The Meaning of Answers 2.0 - FFXIV Lyrical Lore
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
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The songs of FFXIV often tell us much and more about its story, themes, and people. If you understand the intent behind Answers you understand the overarching theme of all of FFXIV. Join us as we dissect and explain the sentiment behind the song.
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Everyone: Nice lyrics Sato, what do they mean?
Sato: You'll find out in 10 years.
Everyone: ...what?
''Henceforth , he shall walk''
Answer before endwalker, wow majestic music and cinematic.
Answer after endwalker, cry.
Dragonsong tells a tale that only fully makes sense after the tale is told. Likewise with Answers, after ARR it is one tale but only to be fully understood after Endwalker
@@williamklett6660 true2
Here I am crying about Answers ever since I finished ARR a year ago because it hit me so hard even then hahaha
@@aristoshearrin7032 Honestly samer, Answers was always a super hard hitting song for me. Finishing Endwalker only made it more so.
After Endwalker i start crying as soon as Hydaelyn starts to sing. "To all of my children" I can see now how meaningful this is, how truly she loved Eorzea as whole.
this is more than a game , the whole story has you thinking about real life and suffering and what we dont know about the past . venat carries too much weight , it was too much to ask of her. she is my favotite caracter of any game.
Exactly! This song is just life in a nutshell. Mind you not as extreme as this game, but suffering can come from many things big and small
In fact since my ex wife walked out, I have made it my mission to learn more about the world and history and work on myself. Take the good from every bad
At first, I didn't really understand the lyrics. But after Endwalker, I understand everything now. And that's why I say this: to anyone, who struggles to understand the purpose of your life, listen "Answers". It really helps to understand, that the answer in the end is what you make of it. Hear the world's voice and listen to it. Feel the breath of the world and life. Think about your own actions in life, reflect on them. And when you do, you will find the answer.
The way this song becomes more relevant in Endwalker is pure genius. And now I can't hear it without crying.
i went ape shit when this played during venat's sundering cutscene, waiting on the ost released to play this version on repeat
? Answers has been on ost cds they've released before
@@UltaFlame talking about the new version that play during a very important moment of endwalker
@@velessia4840 isn't the version the same? You mean the cutscene after elpis right? I don't think it a newer version, the music roll "answer" Sounds the same as the music in the cutscene
after endwalker these lyrics hit even harder than before, everything comes full circle
Answers will always be a song that causes a sinking feeling in me. Every version of it forces images of Dalamud, Bahamut, the Final Days, and The Endsinger into my mind. The shear devastation and despair of Dalamud's Fall. The hopeless and panic of the Final Days, both in the World Unsundered and the modern version. It's so beautiful in it's melancholy, and it never fails to make me tear up.
"...In that same fleeting moment, thou must live, die and know..."
When I first saw and heard song back in 2.0 I loved it... BUT with Endwalker it brought me to tears saying all the pain it have caused Hydaelyn her self how she suffered to protect and teach humanity how to live and how to defend them self against the coming doom of Hopelessness and the End time.
Really nice video and interpretation, but I wanted to throw this out there. The song isn't just about the new humanity that came after the sundering, but also Venat's lament for her people and their folly, as well as a plea to Meteion to stop what she and her sisters are doing. These lines have multiple meanings in the context of Endwalker:
"Now open your eyes, while our plight is repeated,
Still deaf to our cries, lost in hope we lie defeated,
Our souls have been torn, and our bodies forsaken,
Bearing sins of the past, for our future is taken"
The first line can speak to the present peoples of Etheirys, but it's also a plea from Venat to the unsundered and those like Fandaniel. The second line laments how her people and Meteion and her sisters are "deaf" to the suffering they have wrought - which is why it's sung by Hydaelyn/Venat and not the choir. The third and fourth lines are clearly about the sundering, but also point to why she judged it a necessary evil. The fact that the last line is also sung by Hydaelyn/Venat suggests that while the present peoples of Etheirys may not know what sins they have commited, she does and bears them too. The sundering took everyone's future, Venat's included as she was forced to become Hydaelyn.
If you look at the next few lines then they're basically talking about the ongoing conflict between Hydaelyn and the followers of Zodiark.
