"Unbending Steel" (曲がらぬ刃 〜蛮神ラーヴァナ討滅戦〜, Magaranu Ha ~Banshin Rāvana Tōmetsusen~?, lit. Unbreakable Blade ~Savage God Ravana Showdown~) is a boss theme from Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward for the primal Ravana, Lord of the Hive.
It was composed by Masayoshi Soken and arranged by Yoshitaka Suzuki and Soken. The lyrics were written by Michael-Christopher Koji Fox and the vocals were performed by Dan Inoue.
Lyrics[]
The official lyrics are taken from the Heavensward: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack.[1]
During the first time Ravana uses his ability rotation after casting Bloody Fuller, his attacks are timed to go off at the same time as their respective lyrics: he casts The Rose of Conviction, The Rose of Hatred, and the Rose of Conquest. This is not a typo; the singer's voice is clearly saying "the rose of conquest", but the official lyric, confusingly, is "the rose of contest".
- English
- High, on high I stand
- Gazing down to see
- The endless garden
- Awaiting me
- Red bloometh the rose of conviction
- And red bloometh the rose of hate
- Yes red bloometh the rose of contest[note 1]
- Firmly bound to its fate
- And the war, it wageth on
- The storm, it rageth on
- The bold ever fight on
- Their lives echoed in song
- Fall, like snow they fall
- Petals plucked and strewn
- Yet from their seeds grow
- This war anew
- Blood trickling down from my fullers
- And blood trickling down from mine hands
- Yes, blood trickling down to Hydaelyn
- Until I alone stand
- The war, still wageth on
- The storm, still rageth on
- The bold blindly march on
- Their lives, lost in a song
- Japanese translation
- 高みに立ち
- 見下せば
- 終わりなき園が
- 我を待つ
- 信念の薔薇は赤く咲く
- そして、憎悪の薔薇も赤く咲く
- そう、抗争の薔薇も赤く咲く
- 運命に囚われ......
- そして、戦争は続く
- 嵐は続く
- 英雄は永遠に戦い続け
- 彼らの偉業は、詩の中で鳴り響く
- 雪のように舞い落ちる
- 花びらは千切られ、散りゆく
- そう、彼らの種から育つのは
- 新たな戦争
- 我が剣の血溝より血が垂れ落ちる
- そして、我が手からも血が垂れ落ちる
- そう、ハイデリンに血が垂れ落ちる
- 我独りが残るまで
- 戦争はまだ続く
- 嵐はまだ続く
- 英雄は意味もなく行進を続け
- 彼らの偉業は、詩の中で失われる
Game appearances[]
Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward[]
"Unbending Steel" is Ravana's second theme in Thok ast Thok. It starts playing after he uses his ultimate attack, Bloody Fuller. It is track 21 on the Heavensward: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack.
Arrangement album appearances[]
Final Fantasy XIV: Duality ~Arrangement Album~[]
A band arrangement of "Unbending Steel" is performed by The Primals which appears on this album.
The Primals[]
An arrangement of "Unbending Steel" appears on The Primals' debut album.
Live performances[]
The Primals: Zepp Tour 2018 - Trial By Shadow[]
"Unbending Steel" was performed by The Primals in a live concert.
Compilation album appearances[]
Square Enix Music Sampler CD Vol.11[]
"Unbending Steel" from Final Fantasy XIV: Duality ~Arrangement Album~ is track 9 on the album.
Untempered: Final Fantasy XIV Primal Battle Themes[]
"Unbending Steel" is track 2 of disc 2 on the album.
Behind the scenes[]
During the development of Heavensward there were plans for "Unbending Steel" to have Gnathic or Dragonspeak lyrics before ultimately settling on English. Portions of these lyrics were shown during a panel at PAX Prime in 2015,[2] though they only corresponded to the first three verses of the song's English lyrics.
Gnathic lyrics[]
- Dulin ast dulan ast doth
- Kalin ast Kalan ast Koth
- Thok anyx ast Ranish ast doth
- Thok vathik ast gnathik ast Koth
- Thoth oka thoth y sa kenne
- an in-a an in-a in-eth
- Thoth oka thoth dula kenne
- an in-a an in-a thon-eth
- Ast Ravana Gnath Ravana
- Gnath Ravana Ast Ravana
- Ast Ravana Gnath Ravana
- Gnath Ravana Gnath Ravana!
Notes[]
- ↑ The official lyrics say "the rose of contest", even though the attack name and vocalist both say "the rose of conquest".
References[]
- ↑ se (2016). 'Heavensward: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack'. p. 7-8. Square Enix.
- ↑ Square Enix (n.d.) . FFXIV Koji & Soken's Wild Ride (PAX Prime 2015). YouTube. Archived from the original on August 8, 2021.