"Locus" with Official Lyrics (Alexander Gordias / Midas Theme) | Final Fantasy XIV

[@KhaosN7]

"I've never done these raids before. Any advice?" "Is your BGM at 100? It should be."

[@GonnerMax]

Thats me, my only sound option in 100 is bgm, as it should be.

[@dianaroy78]

To be fair that's appropriate for a lot of raids in this game. Alexander, Pandaemonium, YoRHa, Aglaia, Eden, I'm sure there's more fantastic ones I'm not thinking of

[@pizzatime1901]

I learned to do that when playing shadowbringers MSQ

[@sobgray]

literally... turn down the sfx and turn up your system volume for it

[@ugxsan]

@@KhaosN7 the only valid response to that question.

[@Luxai]

"When falling back is better than simply falling back into pieces again" You know what. Good point. Be patient, and take a step back rather than too many forward.

[@cold0ero]

The lyrics for this song are amazing just because it tells you the man in the machine story right in the lyrics.

[@christophertorres114]

That's why the primal themes are some of my favorites in the game, they all have little bits of lore about each individual entity and it's suuuuch a nice touch that Soken didn't need to add, but I'm so glad he did!

[@Twocoolman115]

Pretty much every song in the game with lyrics has lore from the game snuck into them. It’s incredible, really.

[@boundlessoul]

"Celestial noise detected", hits different now.

[@saartnomsky4523]

Facts

[@HwahTV]

i mean, i bet you that twenty-two worlds were found, yes.

[@phrogman459]

Delirium unsuspected, makes you think doesn't it?

[@alsyrriad]

ENDWALKER SPOILERS AHEAD: - - - - - - - - Is that line a reference to Meteion?

[@phrogman459]

@@alsyrriad celestial noise detected, delirium unsuspected could be a reference, or foreshadowing, yes.

[@ugxsan]

For being one of two songs that get used in 8 fights in the same raid series, I never get tired of this one.

[@Cassapphic]

Ah yes the only alexander song I can hear more than half the lyrics in

[@chaoschris8194]

SONIC BOOM!

[@vaimantobe3034]

Exponentual entropy isn't that hard. The song goes forward and back and forward and back and forward and back and one foot forward. That way you get exponential en tro py

[@jacobteague635]

@@chaoschris8194 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@houjitya0608]

ネイティブの方でもアレキサンダーの歌詞って聞き取りづらいのですね、やっぱり。

[@chileshems88]

Wake the Metal, hold the metal, cherish the metal, forfeit all mortal possessions to the metal.

[@siegfried1422]

If you listen closely, you can hear the piano part of Gordias/Midas in the score for Perfect Alexander.

[@adrianooi1590]

When the theme is back at ShB , tears were shed.

[@kamanira]

This tells me Alexander comes back in ShB. It also tells me to get out of these comments, thanks for the accidental warning kind stranger.

[@BroadwayRonMexico]

@@kamanira "Alexander comes back in ShB" Well yes, but actually no

[@Paulmacellaro]

@@BroadwayRonMexico well no, but yes, but also no.

[@spacemarine6212]

​@@Paulmacellarobut also kinda in a sense

[@nochill3379]

I love the Alexander raids because of this song alone. You're doing amazing work with these lyric videos! The cinematics are also really good.

[@cassianpicaro]

I am a new player in ffxiv who went into everything blind so i just yolo and queued to the raid without knowing what to expect. When i got to the boss cutscene and the music hits, i was in awe on how cool this raid is. The music is just so fitting and it still give me chills to this day whenever i am running alexander.