"War, born of strife, these trials persuade us not,
Words without sounds, these lies betray our thoughts,
Mired by a plague of doubt, the land, she mourns,
Judgement binds all we hold to a memory of scorn"
The first line is Hydaelyn/Venat stating that she will not forsake her course of action even after several rejoinings have happened, but the accompanying "Feel what? Think what" from the choir highlights how the people of the world are largely ignorant of the hidden conflict, and don't understand why all these disasters and wars keep happening.
The second line I'm not sure about, but I think it's a reference to Meteion, who communicated through telepathy - words without sounds. Because of her ability she was probably also able to detect lies, although given her innocence she may not have understood what they were at the time. I think this is a reminder that Meteion and her sisters are always watching, waiting for the cracks in the worlds "aetheric armour" to form.
The third line shows how Hydaelyn/Venat has continued to question her own actions, while at the same time being unable to help the people of the world in the way she wants because, well, the fourth line. Basically her hands are tied because of the attacks from Zodiarks forces, the rejoinings that have happened, and having to be on constant watch for the true threat that only she remembers.
I have more thoughts on the song, but that should be enough for now.
This song and the first time i saw the Opening Cutscene to A Realm Reborn will be with me for a long time, the last part especially, just when you think they are sealing him away again, Bahamut breaks free, he is NOT going back in that sphere, he is free and everything looks bad...
Then one man teleports everyone else away and faces off against Bahamut alone, and even that is not enough to finish the Dreadwyrm off, his soul still lingers on.
Then along comes Endwalker and toys with our emotions once more, what an amazing battle.
Answers was and has always been my favorite theme because of the lyrics and having known it was in connection of Hydaelyn and to us. Endwalker really did a good job and went full circle back to beginning and giving us her Answers in full, by relating to this song for those who have long been with the game. Which is a beautiful and almost like a loveletter to ARR and the past expansions and to the players.
you gather pieces of happiness only to lose them....on and on it goes until death takes you to its gentle embrace...
I'll keep going back to this video every now and then...and it always gives me goosebumps
Great video, you really hit the feels with this one. A lot of people play down the importance of 1.0 in the story but this song is a haunting reminder of where we came from.
This song is just . The lyrics are so rich with meaning and emotion. This video was flawless. Watching this after endwalker . Gives it all so much more context and meaning. Thank you sm
Made me cry again , Answers has aways been that way song and opening cinematic
I love the simple back and forth.
this song in a nutshell:
people: God, please tell us how we're supposed to live
Hydaelyn: heck no figure it out for yourselves LOL
"Y'all think I know that shit? I'm literally a rock with a lady inside it."
@@nkozi "Yes, but we don't KNOW that, MOM!"
Live Die and know, damn it! Makes me cry every time!!
Was the feedback about separating your commentary from the vocals? Great move on your part the video is much better now. Great analysis
Yes, I had not been happy with my initial solution and the comments made it painfully clear neither were most people. -Elioaux
Oh and also thanks for playing the in game 1.0 in game version of the song that was playing as Dalamud approached, I wasn't there for that.
I kinda feel the second verse says a lot about the ancients too. They sacrificed their lives to bring zodiark and then their souls were sundered due to their past mistakes
After Endwalker, its impossible to not Have chills with the Eyes full of Tears.
Omg, i never cried som much for a song like answers and when Close in the distance with vocals poped
Wonderfully put.
Ever since Endwalker this song reduces me to a puddle of tears every single time. without fail. this is a masterpiece that needs to be heard by every living soul. Wonderful breakdown. +1 sub
Couldn't agree more. When you said this sums up all moments in life. Not just this game. Especially these days as its looking more and more like the end times.
This song helped alot when I got divorced, live and learn
"Suffer (Feel) Promise (Think) Witness (Teach) Reason (Hear)
Follow (Feel) Wander (Think) Stumble (Teach) Listen (Speak)"
Tears every time.
It brings to mind my personal battle with depression.
The pain of feeling lost, my footing gone, lack of purpose--
And then fighting against it. Compassion to others, reasoning against intrusive thoughts,
listening to the struggles of others and sharing my story so none of us have to feel alone.
Yeah- it sounds corny, but my sentiment is true.
There's also something truly special about music that feels like it is speaking the words your soul couldn't find.
