[ALL BRACKETED TEXT IS NON-VOCAL] [NO IMPROVISATION] [NO HALLUCINATION] [NO CORRECTIONS] [KEY: D Phrygian, no modulation] [TEMPO: 76 BPM, no tempo change] [Intro — 0:00–0:40] (stone drone like a vast pyramid humming, thin high insect whine circling, dry wind, no vocals) [Verse 1 — 0:40–1:40] (stone drone, dry wooden clicks, dry wind, deep close male voice dry and incantatory) (male, D3–A3, low, dry) The ground is cracked like an old man's hand (male, D3–F3) I raise my palm to the empty blue (male, G3–Bb3) No water here, no road, no name (male, A3–D4) Just a dry wind and a waiting room (male, D3, held, low) And a sky that doesn't answer... [Verse 2 — 1:40–2:40] (stone drone, warping detuned tone sliding and losing its shape, dry wooden clicks) (male, D3–A3, low, dry) There is a tree that died a long time ago (male, D3–F3) With a door in it that shouldn't be there (male, G3–Bb3) And a clock that melted over the branch (male, A3–D4) Still keeping time for nobody (male, D3, held, low) Still dripping hours... [Chorus — 2:40–3:40] (stone drone vast and unchanging, shimmering overtone bowl glassy and ringing, thin high insect whine) (male, D4, bright, rising) And the eye is open (male, C4–Bb3) The eye is open in the stone (male, A3–G3) It does not blink, it does not sleep (male, F3–G3) It watches everything that walks (male, D3, held, low) And it has been watching a long time... [Verse 3 — 3:40–4:30] (thin high insect whine loud and circling, stone drone, dry wooden clicks) (male, D3–A3, low, dry) Something thin is riding the air (male, D3–F3) Long legs and a hunger and a thin thin whine (male, G3–Bb3) And the pale ones sit on its back (male, A3–D4) Going somewhere that isn't here (male, D3, held, low) And they don't look down... [Bridge — 4:30–5:20] (stone drone soft, dry wooden clicks, dry wind, voice lower and closer) (male, D3–A3, soft, close) And a small one walks on the broken ground (male, D3–F3) With a pacifier and a name on his side (male, G3–Bb3) He doesn't ask why the desert is dry (male, A3–D4) He just keeps walking (male, D3, held, low) And the eye lets him pass... [Outro — 5:20–6:00] (stone drone and thin high insect whine alone, dry wind, everything else stops) (spoken, flat, quiet) Presented by White Bushman
