Attack On Titan Season 4 Ending - Shock - Eng Lyrics (that actually make sense)

I hope the official lyrics come out soon because BOY IS IT CONFUSING! i had to translate and interpret on my own to make this.

[nehadhurwey]

Why this song sounds so pleasant but lyrics are so sad and so deep

[luminaloves]

I've listen to this song more than 10 times already

[canobeans]

I know that these aren't the official lyrics but I'm going to try and analyze them anyway. Also, spoilers for any anime onlys :)



Okay so I 100% think the person singing this is Ymir Fritz. Notice how the lyrics say "Won't somebody please tell the world that I was here?" I think this is referencing the fact that the entire world knows about her, but don't truly see her as a person. Like Eren says, she isn't a goddess, she isn't a demon, she isn't a slave: she's a person. Due to the rest of the lyrics, along with the weird voice starting at 1:39 mentioning a pillar of light that seems like it may be the coordinate, I believe that this is her. Especially since she says that "I will live on after my bones have turned to dust!", which is a direct reference to her living on inside of paths.
Now, Ymir says that "A companion's voice" which probably references either Eren or Zeke, since they have been really the only two people to interact with her, and the person who she is talking about it clearly male based on the pronouns. She later says about this person: "Who was swallowed and stepped on ... is the reason I can't give up now." This person is clearly inspiring her into action, so it must be Eren who she is talking about.
Now, as for this weird voice that starts at 1:39, it says that "if you run out of the spiral", which I only assume can mean if Ymir leaves this endless cycle, if things stop repeating themselves, which is similar to something that Eren Kruger once mentioned to Grisha Yeager. What is the cycle she can break? Its the constant push and pull of Marley and Eldia, with one always subjugating and harming the other, with Ymir always following orders. The voice then says "he will triumph and I will fall", which basically says that if Ymir breaks this cycle, "he" will triumph and whoever is speaking will fail in some way. Maybe Zeke is this weird voice and Eren is this mysterious "he", and if Ymir breaks the cycle, Zeke will fail his mission and Eren will succeed with his plans to wipe out everyone beyond Paradis.

However, I do not think that this is Zeke. The voice says "I am looking for you", which is a callback to when Eren asked Ymir "Was it you who led me here? ... You must have been waiting all this time. For 2, 000 years ... for someone." This makes it seem as though this weird voice is Ymir talking out loud, to Eren. In this case, it'd be Eren ending the cycle by engaging in the rumbling. However, this brings up what the "he will triumph and I will fall" means, I will fall could mean that Ymir will finally get to move on, but I'm not sure what the "he" means in this context.
I'm going to submit this and think on it, and potentially update this later. If you have any thoughts, let me know.

Edit: After discussions in the replies (which were great by the way, everyone has such fascinating ideas about not only the lyrics but also the story of AOT as a whole), I've come to the possible conclusion that the lyrics from 0:00 to 1:38 are sung by Ymir to herself (we know this because of the points I mentioned earlier) and the "companion's voice" she is referencing to was Eren. The lyrics shown at the top from 1:39 to 1:54 were Ymir talking to Eren (she says "I am looking for you" which references a previous chapter. She is telling him to "run out of the spiral", aka to break the cycle, so that "he", who I now believe is Armin (there has been a lot of foreshadowing that he will be the one to save the world, it being almost like hes the hero of the story, especially with how he is the narrator), "will triumph and I will fall", meaning that Armin will succeed in bringing peace in whatever way and Ymir will "fall", aka she will finally leave paths and move on into afterlife or whatever is after death in AOT. Other lines like the reference to paths and "let us be together on our story" show their (Eren and Ymir's) connection, but what really drove this home for me was the line "the endless sea", which is a reference to Eren's wish from the beginning of the story, to be free, for his enemies across the sea to not get in his way. Then Ymir says "This is the story you started, was it not?", which is basically a rallying cry for Eren to finish what he started.

Would love to hear what you think.

[TGGonyoutube]

I feel that this entire song is about how Falco feels about everything that happened. If "My War" was from Erens' perspective. This is Falco's. and this might be a wild opinion but I somehow think Falco will Either Inherit the Founding Titan or Eren will use his grasp on Ymir to make every Eldian understand why he did it thus the "Tell the world I was once here"

[animeclub]