[@professorpantherhardraad3921]

same, i've been working through the alexander raids for the last couple days and everytime this song comes on **Chef's kiss**

[@pr0v0cative4pple]

me, who hasn't played FFXIV but was shown this track once: "Is this the right song?" *checks video length* "Yeah it is"

[@Keira_Blackstone]

I'm a sprout that just did this raid for the first time and immediately wanted to find a good lyric version of this song, so thank you :)

[@NELzane9999]

I'm a WoW Refugee and now a FFXIV Sprout now starting Heavensward. This Raid and this Music gives me the chills, so amazing even though I haven't completed it yet myself, just watched Asmongold doing it, can't wait to play and do these Heavensward Raids. I'm so grateful for this game and this Shift now I can finally have real FUN in a MMORPG again 🙂

[@pedropereira6888]

Welcome to FF14. I sincerely hope that Blizzard gets their shit together but for the time being enjoy the ride in Eorzea

[@yonesobi]

Yeeted and Deleted !

[@MrElpizo1982]

Wait till Shadowbringers, some of the music there smashes it out the park.

[@Gangerworld]

The first time I hit this raid, our Alliance leader said "GET READY FOR A BOP" Always listen to your elders XD Yeah I was floored.

[@taco_sensei]

We are glad having you!!

[@thepokemontrainer6094]

Locus is possibly my favorite Final Fantasy song ever made theirs just so much about this song that i love that it would be impossible to explain my reason for liking it!!!

[@MrsLittletall]

Last time my husband got an Alexander raid in roulette they had to wait for cutscene viewer and the whole group started to dance. It was a glorious sight ^^

[@chaoschris8194]

Best raid song in the entire game.

[@technicallybread]

There’s also Answer, To the Edge, zodiark’s theme, and whatever the good shit that the final zenos fight was

[@jacobteague635]

@@technicallybread Endwalker isn't a raid, but a solo duty. Kickass nonetheless

[@TheWickedWizardOfOz1]

We now have In the Balance, so... it's tough. It's very tough.

[@leanblasterex5240]

Dude, what about metal: brute justice ?! And all the other good shit? XD

[@chaoschris8194]

@@leanblasterex5240 Oh those are great too. But it's still a remix/version of Locus. :D

[@riadirige7804]

"our world is a fantasy" Well a 4th wall have we

[@Ithirahad]

Not any more, for they quite thoroughly broke it :P

[@AlextheSurlyHealer]

This song really helped made the Alexander raids great. Such a great song to listen and fight to~☆

[@jacobteague635]

Alexander has the best raid music, change my mind

[@drazyor]

I mean, each Eden remix is a banger so it's really hard to pick a winner when it comes to this game's OST

[@AsheNightwind]

Locus and Scream for me.

[@jacobteague635]

@@AsheNightwind Excellent choices

[@EduardoGonzalez-qd4qu]

Don't forget Battle 2 from the Phlegeton battle.

[@iamjustapudgiebudgie3137]

That's it. I've been out of the game for three years and listening to this song has got me back getting back in.

[@cheers2023]

One of the best things in life is experiencing this genius music.

[@MrKushGuy]

One of my favorite songs in this game 💜

[@jslover761]

My favorite song from the Alexander raids. Thanks for an amazing lyric video

[@TheBonkleFox]

I know the bar is "transmissions blink uncompleted" but I always hear it as "transgressions become completed" since it fits the time loop theme the raids have.

[@GuyN0ir]

I never really cared about wiping to dolls because it just meant more of this song

[@JustShimothy]

This foreshadows so hard its unreal!

[@daanroelofs119]

it really didn't. there is only a single line in there that really means anything and in all probability is only a reference to Astrologian. the lyrics are "22 sectors tested" referencing the 22 areas unlocked in ARR and HW (Not counting cities) "Fragments in one direction" Referencing MCH shooting their bullets "Celestial noise detected" Referencing AST being celestially aligned "Delirium unsuspected" Referencing DRK because of story and skill reasoning seeing as the devs and even the lead story designer said they didn't even have any idea what EW was gonna be or even how it ended. Hell Dynamis wasn't even considered an option till mid/end ShB

[@xevysilverwind9494]

​@@daanroelofs119 It literally foreshadows everything we find out about our world in Shadowbringers/endwalker.

