficult with Soken songs, haha. I have a read that might be the one though: Tonight our city bleed red through the screen

[@mikumiku0047]

@@furutta9095I think it’s red blue and green because it makes up the RBG color scale, which given how S9 is styled after PC hardware and how much PC hardware uses RGB lighting, it’s fitting in that sense

[@riamesque]

It's not freedom. The song is called Give It All.

[@kigasha5187]

FFXIV x Sonic Adventure was not in my bingo for this raid but here we are

[@GarnetDust24]

Literally the best parts of live and learn and open your heart 🥲

[@Aethereality]

so glad you said this!

[@Gwynbleidd_117]

This is a certified bop.

[@hlyfall]

Ohhh... I'm gonna have this on repeat till I get sick of it

[@auroninja]

Lol me too. I was spamming KZbin for someone to upload it. Orchestrion roll is 10mil on my server right now!

[@astrum_remi]

@@auroninjait's about 2.5mil on Sagittarius last time I checked

[@auroninja]

@astrum_remi ya its gone down to about the same on mine. I'm tracking it very closely lol

[@Gooeyflames77]

COMMON ALEXANRIAN L, FIRST SOUL CAPITALISM AND NOW SOUL CYBERPSYCHOSIS

[@ZeronesZG]

You forgot lightning paralysis from building their entire city out of Electrope. Then again with all the diseases related or made by worst by pollution, maybe we shouldn't point our oil coated fingers at others xd

[@Gooeyflames77]

@@ZeronesZG I thought that was more because of aether imbalance due to the calamity but I could be wrong. Still an L

[@Dargor110]

Honestly , if her soul is detoriating i can instantly think of 3 girls in ff14 who could probs fix it in like 2 minutes tops.

[@rayjinflo]

​@@ZeronesZG STG the cure is gonna be modifying Angelo

[@Professor_Utonium_]

​@@Gooeyflames77IIRC, they said Levin sickness popped up around the surge and has grown in numbers since. But yeah, surrounding your entire civilization in Electrope probably doesn't help either. Damn 5G waves.

[@kohlicoide2258]

"How many Waifus you want in one raidtier?" "Yes!"

[@JustFishtheLalafell]

Best waifu, third fight. Will lariat u down 😂

[@ChibiNinjaVT]

"Also one has cancer" what?

[@tkOzeki]

@@JustFishtheLalafell They made sure we got a husbando as well lmao

[@apanofbread]

Brute Bomber 😍😍

[@daikaiju1517]

We getting a whole lotta nice monsterfolk for monsterfukkers of all types. A big Jinko with beeg paws A Queen Bee Idol for those with more vanilla taste. Nothing wrong with that. Akuma with explosives And Eden Ramuh's niece. I'm honestly curious what monsters they're going to include for the next matches. I hope one of the bosses ate a dinosaur's soul. lol

[@Jykinturah]

I feel like this expac has been THE expac of dark twists after a mostly lighthearted start.

[@collenjets123]

It's also THE worst written expac too, so its got that going for it.

[@adamkmet8936]

Massive MGR "Stranger I remain" vibe.

[@ashencometmom5291]

psychonekrosis sounds like the perfect setup to have a kuja expy

[@CallMeNoa]

Oh I really hope that's where this goes.

[@emerald6597]

kuja is the president calling it now

[@kyactus2046]

I though Zoraal Ja was supposed to be the Kuja expy, he did transform after eating an enormous number of souls like Kuja did to achieve Trance

[@zecendia]

@@kyactus2046 Yeah zoraal also: Kicked a dude off a platform,alá Kuja yeets Garland Gabool Ja Ja's death and the events surrounding it basically were all just a scrambled version of the events from Brahne's death to the Bahamut Invasion Someone in my FC noted how Zoraal ALSO didnt cope well with having a a "younger sibling" be preffered over him much like how what really sent Kuja off the rails was finding out about Zidane initially Somewhat of a last moment clarity upon death Which is to say,the second half almost beats you over the dead with the Zoraal-Kuja parallels lol

[@CrashB111]

Psychonekrosis == Cyberpsychosis. We're going full Edgerunners baby, and Wicked Thunder is our David.

[@crosssquirrel4293]

For some reason when i first saw her, i first immediately thought on Kirin first. And that we were doing yet another collab with Monster Hunter world :3 And the reason was the difference between Ixion and Kirin is that there is a Kirin outfit armor in MHW that heavily ressembles her.

[@marcusmarcus6955]

TWEWY vibes fr. This would be a song that plays in the later days of that game fr

[@Nagoragama]

Made up my mind now my heart's demanding Ready to fight 'til there's one left standing Tonight, lightning will strike, thunder will follow You're gonna Give It All! PEAK PEAK PEAK

[@FlynnFromTaiga]

She is definitely Ramuh enjoyer

[@ColdDraga]

Poor Ixion. How many more times are we gonna beat this horse?

[@AceBadguy]

Thank you for uploading this awesome theme.

[@Syogren]

God she really is just Shadow the Hedgehog Ixion Ysale isn't she. I love it.

[@zyrelia11]

Best of luck with this savage tier Uvi! Hope you and your group have a blast