Intro | distant a cappella | binaural] [A cappella, close humming, long breaths, distant answering voices] Oooo — aaah — eeeh (mmm... ooo...) Ah—ee—oo... (mmm... ooo...) Oooo — aaah — eeeh (mmm... ooo...) Ah—oo—mmm... (mmm... ooo...) [Verse 1] [Nebula Passage | slow orbit] [One close voice; distant voices answer after long pauses] Haa — ee — yaa Ooo — na — ee (Haa — ee — yaa) (Ooo — na — ee) Haa — ee — yaa Ooo — na — ee (Haa — ee — yaa) (Ooo — na — ee) Mmmmm — aaah (Mmmmm — aaah) [Wider choir, tender and luminous; the title slowly passes between voices] Haa — ee — yaa Ooo — na — ee Mmmmm — aaah [Verse 2] [Accretion Spiral | rising polyrhythm] [Close dry voices enter one by one; precise, softly articulated syllables] Ta — ka — ta Ka — ta — ka Aa — ee — oo Ee — oo — aa Ta-ka-ta-ka (oooo...) Ta — ka — ta Ka — ta — ka Aa — ee — oo Ee — oo — aa Ta-ka-ta-ka (oooo...) [Upper arpeggios rise as bass bends descend; each orbit feels closer] Ta — ka — ta Ka — ta — ka Aa — ee — oo Ee — oo — aa Ta-ka-ta-ka (oooo...) [Verse 3] [Tidal Shear | fractured voices] [A fast pulse and D-E-A figure jolt out of alignment; voices enter already breaking] Ha — ya — ha — ya (Ee — na — ee — na) Tik-ka-tik-ka Ka-ta-ka-ta-ka (Ha — ya — ha — ya) Tik-ka-tik-ka Ka-ta-ka-ta-ka (Ee — na — ee — na) (aaa—aaa—aaa) [Unequal loops tear apart; brief radiant chords flare between sudden gaps] (aaa—aaa—aaa) (aaa—ooh—aaa) (mmm—ooh—mmm) (aaa—aaa—aaa) (aaa—ooh—aaa) (mmm—ooh—mmm) aaa—aaa—aaa [Verse 4] [Approach | accelerating orbit] [Mixed choir enters in slow overlapping arches; organ and low strings gather beneath] Ta-ka ta-ka ta-ka Ki-ta ki-ta ki-ta Ee-ya-ee-ya-ee (Oo-ya-oo-ya-oo) Oo-ya-oo-ya-oo (Ee-ya-ee-ya-ee) Ee-ya-ee-ya-ee (Oo-ya-oo-ya-oo) Oo-ya-oo-ya-oo (Ee-ya-ee-ya-ee) Ah—— Ah—— [Broad solemn antiphon; low choir states the title, high choir answers] Ta-ka ta-ka ta-ka Ki-ta ki-ta ki-ta Ee-ya-ee-ya-ee (Oo-ya-oo-ya-oo) Ta-ka ta-ka ta-ka Ki-ta ki-ta ki-ta Oo-ya-oo-ya-oo (Ee-ya-ee-ya-ee) [Verse 5] [Event Horizon | tubular bells] [A cappella; close human voices briefly emerge from the enormous space] Ooooooooooooo (Mmmmmmmmmmmmm) Aaaaaaaaaaaaa (Ooooooooooooo) Mmmmmmmmmmmmm (Aaaaaaaaaaaaa) [Organ and bass return with slow overwhelming harmonic weight] [Hold the accumulated tension; leave room above it for the coming bells] Ayaaah—o-oooh—AAAAAAAH Ayaaah—o-oooh—AAAAAAAH HAAAAA-ooooo-OOOOOOHM! [Instrumental Climax] [Majestic tubular bells enter with the D-E-A motif] [Choir falls silent; organ, strings and bass gradually withdraw] [Widely spaced bell strikes become the entire architecture] [Outro] [One final exposed tubular-bell strike; let its natural resonance decay completely] [Silence] [End]