[@daanroelofs119]

@xevysilverwind9494 developers also literally said that they had no clue about the story of endwalker untill they started working on the story in the tempest. Which is at least 5 years of just not time. So at most it was talking about omega and the war in Gyr Abania. If they retrofitted stories to fit this one song then that's a possibility, but in no way did this "predict" the story of ShB/EW

[@xevysilverwind9494]

@@daanroelofs119 Yeah, that's mostly what I meant. I know they didn't know everything when they made Alexander, but I just like how everything retroactively fits. Based on how well it fits, I would like it if they canonized this line as a foreshadowing for Endwalker.

[@scroptels]

the more i listen to this the better it gets, how in the seven hells is this song so gooooooooooooooooooooooooodddd!!!!!!!!!

[@Sammysnows]

I can still hear the PTSD of fighting the pepsiman and that 10k crit auto.

[@NikkoTanGoogle]

Lmao the lyrics are actually phenomenal!! We dont deserve this

[@filteredRays]

I absolutely hated this song when I heard it the first time (in the Twinning, started playing in March of 2021 so I was just doing MSQ and no real side content) but then I unlocked the Alexander raids for my relic weapon and this song went from being bad to an absolute banger.

[@1ShotByeBye]

The beat so really HIT~

[@celarts5752]

I feel like the reason why eScape sounds so much like this theme is cause the Alexander machines were possibly based on Omega

[@EGPEVERYDAY]

listening to this after spending 3 months trying to clear tea made me start crying a little. the trauma is real

[@Sam_Aconitum]

So last night, my FC mates and several limsa chillers decided to do normal raid but cant cuz i havent unlocked it so we did an unsync run on the first alexander. After that, we all Q up for normal raid and i got to properly play this raid! I'm so glad I'm not the main tank because the music distracted me, it was a good banger!

[@joselynramirez8723]

Amo la historia de esta canción, definitivamente mi favorita u.u✋

[@andrebaxter4023]

I used to blast this song so much.

[@SincereSneakyy]

I only played this game two years ago and beat A Realm Reborn but I love this "When falling back is better than simply falling back into pieces again" 🙏

[@J-leaf]

I can't believe I stopped the Illuminati from using the mountain sized eikon's time powers......you think I'm kidding? I once saw a dude getting suplexed.....1000.feet up in the sky

[@JerdMcLean]

An ad in the middle of the song right when its about to hit thr best part is a momentum killer.

[@RoseFielden]

I do this raid just to hear this song. Each time I get to where it plays I say “THE BOP”

[@Greco4915]

Everyone when they reach Tycoon fight in the Twinning. It's the same piece of music.

[@flamingbuu]

Spoiler Warning: "Our world's a fantasy, no more than a test." - Hydaelyn starts sweating profusely as Alexander starts laying Endwalker truth bombs on us.

[@LightbladeRiulo]

"Celestial Noise Detected" Goes deeper than you think. Edit: STOP! I MADE THIS COMMENT AT ONE AM AND I WAS BEING STUPID.

[@flamingbuu]

@@LightbladeRiulo Yeah, that line has all the subtlety of a sledgehammer.

[@LightbladeRiulo]

@@flamingbuu can you tell I wrote that whilst being stupid?

[@keeganguyer5237]

or possibly being Meta…

[@Kairamek]

@@LightbladeRiulo But... you're right though.

[@trial_with_an_error9687]

Love this song so much

[@FabbrizioPlays]

Top 10 songs in ff14 10. It's 9. Impossible 8. To 7. Pick 6. One 5. Because 4. They're 3. All 2. Bangers 1. Locus

[@yonesobi]

all songs on the expansions top tier

[@DragonKnightFire]

Moogle tombstone grinding song

[@youtubeaccount8056]

bringing us to Mide & Dayans story

[@Noobie2k7]

I honestly believer that with Coils of Bahamut the game peaked in terms of boss design and placement and overall atmosphere in a raid tier, and then with Alexander the game peaked in terms of music, style, thematics and everything fitting together perfectly. Mostly the music though. I can't really think of a set of raids that are even close to as good as either Coils or Alexander since.

[@trustytrest]

Alphascape was probably the last time we had a full raid tier that was all good. Everything since has had at least one or two lame fights.

