Everlasting Rain

A Ballad for Gridania in Final Fantasy 14 :3 Ai Picture of Ingame Footage of Gridanias Aetheryte Square. Enjoy =) Lyrics: Sleep beneath the leaves now... Sleep beyond the pain... We will bear your sorrow... In the everlasting rain... Beneath the ancient canopy, Where moonlight dares not fall, The silent roots remember them, The ones who lost it all. They came with empty, trembling hands, With ashes in their eyes, They begged the dark for shelter Under cold and watching skies. No thunder spoke their sorrow, No bell began to toll, Only the leaves were listening As winter took its toll. And we who slept beside the flame Now wake beneath the rain, To hear the forest whisper Every unforgotten name. Sing those words, louder than the storm, For the lost who never made it home. Let the mourning carry them tonight, Through the branches, to the light. take their memories, bitter as the dawn, For the hearts we left alone. May the rain fall down like mercy, May the roots become their throne. The gates were carved from olden fear, The walls were made of prayer, And every oath of peace we swore Left someone dying there. We called it wisdom, called it law, We bowed and turned away, While hungry voices faded At the ending of the day. Now every path is haunted, Now every lantern grieves, And all our songs are choking On the rustle of the leaves. For peace that cannot hear the weak Is only fear made kind, And all the dead we would not see Are walking close behind. Sing those words, louder than the storm, For the lost who never made it home. Let the mourning carry them tonight, Through the branches, to the light. Take their memories, bitter as the dawn, For the hearts we left alone. May the rain fall down like mercy, May the roots become their throne. No crown, no sword, no victory, No banner in the sky; Only the debt of memory For those we let pass by. If grief could break the elder boughs, If tears could change the past, We’d tear the silence from this wood And open it at last. But all we have are voices, And all the dead are still; So sing until the greenwood shakes, Sing until it will. Sing those words, louder than the storm, For the lost who never made it home. Let the mourning carry them tonight, Through the branches, to the light. take their memories, darker than the grave, For the souls we could not save. May the rain fall down like mercy, May the roots become their throne. take their hope, let the forest hear, Every wound and every tear. Till the gates that closed in silence Break beneath the weight of fear. Sleep beneath the leaves now, Sleep beyond the pain. We will bear your sorrow In the everlasting rain.