I got lyrics breakdown in my own way here it is

Lyrics:-In Instance
In an abondoned world
Meaning:- after entering in paths someting in human world
Lyrics:-If you flap your Wings
It must be conveyed to him
Meaning:-they can show the way to freedom it's will help them reach there message to eren
Lyrics:-Countless birds burned their Wings
Scattering ashes and smilling loosely
Meaning:-The sacrifice of fallen Comrade's who given life for others better future without regret
Lyrics:- someone's falling apart
Meaning:-Eren is feeling regret for his own actions and choices
Lyrics:- Even proof of My existence that I was here
His bones turned to sand and disappeared
Meaning:- Even if Eren's bones will turned into dust but still he will keep on living in path same as Ymir
Lyrics:-The voice of friends were heard being trampled and drowning
The Reason why we can't ending it
Meaning:-Eren is hearing slightly voices of his friends being in pain caused by him
That's the reason he can't end this human world because he will have to kill them to
Lyrics:-If we push hard on our back
Ymir speaking:-If he escapes from within that circle, then he will rise and I will fall
Meaning:-If Ymir and current Eren try to change past and if they are able to break this cycle of time young eren will rise and current Eren will fall
Ymir speaks:-The moonlight filling the pillars also weakly illuminates the memories
Meaning:-Ymir and current Eren is trying to show future to young Eren but can bearly able to convey proper message for him to change something will lead to destruction
Ymir speak:-As if he was looking for his whereabouts
Meaning:- Younger eren is trying to understand his on purpose of life and about his existence for future
Ymir speak:-"let's all gather in that story"the guiding voice is like a misheard
Meaning:-The friends which he cares about most to enter in his life of future Ymir and current Eren try to guide young Eren but being misheard
Ymir speak:-A floating ocean, that's the story that begins with someone like you
Meaning:-The story of paradise island which begins with person like Eren
Lyrics:-same repeated thing's
End Lyrics:-Just keep on living
Meaning:-if they failed to change past just keep on living sentence for both Eren himself and his friends living in different worlds.

This lyrics are sang by narrator for Eren as per my theory and in middle distorted voice is of Ymir speaking to Eren.
Many things from this is foreshadowed in many past episodes story like eren can see and change future by sending memories of future to past, grisha said if you get misguided focus on guiding voice, Eren trying to figure out how he can change future we can see all his attempt during visit of Marley trying to talk out and finding to change his decision by putting Mikasa as his light of hope which blown away by Mikasa it's also foreshadowed that Mikasa's answer on confrontation could have changed outcomes currently we have as we can see Mikasa saying it before eren declared war, ymir let us all gather in that story foreshadowed the Eren Kruger saying save Mikasa and Armin and the paradise island story begins with person like Eren who is different that other's, way to stop eren is hidden in words of Mikasa and Armin some how Mikasa is most important key to change everything.ymir and Eren are trying to break cycle of time and hatred gathered from beginning of time between eldians and marley without genocide as Carla said Eren is special because he was born into this world I don't want him to be something greater I just want him to be normal child even if he is born for greatness.

[limteckennathan]

falco saw the vision during first episode "i was flying and with sword and i did not see the titan that before" do u mean chapter 135 flying with sword and never see the titan before

[xerxxxlugner]

When you finally realize what Eren is about to do...






Here are my predictions: Eren will lose on purpose as to tip the favor for Eldians since "Eldians" are the ones saving Marley's ass. Maybe Eren's scout friends will stop him before he starts to really rampage in civilian areas. The world would acknowledge Eldians for their bravery, and call Eren and Ymir devils. At the ending, Eren would wipe out every trace of titans, so that NO ONE can become the titan, essentially driving the nail in the coffin of the already defunct Marleyan empire. We also have to keep in mind the last frame that Isayama drew of a baby and the "person" saying "You are free now". Either that is Eren wiping out the whole humanity and saying that line, or its somebody else who says it in place of Eren? Lemme know your thoughts below.

[aquaberyl]

i listen to this song so often my god its so GOOD.

[AhsokaJackson]

Oh, wow. This song has such a haunting and heartbreaking feel to it. 😓😓💔❤️

Some of the lines remind me of a line from a certain character to his friends, asking them to remember him and remember the truth about him.

I think it also expresses some hope of reuniting some day, probably in another life, as that's something that's been referenced in other Shingeki no Kyojin / Attack on Titan songs.

Man, this show and its music just keep stabbing me in the heart…with some tiny, faint glimmers of hope sparkling off the back of the knife! 🤣😅💔❤️✌️

Really glad you did this translation, by the way. It looks like you did a really good job! And yeah, I'm with you in waiting on the official lyrics and translations for this and "My War."

I especially want to know what the chorus is chanting and also whether the "playing, disguised" line becomes "planning, disguised" the second time around. I think it does, and that would work so well in reference to the story.

[JD-jlyy]

>Lyrics that actually makes sense
>The very first word is misspelled

Bruh.

[animeclub]

Thanks alot for lyrics I have more than half of this breaked meaning of this lyrics when I completed will post comment here to about it thanks again for help

[rksaider]

Ah fuck... once again I came back to listen to this and cried.

[AnimeMusicNepal]

This is a great song for me
So Ive made a guitar cover on it ^-^

[damnunerd]

idk why but this song gives be bleach vibes

[jolijnwijnhoven]

Im comfused whats going to happend in the end of attack on titan i did read the manga until 135 but im bit comfused whos going to win i dont kind spoilers but pleas tell me what does this lyrics mean does this mean eren won ? Or ?

[minimoni]

rip to all of us that had ending spoiled by manga readers

[jpboiyy]

I know the new animation looks good on falco and the rest but mikasa no what happened to her