I'd LOVE another pass at your take on this song now that we know what we do from Endwalker!
Listening to this song since it first came out at all those years ago first I wondered what it meant.
But soon as I figured it out, it hit pretty hard man...
You could say the woman's voice questioning Hydalen is Meteion, probably not their intention but that is my fanon now.
This has probably been said but: The opening chorus being an accusation which forces Hydaelyn to give her testimony hits so much harder post Endwalker.
Like, these are questions the Ancients themselves would be asking! She's holding this scrutiny from the remnants of her peers, who she has cradled and raised, and who look to her now for guidance, not realizing that for all her power and wisdom, she's just as fallible as they are.
I have to imagine that the really explicit parent/child tone of Answers informed a lot of Hydaelyn's characterization going forward. The whole saga can been read as a kind if coming of age story for all life on the planet and this in combination with Flow really hits me every time. Venat's become one of my favorite characters in any game story, and that so much of that is shaped by her VERY notable absence is kind of impressive.
The fact that Endwalker is not reference on this video, tells me that Mr. Archives didn't know yet.
“Mr.Archives” made me laugh. I actually wrote the script and recorded the audio the week before END came out. There is one single line I added “it’s not right to look away even if it’s painful” right before uploading. It’s how I’ve felt about Answers for years and I’m glad to see it resonated. -Elioaux
10 years later we finally know the Question.
This was the theme from 1.0. It opened the cutscenes when you started the game.
I left my like and my tears. Thanks :)
I now wonder. Was this all planned? Or did they write story based on lyrics.
Edit: spoiler but she in the lyrics could mean Meteion since the few lyrics bout words without sound which is how Meteion communicates and she mourns.
It's not widely known, but if you look into it you can find interview answers that prove it, but...
It wasn't originally planned. Some time during Stormblood they went over their plans for future expansions and realized that the story they had for the ascians wasn't as good as they wanted; they then set about editing plans and recontextualising former events to make everything that had already happened fit with their new story, which really started coming out in shadowbringers. They were originally going to have another expansion of buildup to Endwalker between it and shadowbringers but opted to accelerate their plans, I think due to covid?
So what we got was written to conform to Answers, not the other way around.
When ARR released, their plan is Shadowbringer will be the ending of the arc, but now Endwalker is the ending.
@@UltaFlame Which is still an impressive feat of writing in of itself! It takes serious cojones to retextualize previous events without doing it retroactively. I can't get over just how thoughtful and considerate the XIV writing team is of what came before.
They did let some story things unfinish so they go could back to them
Been playing less than a year, all caught up AND having my first Rising.... This song.... so many layers to the lyrics among 1.0/ARR & EW!
#BARS 😇🙏🏿💎🤯
And just a little later, we learn the question Answers is truly answering
It would be great if we have a new video about the First Brood
Strangely enough the lyrics to answers sound like it is mentioning about how depressing real life is and how to ignore life's issues.
Our question, her answer?
No; this is her question, and our answer.
Are you going to cover the new Awnser in Endwalker
TL;DR Things are more precious when it’s earned through hard work.
Purpose and destiny are not determined by gods with infinite power, but through our own hands.
Where can I find this "rock" version of Answers that isn't a cover?
It’s just the original version from the 2.0 trailer. -Elioaux
@@TheEorzeanArchives Gracias! I couldn't here it with all the cinematics and explosions!
damn.....
It is kind of incredible in that this was a perfectly valid interpretation of the song, but is ultimately entirely wrong now. What a fucking game, holy shit
They even foreshadowed Flow in this.
In one fleeting moment from the land doth life flow
Yet in one fleeting moment for anew it doth grow
In that same fleeting moment, thou must live, die and know
If you could use the same font but with hollow O's, it would look way better.
It was a custom font that was made for us without the ability to do that sadly. Don’t have the funds/resources to fix it currently. -Elioaux
@@TheEorzeanArchives Not sure about your time limitations, but there are several font editors that will let you modify individual glyphs, or add and remove glyphs from an existing font. Believe it or not my company made me insert logos and signatures into font files. The numeric digits are forever sullied.
Answers is always been one of my favorite songs in the FF series. I listen to it once or twice a week sometimes a little less. However with everything coming full circle and now knowing that all of this was building up to what it became it only makes it that much better.