[@Arcane_Archer]

I wonder if the "celestial noise detected" is Omega? It definitely had transmissions blink uncompleted...

[@michaelfraley5586]

It's certainly a possibility that a "God of Machines" would have picked up on the transmissions of the Omicrons, or possibly -another EW spoiler plot point-

[@daanroelofs119]

together with surrounding lines it is more probably a reference to AST as omega wasn't yet released into Gyr Abania at the time and still laid dormant.

[@daanroelofs119]

this is far from likely as that story line wast even in the making yet. Endwalker story was made halfway through ShB more than 5 years after this came out

[@themajora7705]

This could be a sick anime opening

[@happyook]

Shaking the peas last season

[@zazzguy]

200+ views and only 30 likes. Y'all need to stop skimping on that like button and show your appreciation for the work that goes into editing these things 😂. More people need to experience FFXIV's music like this. *Turns on Titans video* 😂😂

[@chileshems88]

I'm gonna learn how to play this with my Bard.

[@scettzvill]

1:27 that moment the music becomes self aware.

[@Lightmagician60]

How powerful would a "god of machines" be? Would it be able to make a machine stronger then it self? Would that machine be able to do the same? Does reality or the universe count as a machine?

[@RendMaim]

"Something created with a definite function or purpose" hmm

[@lb2180]

Today is 7/23/23 o_o Do we hit "Send" now?

[@Ithirahad]

Even though that plot was not at all hashed out at the time, most of this could easily be describing Endwalker lmao. Parts could also pretty well describe RDM gameplay also. Maybe Koji Fox was the real time-traveller after all.

[@swapertxking]

So, you think Alexander knows it is in a video game?

[@wolflithay6380]

I turn my volume up specifically for Alexander raids 😂

[@HeitorDeMarchi]

RAVE RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAID

[@Arakin000]

catJAM

[@samx36]

I knew this song was a banger when I died but kept vibing. Duty finished way too early and now I'm listening to this on repeat while trying to queue up again

[@Ashaweshk]

"Sticking the peas in the freezer"

[@tacticool3]

You have permanently altered the lyrics of this for me.

[@yonesobi]

Pepsiman's Theme song xD

[@skaicentral3790]

Can you do the tycoon version

[@EduardoGonzalez-qd4qu]

Pretty tongueflaps, I get allfeels, theme get me bangerhyped. -Roundrox in my headcanon-.

[@raphathekid]

I REALLY love this song, it's fantastic for a Steampunk Raid that was Alexander in HW >D Btw, isn't "Waking the beast THAT'S sleeping", the correct? I swear the singer pronounces a "T" among "Who's" ;x P.S.: I'm not a english native. Brazilian here XDv

[@kzkaa.]

It might have been because of the background music

[@trustytrest]

He just emphasizes the T in Beast very sharply there and there's little pause before who. "the beasTwho's sleeping"

[@Kojain]

After hearing this for the first time I have to ask, is this a raid or a rave? 🤔

[@Suutashi]

Why can't it be both?

[@zurgboy07]

The only thing I hate in alexander is the damn LOOT.

[@wombatkins]

Yeah playing today it's all trash. You can get Augmented Shire gear right away if you do your dailies

[@trustytrest]

I just hate the parts getting slapped in your inventory automatically.

[@bwehhueh5135]

I cannot believe that i disliked Alexander playlist tracks at first

[@_blazingsun]

infinite re-try

[@jerome6519]

The more I listen to it the more it sounds like Alexander is detecting meteion and her sisters

[@EvraeFrelia]

Oh good catch, I wonder if Alexander did in fact detect them. Alexander has always been one of the more wickedly powerful summons/primals. And with it's ability to manipulate time it's entirely possible it did.

[@UltaFlame]

The more I listen to it, the more it sounds like Alexander not only detected the Meteia, but was caught in a logic loop almost surrendering to their song of despair, with Alexander eventually planning on Tycoon to give the WoL a chance to succeed

[@MrDoot-hj2ir]

Hated the Alexander raids, but the OST is impeccable

[@SeanTheShinigami]

Whaaaaat