Nald'thal Theme "In the Balance" (official lyrics in subtitles) - FFXIV OST 

I’m so glad you all like the song! Thank you so much! ❤️

> manifests into existence > challenges the warrior of light > refuses to elaborate > leaves

Gods: we challenge you warrior of light Wol: why? Gods: we'll tell you later Wol: *visibly confused *

9:42 That triple Healer LB3 was sick

They say Thal’s balls but Thal is the ball

“Is this the limit of mankind?” 3 healers with a dream: “Not even close” *Everyone gets back up*

I have no idea how this game's sound team is able to keep one-upping themselves like this every patch but by God they just keep doing it

Reminder that Koji Fox, the lead localization member that has been on the team since 1.0 and helped write a great deal of lore for the game, basically convinced the person coming up with lore for the game and its gods to make it so that Nald was actually two brothers, just so he could tact on 'thal to the name so he could have something that rhythmed with balls to make a funny sounding swear that he could use for the english localization.

The flip into "I am Thal, keeper of the realm of the dead" was so visually stunning.

After everything the WoL has gone through from the beginning of FFXIV to the end of Endwlaker, the notion that the Twelve have existed all along is pretty surprising.

The coins clinking with the beat is such an awesome touch.

* Wipes to raid boss and has to start over* oh no..guess we have to listen to this masterpiece some more. 🤷🏻‍♂️

This song just screams what it means to have a fun fight in this game without anything being at extreme risk.

The coins rubbing to the beat, "city of desert sands" and the mention of rubies and riches and the fact it's about Nald'Thal makes me feel like this should be the Ul'dah anthem.

bless that player from the other alliance in the scales phase who realized that they were about to kill everyone with the double stack-marker and sacrificed themselves by running away, godspeed

“We need a theme for Nald’Thal” “How about an Ul’dah theme?” “We already have multiple of those” “Well how about another?”

As a healer main, seeing a triple healer LB3 (with three different healers) brings so much joy to my heart. Makes the song even more amazing.

9:45 THIS was too perfect, not only did those healers revive everyone, but it's in perfect time to the lyrics "May embers cast and red-gold spark rise to new heights."

This is now officially Ul'dah's anthem.

O TWIN GODS BLESS THIS LAND! TO US TREASURE BESTOW!

literally the greatest 24p raid and song in the game, idk how they did it

Listening to this on it's own I'm observing that the song is written in two different time signatures. I would guess that Nald is represented by the 3/4 signature, which is commonly used in a waltz which someone could interpret as a dance of life, while Thal is represented by the 4/4 signature, more of a march of death.

Finally, we understand where "Thal's Balls" coming from

Me every time I find a new favorite in Soken's work: he can't possibly top this. Soken every time I say this: Hold my sake.

RAID LEADER: "Banger incoming. Everyone turn up your music slider now!"

Ul' Dah continues to be the most relevant city-state. love that the song sounds like its written universe .

All rise for the National Anthem of Ul'dah.

For the first time in ffxiv small history im more interested on 24 man raid than 8 man, everything is perfect the looks the fights and the awesome music

Nald: I am Nald, the keeper of the realm of the living! me over discord vc: wait, where's thal camera: *flips* me and everyone over the discord chat: YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I love how thal's balls ffxiv makes this one of the top searches

9:50 Thal: "Is this the limit of mankind?" All 3 Alliance Healers: *Snaps fingers and LBs* "We're just getting started.

Quote from someone I happened to be in run with: "This music is so good it made me forget my phantom pain for a moment."

Soken continues to outdo himself, its insane how much talent this guy has. this is my favorite alliance theme by far.

i like everyone praising the song and all, but can we all take a moment of silence for their 100% spiritbonded gear? thats free money right there

One detail I really love about Aglaia is sheer scale of the battles--and how they make perfect sense. I guess it's me being a nitpicky writer, but a lot of JRPGs have you fighting literal gods--sometimes as the final/true antagonists. Which is fine and all, but in pretty much every instance, these villainous gods are made out to be incredibly powerful beings...that you as the protag destroy either by yourself or with a very small party. For me it sorta defeats the idea of "nigh-omnipotent bad guys." So I definitely appreciate how The Twelve are handled in FFXIV. Having 24 players all fighting a _single_ god, and all the battles with these gods being long and arduous? Yeah, that definitely makes more sense to me. FFXIV's gods must be pretty goddamn powerful, lmao--pun totally intended.

A GIFT OF SONG FOR OUR CHILDREN!

Nald : Hello me life Thal : Hello me death WoL : VIBING

I swear this song is long because Soken knows it's gonna be a long fight with everyone dying 🤣

9:45 Thal: "Is this the limit of mankind?" 3 Healers: "Yes... now watch us break it."

Every time I hear a new Soken my mind flashes to that bit in breaking bad when Jesse is crying shouting “he can’t keep getting away with it”

Here's hoping since we've had the prayer of the Ul'dahn's that we'll hear the prayer of Gridania with Nophica and with Llymlaen and Limsa Lominsa. A lively working song for Limsa would be great!

