Ney Afterimage

[Intro — Female Egyptian ethereal, wordless, ney flute alone] [Aa-aa-aa — oh-oh-oh — aa-aa-aa] [Duduk enters, frame drum slow, 7/8] [Atmospheric shimmering clean guitar, 15 sec] [Verse I — Male orthodox clean, bass-baritone] Sky full of stars — stars — stars — [Female whisper: stars...] Before my eyes — my eyes — My iii — inane look — It calmly took — took — [Female: aa-aa-aa] [Sudden 2 sec silence] [Verse II — Male death growl, low, liturgical] My only friend — [Female ethereal: only... only...] Is air — air — air land — Eternal world — Is grey — grey — and cold — cold — [Frame drum, slow double-kick beneath] [Verse III — Male clean + Female contralto harmony] My soul is tough — tough — It's strong enough — enough — I'm sure I'll win — win — [Female: win...] For loss — I'm mean — mean — [Wall of distorted shoegaze noise builds] [Pre-Chorus — Female Egyptian ethereal, chest voice] My story's frank — oh-oh It's out of rank — aa-aa Of usual tales — tales... tales... Where feeling fails — fails... [Sudden 2 sec silence] [Chorus I — Male death growl + Female beneath] There's no end — end — end — [Female: no end...] In such a trend — trend — Where love is hold — hold — On sorrow fold — fold — [Double-kick full, wall of noise] [Guitars drop — duduk and frame drum only] [Chorus II — Male clean alone, mournful, close-mic] Remember me — me — me — [Female whisper: remember...] And never flee — flee — From my embrace — brace — To other place — place — [Strings swell, cinematic orchestral hit] [Bridge — Female Egyptian ethereal solo, no male] [Ney flute, duduk, frame drum dissolving] The tension edge — aa-aa No one can gage — oh-oh I can't forget — forget... forget... [Whispered: forget...] My eyes are wet — wet... wet... [Sudden 3 sec silence] [Blast beats — 8 sec only] [Final Chorus — Full choir: male death growl + male clean + female contralto] [Wall of noise maximum, double-kick full power] My sufferings — sufferings — are great — great — [Female: sufferings...] Of tears — they're made — made — made — I will prevent — prevent — My torturement — ment — ment — [Outro — Instruments dissolve one by one] [Duduk last, then silence] [Female ethereal whispered, close-mic, breath only, Egyptian style] Sky — full — of stars — stars — Before — my — eyes — No one — no one — Asking… [Long fade — single duduk note bending into silence — 20 sec] [End]