[Spoiler: 3.2 and 7.0+] Reading the lyrics to a certain HW boss's OST hit different now

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Referring to Sephirot's OST.

Lyrics:

What is it like when you pull back the curtain
And realize every wrong is a right?
Your world is rusted like a dirty razor
The edge is calling tonight

The edge is calling tonight
The edge is calling tonight
The sun is setting, darkness taking over
A date with chaos and you're dressed to the nines

Salt of the earth salting your own fields
Road to destruction that is true and tried
You walk the path laid before you
The call of reason, you refuse to abide

Necessity is an inventive mother
Promising sanctum that She cannot provide
She is the hand that rocks the cradle
The wind that breaks the bough and leaves you to die

And there She leaves you to die
And there She leaves you to die
You'll find slumber when the world comes tumbling down
Sweet dreams, baby. Sleep tight!

Retreat where lesser men lead
Flee from what you do not see
Heed the dark within your being
Turn away
Disobey

I'm the end and the beginning
The faith that feeds the unbelieving
A tightening knot to staunch the bleeding
Say my name
Say my name
Sephirot!

The seventh hell's become your seventh heaven
Rose of redemption but a thorn in your pride
Waste no more time fighting your demons
Lay down your arms and let the evil inside

And then you let it inside
And then you let it inside
You let it eat you till there's nothing left at all
So you can feel that you are truly alive

Better to serve in a waking nightmare
Than rule in their paradise
What is gold, always glitters
But it still comes with an unpayable price

Treading out upon the stagnant waters
Our savior waiting for a turn in the tide
You are the night at the end of the tunnel
The empty void where the serpent lies

Where the serpent lies
Where the serpent lies
The angels graze in the meadows of excess
They must needs go that the devils drive

Retreat where lesser men lead
Flee from what you do not see
Concede your mind unto the fiend
Turn away
Debts are paid

I'm the end and the beginning
The drug that gives the wretched meaning
The answer every soul is seeking
Say my name
Say my name
Sephirot!

Seeing this in the OST for the Meracydian nature primal no less from this long ago feels pretty eyebrow raising. The other stuff we learn from this questline in particular feels noteworthy as well, since some of it too is being brought back into the spotlight. Like sure, one might be able to say a lot of this is just coincidence or open ended, but there's not exactly many ways one can interpret that serpent reference. Could be a situation similar to how certain ARR callbacks were made in later expacs from the writers giving said things new interpretations or just making further explanations to mostly open concepts, but I'm not completely sold on that in this case.

I feel like it's been pretty obvious that the new storyline 7.0+ is setting up has at least been in the works since ShB due to a lot of references I'm sure other lore analyzers and theorycrafters, or just people who read closely and remember stuff, are aware of. But I wonder if perhaps certain things have been in the pipeline for even longer.

In any case, it's pretty cool and fun to read and think about.

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