The vocals are 100% perfection; I can't imagine this song with a different singer

I don’t care what noone says FFXIV has the best soundtrack on the market

Oh twin gods bless this land To us treasure bestow City of desert sands Water and gold below Life’s blood are rubies red Precious coins cast their glow Your hands our fortunes mend That want we may not know And when we reach our ends To scales we gladly go Our fates are yours to bend To hells and heavens both Under arid sky With silk veils we weave rainbow Voices lifted high Dreams upon our backs we’ll carry When day beckons night As does restless time then slow Trusting hand in hand Life, death, will follow Stoke the Nascent flame Brighter burn Dance with souls afire May ember catch a red gold spark Rise to new heights May we want all that coin can buy Never see one’s river run dry May we find fortune after life For this We pray (x4) Twinfold Oh twin gods bless this land To us treasure bestow City of desert sands Water and gold below Life’s blood are rubies red Precious coins cast their glow Your hands our fortunes mend That want we may not know And when we reach our ends To scales we gladly go Our fates are yours to bend To hells and heavens both Under arid sky With silk veils we weave rainbow Voices lifted high Dreams upon our backs we’ll carry When day beckons night As does restless time then slow Trusting hand in hand Life, death, will follow Stoke the Kindled flame Hotter burn Sing till breath expires May those who wander lands in the dark Find firelight May we all as true equals die Never fear unjust favors bite May we be judged by what is right For this we pray (x4) Twinfold This is another version of the lyrics I found from a commenter on another video. I edited some bits and referenced Reddit as well.

THEY DIDNT HAVE TO GO THIS HARD FOR THE SONG

I just hope for a little scene with your chosen god at the end of the story.

Soken's ability to consistently outdo himself is fucking mindblowing

Thal's Balls Nald's Nuts

The fact that the Limsa song will probably be a freaking sea shanty, and that this one was THIS good, has me so damn hyped for that!

The trailer that played a portion of the song got me so interested and Thal's Fiery Balls it's worth the wait, been playing this song every chance I get.

This alliance raid is amazing. Only and very minor gripe is that it's sad that all of the deities didn't get the same amount of musical love.

Let me see if I got this right: *not only* is _FF14_ a better _FF_ classic series crossover than _Kingdom Hearts,_ it even has *better Disney songs?* Amazing.

My favorite thing about this song is that sounds like a normal game track, but also like the sort of song you'd hear actual people in-game singing at like a festival of Nald'Thal or something. Like if you were to take away the music and just. *Say* the lyrics, it's a prayer. And that's really beautiful.

When the 1.0 ost says it’s about time to become a super banger

God tier OST!

I can't believe they invented an entire story that comes with the soundtrack!

Worldbuilding by lyrics on bosses themes is the most gigachad thing FF XIV is going for

7:58 is just a brilliant cinematic, when the silhouette breaks into two and they appear back to back XD

Let me say, this right here this sooooo good! I haven’t stopped listing to it all day! I walked 7 miles today listening to this and singing! Soken you mad lad! Genius!

Im dancing flamenco style to this in my living room! Skirt flying wild! Feels so amazing and free!

Don't even play this game but the OST goes so hard

I love the theme of both alliance and normal raids is being us reach to the peaks of heaven and intrude upon the prison of hell below.

The absolute legends managing to incorporate two concepts of elements at the same time: the destructive crackling bolts of Rhalgr and the conductive and productive fulmination of Byregot, the dancing impossibly bright sun of Azeyama and the all encompassing inferno of blue flames wielded by Nald'thal Paying off the Astrologian symbols, by having a scale in the fight operated by Nald'thal in the Heaven of Fire Naming attacks after the things referenced in game, giving a sort of back and forth idea even in the fights themselves. Really curious to know more about the Seven Hells now though.

Anyone else born in Ul'dah shed a small tear before this fight? This track filled me with the fiery pride of being from Thanalan

RU-vid keeps recommending me this video, which is good because it's an absolute banger lmao

National anthem of Ul’dah

love how these lyrics are referring to thanalan and ul'dah, fitting for the deity of uldah

OKAY 07:49 was so perfectly timed I got chills.

This is basically Ul'dah's entry for the Eorzeanvision Song Contest.

I'm glad i gave ARR another shot a few years ago. It sure has come a long way. From a game i could barely stand to play for more than an hour to one of my favourite games or just experiences ever made. It's sounds stupid, but this game has got me through some tough times.

How is this 2 years ago, time flies and also this theme slaps.

He's a Disney princess, and you cannot change my mind on this.

Maaaaan- Not only does my WoL's patron deity look cool af, but they have the coolest boss music so far in the new alliance raid

HOLY SHIT...it's a bollywood/persian remix of Sultana Dreaming/A New Hope

I like how this just sounds like a hymn to Nald'thal. It's a cool touch.

I’ll never getting tired of listening to FFXIV’s music. I love how hopeful and optimistic this sounds.

