Kind of surprised nobody has made a thread yet about the awesomeness of the Alexander OST... so here it is!
Found this on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/3chagf/alexander_ost_lyrics_thread/
It's lyrics to the Floor 1 battle music, which can be heard here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyaODd2hPzU
(Intro)
Seeking the piece of reason,
Shaping a peaceless season,
Reason to keep believing,
Waking the beast who's sleeping.
(Instrumental)
(Verse 1)
I call this destiny,
Or caught in a trance,
And I march inside a kind of dream
No sign in advance. You see?
This motor coil we serve is taut like a spring,
Step back, two step, two step,
Two step, one two three(yeah!)
(Instrumental)
Our world's a fantasy no more than a test,
Ever feeding off the fallacy,
Creating this mess
(Deep down) inside this bleak machine,
With all of the rest
Break free, to praise, to praise electricity!
(Break)
Time turning up the volume,
Time turning on us always,
No time enough to wallow,
For turning back to where we began.
(Chorus)
Trying to set those tested,
fragments in one direction.
Celestial noise detected,
but maybe I'm unsuspected.
Static to give; to reason.
Turning to me for defense,
Transmissions begun, completed:
Setup to breach; to reset.
(Verse 2)
It was the destiny alone in a trance,
No escaping from this waking dream,
No hope for the best. (You see?)
The motor coil we serve is naught but a spring.
Unwind, too slow, too quick, too much to believe!
(Instrumental)
Your world's a fantasy you failed to test
Ever forging all new fallacies creating a mess
(Direct) into this bleak machine with all of the rest
Dizzy, dying, dying! Electricity!
(Break)
Falling back right into the system,
Falling back on all empty ears,
When falling back right out of the system
Means falling back right into disgrace
Yes, falling back right in with the system,
Is slipping, falling back to the end,
When falling back is better and simple,
(We're) falling back into pieces again!
(Chorus)
Sounds to be in rhythm
Memory wiped and beaten
Narrowly beat, defeated
Radicals flowing freer
Energy slowly seepin'
Suspending all disbelief in
Synergy with our being,
Synapses fire and breathin'.
(repeat)
I often have a hard time making out the lyrics in music like this, so I got a big kick out of following along while listening to the YouTube video.
I already liked this battle music (a lot), but it's even better with the lyrics. Seriously, big kudos to whoever at SE green-lighted this direction for the music.
Edited, Jul 9th 2015 9:27am by Thayos