"Song of the Ancients - Atonement" with Lyrics (Hansel & Gretel Theme) | Final Fantasy XIV

[@elvinglass2465]

The most beautiful gibberish I have ever heard.

[@dyingember8661]

It's called "the chaos language", but yeah, I get your point.

[@pumpkingamebox]

1000 years into the future when a new civilization rises up: I can’t decode this *Voynich* manuscript.

[@MCDMarsgodihatehandles]

Gibberish with intent! I'm pretty sure I remember reading the singer constructing the lyrics using a lot of sounds from a variety of languages she couldn't understand to kinda convey the mood of the song

[@Browniedays]

Emi Evans is a god! There is not better Fictional and beautiful Language that can defeat Chaos Language.

[@Tsukasa-TheWizard]

@@Browniedays Hymnos from Ar Tonelico I and II blow Chaos Language out of the water, both as a spoken language and for songs. :)

[@nelkxd9217]

Everytime I get this raid, I just turn the music up, even if it is a language I don't speak, for some reason it just sounds so beautiful.

[@OfficialCrowMauler]

I don’t think many people speak Chaos language, my guy.

[@Gonkers20XX]

What country speaks this language my dude?

[@rugalbernstein5913]

@@OfficialCrowMauler I hear it's all the rage in 11945, just gotta give it a few... millennia to catch on. Wait, does that mean we're dealing with a time traveler here?

[@Karkman87]

@Jeffry Alves I actually thought its icelandic, innuit or something.

[@X_I_A_N]

@@Karkman87 The idea comes from modern day languages not surviving inevitable catastrophe. Thus creating a blend of "forgotten" languages. Emi Evans i think took inspirations from celtic, japanese, german, latin, english, and i think two others to create the "Chaos Language"

[@rayjinflo]

Even this version, I feel some level of guilt because Devola and Popola are still singing right into my ears

[@Gr13fM4ch1n3]

I just want to protect them and for them to be happy 😭😭

[@CasualCoreK]

The only bad end i organically got in Automata was Ending V, because with this song playing I just wanted to keep fighting alongside Devola and Popola as allies forever

[@Elyrium42]

​@@CasualCoreKmeanwhile ending S made me so sad, just leaving those two behind, hearing their last words before reading that only their corpses remained

[@WayToDawn72]

I think it's clever that they used this song for Hansel and Greta. They both have their own fight theme yes bit given at what point of thr story we are at and who's song this is they essentially function as stand-ins to avoid spoilers. And since this song played in Factory people who aren't aware of what happens will just think they just reused this song when in fact this is reference to when we encounter Devola and Poppola in both Nier games

[@atoli16]

I still Love their original song BluBird.

[@DeltAsu]

Nice got spoiled :(. I hope it's not a major spoil ..

[@pharohphox7829]

@@DeltAsu It's not

[@DeltAsu]

@@pharohphox7829 I did not finish Nier replicant at this time, it was a major spoiler since we encoutter Devola and Poppola at the end of the game (but i didnt belive it was lol there were no way this was true, but it was :(

[@NephthysNoir]

Who are you talking about when you refer to Hansel and Greta what game is this? I'd like to know and thanks a bunch

[@LiunUK]

not the same without them constantly screaming

[@christophertorres114]

ERRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAGH x20

[@akeemsmith8089]

Lol I'm glad I'm not the only one. "ERRRRBAGAWA!!"

[@vidfox9049]

i still hear them! Its just like its part of the song and i freaking love it

[@paranoidknightBR]

first time a did this raid and started this song i was like "oh shit here we go again"

[@JS-kr8fs]

When those strings in the background go, they're ceaseless. Really sells just how long and intense these fights are.

[@reijikogarashi1867]

Everyone: *enjoys the music* Me: *watches 2B doing her custom rotation*

[@12345wery]

Which will out DPS every DPS by leagues.

[@chocolatemilk6022]

Glad I stumbled across this. Was thinking I needed this song for my room but didn't know the name of it.

[@legoman727]

Everyone: Enjoying the music Me: Focusing on that sick Okita Souji (Fate) cosplay

[@NephthysNoir]

This is my favorite song on automata, If I could have a theme song in this lonely world this would definitely be it seriously RT 🙂

[@ebtheartist3843]

Will say in Nier Replicant this isn’t their theme. They actually have their own theme called Blubird entirely separate from Song of the Ancients.

[@lucidlullaby894]

And Blu Bird does not sound at all how you think a song called “Blu Bird” would sound

[@SaotomeLuna]

And it's a damn shame they skipped it, Blubird is a fucking banger, top 5 Nier track for sure

[@Browniedays]

Agreed Blu Bird is really banger!! Hansel and Gretel have a great soundtrack. But I think they wanted to focus on Nier Automata and that's why they didn't put ir in the raid.

[@EPICZEUS.]

@@Browniedays I mean... two of the bosses are from Replicant/Gestalt and the final boss is Drakengard.