This boss design is so Final Fantasy that no other MMO would even consider stuff like this.

lyrics announced today :) O twin gods bless this land, to us treasure bestow City of desert sands, water and gold below Lifeblood and rubies red, precious coins cast aglow Four hands our fortunes mend, that want we may not know And when we reach our ends, to scales we gladly go Our fates are yours to bend, to hells and heavens flow Under arid sky, with silk veils we weave a rainbow Voices lifted high, dreams upon our backs we carry When day beckons night (day and night dancing), As does restless time we never slow Trusting hand in hand, life death will follow Stoke now nascent flame, brighter burn, dance with souls afire May ember catch and red-gold spark rise to new heights May we want for naught coin can buy Never see wealth's river run dry May we find fortune after life For this we pray, we pray, we pray, we pray twinfold Stoke now kindled flame, hotter burn, sing till breath expires May those who wander paths in the dark find firelight May we all as true equals die Never fear unjust favor's bite May we be judged by what is right For this we pray, we pray, we pray, we pray twinfold

Full lyrics have been posted on the Lodestone, here they are: O twin gods bless this land, to us treasure bestow City of desert sands, water and gold below Lifeblood and rubies red, precious coins cast aglow Four hands our fortunes mend, that want we may not know And when we reach our ends, to scales we gladly go Our fates are yours to bend, to hells and heavens flow Under arid sky, with silk veils we weave a rainbow Voices lifted high, dreams upon our backs we carry When day beckons night (day and night dancing), As does restless time we never slow Trusting hand in hand, life death will follow Stoke now nascent flame, brighter burn, dance with souls afire May ember catch and red-gold spark rise to new heights May we want for naught coin can buy Never see wealth's river run dry May we find fortune after life For this we pray, we pray, we pray, we pray twinfold Stoke now kindled flame, hotter burn, sing till breath expires May those who wander paths in the dark find firelight May we all as true equals die Never fear unjust favor's bite May we be judged by what is right For this we pray, we pray, we pray, we pray twinfold

Something I just noticed. I like of both Nald and Thal’s eyes are closed continuing on that “Justice is blind” theme.

Nald'Thal out here trying to force me to change guardian deities, holy fuck.

I’m only in post ARR stuff so it’ll be a while before I can play this fight, but I picked Nald’Thal as my WoL’s patron by chance/head canon that my character was a former merchant and I’m happy to see my choice is super cool and has a banger attached

Just did this fight, this is def my favorite alliance raid so far now

The best part of this track is that they use the sounds of coins clanking against one another instead of cymbals to hold the beat together.

not only is this fight insanely fun but I've been humming this tune all day, yet another amazing piece of music!

the first time i did this and the Nald says "I find you worthy!" sent fucking chills down my spine. thats the most praise ive ever gotten from aanyone ever

I LOVE YOU FOR UPLOADING THIS SO FAST

This piece kicks so much fucking ass. I love you Soken, you glorious bastard.

this is a Disney Studios type bop if ive ever heard of one, too good

Here we go! Not the offical lyrics, but reddit did a good job: O twin gods, bless this land To us, treasure bestow City of desert sands Water and gold below Life's blood and rubies red Precious coins cast in gold Your hands our fortunes mend Wherefore, we may not know And when we reach our ends To scales we gladly go Our fates are yours to bend To hells and heavens flow Under arid sky With silk veils we weave a rainbow Voices lifted high Our dreams upon our backs we carry When day beckons night As does restless time next flow Drifting hand in hand Life death will follow Stoke the Nascent flame Brighter burn Dance with souls afire May ember catch a red-gold spark Rise to new heights May we want all that coin can buy Never see one's river run dry May we find fortune after life For this we pray, we pray, we pray We pray twinfold O twin gods, bless this land To us, treasure bestow City of desert sands Water and gold below Life's blood and rubies red Precious coins cast in gold Your hands our fortunes mend Wherefore, we may not know And when we reach our ends To scales we gladly go Our fates are yours to bend To hells and heavens flow Under arid sky With silk veils we weave a rainbow Voices lifted high Our dreams upon our backs we carry When day beckons night As does restless time next flow Drifting hand in hand Life death will follow Stoke the Kindled flame Hotter burn Sing 'til breath expires May those who wander as in the dark Find firelight May we all as true equals start Never fear unjust favor's spite May we be judged by what is right For this we pray, we pray, we pray We pray twinfold

Nald Thal: is this the limit of humanity? Alliance Healers: Nah daddy, this is the LIMIT BREAK of humanity! (Proceeds with Tri-Resurrection)

It's so cool that this soundtrack comes with a video game.

Loved this song, the whole raid honestly. The patch really lived up to the overall adventure theme.

What a start to this alliance raid. Well fucking done to this sound team, not only sound excels here. Area, fights everything.

i still remember when me and my best friend were doing Aglaia for the first time and i was having so much fun info dumping about how good the mechanics design is and what not... except we get into the Nald'Thal room, the cutscene starts, the song drops, and we both just. fell completely silent before going "holy shit?!" cause NOTHING in this game dropped harder than this song.

The sound team doesn't have to go so hard every single time, but they do. They do go hard. They do that for you. For us.

I have the fattest crush on Nald man

This makes me imagine F'lhaminn in her prime singing. Momodi is the backup singer.

I happened to go into this raid for my first time as a Dancer. I'm so glad I had a reason to dance along.

When 1 member of the alliance causes the scales to be unbalanced at the last moment with this sole reason... ... ... ... the song