Lyrics:
Heart of ember, autumntide
Cooling swiftly, bleeding light
Smold’ring softly, biding time
Marching forward, left behind
Fire as shadows clash
Forgotten footfalls engraved in ash
Fire will be repaid
‘Fore our echoes begin to fade
(Vocalization)
Heart of ember, autumntide
Burning brightly, hot and white
Kindred severed neverwhere
Sorrow’s silence, we needn’t bear
(Female vocalization, followed by what sounds like “The end / Let it end / The end”)
Source (in part): https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/blog/003250.html
*Note: lyrics may not be accurate
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The Endwalker theme has been released in two versions.
The first Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker teaser (Februrary 5th, 2021) originally used a vocoded version of Soken’s voice to sing a truncated version of the Endwalker lyrics. This is that version.
The 2nd version was part of the full trailer release (May 14th, 2021) of the Endwalker expansion, which contains finalized vocals from Sam Carter and Amanada Achen-Keenan. However, this trailer has sound effects and dialogue not apart of the actual track itself.
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i kinda prefer this version
Thank you so much for uploading this! I thought this was lost forever. Much prefer this to the official version
Omg thank you I like both versions but this one definitely has a certain vibe to it that the updated version doesn’t have
You are a hero
thank you! I was really bummed out with how the full version came out, having this to come back to is great.
Sadly we never had this version of the theme ingame
holy shit that part at 1:31 always gives me chills…and idk why. the male voice humming in that section is just too good.
This version always reminds me of Incubus
I like both honestly, can't pick a favorite
After the first teaser I was so eager to hear the full version, hoping it would be as good as Shadowbringer's first teaser version to full. But the fact was disappointing. What's more disappointing is there is not an offical version of this one and the female vocal in endsinger's theme doesn't get its' own song.
both versions are amazing, but this one is my favorite. it has a certain chill to it with a feeling of underlying despair imo
long story short this itches my brain very well
Kinda like this a little more
I'm in the camp that likes the version after this one more, both make me do the catjam emote so no complaints here
imo this version is 10000 times better than the final one, which sounds like it's unnecessarily tries to play on nostalgia by incorporating all the themes from previous expansions, but by doing so it's losing its own identity. I really hope this version gets to be re-used in the patch content for endwalker.
i miss this version…
the only good theme. other one sucks
Like a mix between Linkin Park and Incubus. Incredible.
This version had a dignity the updated version lacks. I think the main point is that the first one doesn’t sound anime-ish, whereas the second does.
I was like wtf did they do on the full version. I prefer this version the other one feels a little popish
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who finds this theme absolutely killer.