[Intro] [Uilleann pipes play a slow air in D dorian, accompanied by a drone from the tanpura] [Tempo: 60 bpm] [4/4] [Verse 1] [Acoustic guitar strums a Dm-G-C progression] [Tempo increases to 120 bpm] [6/8] (Cú Chulainn stands, a lone warrior bright, Against the armies, bathed in fading light.) [Bansuri flute answers with a raga-based melody in Raga Yaman, focusing on the shuddha madhyam] [Chorus] [Bodhrán and tabla enter, establishing a jig rhythm in 6/8 overlaid with tintal in 16 beats] (The Táin unfolds, a cosmic dance, Of duty, fate, a warrior's trance.) [Uilleann pipes and bansuri play in unison, a haunting melody] [Verse 2] [Acoustic guitar plays a driving rhythm in E minor pentatonic] (Arjuna questions, on the battlefield's dread, Krishna's wisdom, words he bravely said.) [Tabla improvises a complex layakari (rhythmic variation) over the drone] [Bridge] [Tempo slows down to 80 bpm] [4/4] [Spoken word] (The wheel turns, cycles repeat, ancient conflicts find new feet.) [Chorus] [Tempo increases to 120 bpm] [6/8] (The Táin unfolds, a cosmic dance, Of duty, fate, a warrior's trance.) [Tihai] [Bodhrán and tabla play a tihai, a rhythmic phrase repeated three times, increasing in intensity] [Tempo reaches 140 bpm] [Outro] [Uilleann pipes and bansuri fade out, returning to the slow air in D dorian, accompanied by the tanpura drone] [Tempo slows to 60 bpm] [4/4]
