Wayward Daughter

"Wayward Daughter" is a boss theme that plays during the battle against Tsukuyomi in Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood.

Game appearances

Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood

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"Wayward Daughter" plays during the final phase of the battle against Tsukuyomi, in Castrum Fluminis. It begins playing when she casts Nightbloom for the second time, timed so that the piano alone carries the melody as she is casting, other instruments come in as the animation resolves, and the lyrics begin as combat resumes.

The Japanese lyrics are sung by a woman, and recount the suffering of Yotsuyu, who had summoned Tsukuyomi into her body. The male, English chorus is sung by Yotsuyu's tormentors, the second line in particular representing her parents. The lyrics reveal the misery Yotsuyu has felt and cannot reveal as herself or as Tsukuyomi, only as her "Tsuyu" persona. In the end, Yotsuyu chooses to rebel, as she does after the battle, killing Asahi sas Brutus.

Throughout Stormblood, petals, moon, and the night are used to symbolize Yotsuyu, and later Tsukuyomi; in particular, the patch which contained Castrum Fluminis is entitled Under the Moonlight. Crimson is a synecdoche for Stormblood as a whole, and the bloodshed in the revolutions of Doma and Ala Mhigo in particular.

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Lyrics

Japanese 華は　装束く 意味　ひとひらを 定めしや　我生くを　断ち翻して さあ　いざ―― Westward lies bleed t'ward the east Wayward daughter, step into the night Restless eyes, blind to the beast Barren waters yield unto the tide 寄る辺の　月は 紅蓮に　冴えて 遺せしは　抗いの　名残のみなれど さあ　いざ―― Westward lies bleed t'ward the east Wayward daughter, step into the night Restless eyes, blind to the beast Barren waters yield unto the tide

Romaji hana wa shousoku imi hitohira wo sadameshi ya ware iku wo tachihirugaeshite sa iza Westward lies bleed t'ward the east Wayward daughter, step into the night Restless eyes, blind to the beast Barren waters yield unto the tide yorube no tsuki wa guren ni saete nokoseshi wa aragai no nagori nomi naredo sa iza Westward lies bleed t'ward the east Wayward daughter, step into the night Restless eyes, blind to the beast Barren waters yield unto the tide

English

Flower waiting to be plucked

Each petal a promise torn

Shorn one by one and cast to the winds, I gave unto them my all...all...

No...No more!

Westward lies bleed t'ward the east

Wayward daughter, step into the night

Restless eyes, blind to the beast

Barren waters yield unto the tide

Sanctuary of the moon

Tainted by the crimson light

Naught save the night shall know our sorrow, we give unto it our all...all...

No...No more!

Westward lies bleed t'ward the east

Wayward daughter, step into the night

Restless eyes, blind to the beast

Barren waters yield unto the tide