Final Fantasy XIV is known to have quite a number of absolute hits when it comes to boss themes. Many of these songs have nothing to do with fantasy gaming, but they all work in a unique way. While the game features amazing orchestrations that stick in your head for months, it also has a few different genres that include lyrics. It can be hard to take the time to learn the lyrics to a song while being beaten by a Raid Boss, which is why Square Enix was kind enough to provide us with the official lyrics to many of these hits. Here are the lyrics to the song Mount Ordeals Trial called “Forged in Crimson”.
Forged in Crimson lyrics in Final Fantasy XIV
The arrangement in question was created by Japanese musician Kenichi Maeyamada, with lyrics penned by Final Fantasy XIV game designer Takashi Tokita. The letter is as follows:
“Fears rise, swords fall
your emptiness is calling
Fires burn, waters roar
The gods above are deaf now to your cries (deaf now to your cries)
Ground slamming, wave of hurricane force winds
Look within and seek your own salvation
Do you claim to have the strength to brave the flames of battle, of conquest, of death, of annihilation?
Here souls cry, pain soaked
Why would you cry the coming dawn (Cry the coming dawn)
Save your tears, face your fears
In despair you will find no safe harbor
Dare to stoke your soul’s fire, sharpen your sword, stand your ground or die deprived of honor
In the dark be consumed by fear
Hearts grow cold where nothing blooms
Flesh Dated Elemental Fury
Brute strength on a level that mere mortals cannot match
The incarnation of the earth: earth, wind, water and fire.
Fears rise, swords fall
your emptiness is calling
Flames consume, tides subsume
Eliminate all those who would dare to stop you, show that you lack nothing
Dirty land, high winds howling
Face hell now to prove your unshakable will
You must walk this path alone, but know that you are neither the first nor the last to seek the purge.
Flames consume, tides subsume
Eliminate all those who would dare to stop you, show that you lack nothing
Dirty land, high winds howling
Face hell now to prove your unshakable will
You must walk this path alone, but know that you are neither the first nor the last to seek the purge.
In the dark be consumed by fear
Hearts grow cold where nothing blooms
Flesh Dated Elemental Fury
Brute strength on a level that mere mortals cannot match
Forge your soul or burn, burn with boundless rage, forged in crimson fire.”
Inspiration for Forged in Crimson lyrics in Final Fantasy XIV
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The lyrics of “Forged in Crimson” are entirely based on the song “The Battle with the Four Fiends” from Final Fantasy IV. This makes a lot of sense, because the Mount Ordeals test has you fighting one of those demons, Rubicante, the Archdemon of Fire.
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