[@fedrikrose2277]

Right now I am playing Nier Replicant with plans to play Nier Automata right after. I never imagined that this, the hardest boss fight in the raid was the first boss in Nier Replicant the PTSD hit hard.

[@arlissven1555]

i cry everytime at this boss, because some redmage always uses lb3 and cover the ground and making it impossible to see the floor telegraph

[@blackshards3415]

I've been so creeped out after seeing these two giants in Nier Replicant, after i met them first in FF14. I just begged that i don't have to fight them alone haha. Well, i had to fight them. But luckily Grimoire Weiss was there to assist.

[@buttertoast1146]

Why? What's creepy?

[@honkedoffjohn]

Technically all language is gibberish if you don’t know what it means. It can still be beautiful.

[@Hailstormful]

Yo, PLD looking like the freakin' Arbiter with that laser sword

[@evilanimegenious]

Iirc that's a HW relic

[@trashketchum9782]

listening to this in the car in FFXV is how i heard this song for the first time. makes me want to get into neir

[@JordansoBASED]

Man, I miss that blue dragoon aura

[@twilightmiasma]

Jibbersh but I always hear "hard to stay, hard to stay to the night"

[@hakaiuchiha4515]

Wish this was the fate version. Would have been the best

[@LoredanSunstrider]

Square Enix naming Sage spells be like:

[@timothystamm3200]

Dude, those are real Greek words, and are spelled correctly using the Latin alphabet.

[@pynekxd4867]

It was a joke

[@BraveShowBoys]

@@pynekxd4867Joke analysis starting… Joke: SE naming Sage spells is gibberish like this song. Sage spell names: Real words from a real language. Song:made up gibberish from several sound systems from other languages. Analysis finished…. Joke is bad.

[@Wolffhardtt]

​@@BraveShowBoysOmega Protocol

[@bloodwoot]

devola.... popola ...TT^TT

[@optimaltt6070]

I'm not crying. I'm not crying!!! ...Shut up! YOU'RE crying! You fucking crybaby! D':

[@thefirstloser]

@@optimaltt6070 I AM Crying ;_; and i am proud for it :(

[@ariountoro7630]

Replicant's bosses with Automata's arrangement song

[@SanalliteSapling]

私 🧡Song of the Ancients

[@pocketdirt338]

I wish they would have kept their themes from NieR Gestalt/Replicant

[@jeanbryot6765]

since they were twin is time for devola and popola theme

[@eonamiella2124]

I like this version much more than the Replicant version

[@vellusviridi]

0 out of 10 Paladin never turned Hansel to face the Alliance

[@evilanimegenious]

Alright Satan XD

[@Art2D2]

​@@evilanimegeniousIt's what tanks have to do so that the shield is facing away from alliance. If we don't have the bosses facing us, then that means players with AoE attacks like Dancer will end up killing themselves.

[@laerwen]

@@Art2D2Nobody has mercy on us dancers T_T I always have to be so careful on this fight so I don't catch a shield and get whomped in the face.

[@Art2D2]

@@laerwen When I tank I make sure the opening of the shield is facing the alliance. When I heal I tell tanks that are new to the raid to do this. Sometimes they get it right away, and sometimes they don't and get half the team murdered anyways. Lol

[@xihua12370]

is this actual language?

[@iMazaky]

It's Chaos Language, It's a language original of the Nier games, basically Emi Evans (the original singer and composer) mixed together a bunch of languages (Scottish Gaelic, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, French, English and Japanese) and imagine what they would sound like after 1000 years of drifting. So it's not just gibberish, but just the composer would know the meaning of the lyrics.

[@mythgravenn]

Its basically just lots of languages mixed together

[@DragonKnight90001]

@@iMazaky i think welsh is somewhere in here too.

[@Browniedays]

@@DragonKnight90001 Ideed it is

[@DragonKnight90001]

@@Browniedays honestly its very rare to see video games uses welsh be it soundtrack or character/places

[@firefistx7477]

Is this song in ff14?

[@valkeminator1862]

Yep. Its the song that plays in the raid boss battle

[@firefistx7477]

@@valkeminator1862 thats awesome

[@topsicles5268]

Why this wasn't "Blue Bird" I'll never know...

[@beatricecorradi7072]

Because in this fight they are basically like Devola and Popola in Replicant 😅

[@Icebergeification]

What is this language supposed to be?

[@aaltodantro]

It’s called chaos language invented by the singer and writer hired by yoko taro to create most of the ost you hear playing the drakengard and nier games. Sorry I don’t have the full details :/

[@Icebergeification]

@@aaltodantro even this alone is good enough thx I love it when series actually puts effort into creating a language

[@Browniedays]

Yo! Can you make a Lyric Video of Fleeting Words (Outsider) from Nier: Replicant?

[@Alexisthewolfy]

Please tell me these are still in the game.

[@SephirothSpirit]

Yeah, Nier will always be in the game.

[@optimaltt6070]

Yes. Like the Monster Hunter crossover trial, this too is a permanent part of the game. Btw, do both....now. *pulls out gun* **DO IT**