[Use enharmonic synemmenon maqam kurd mode with çıkıcı-İnici seyir for all harmonic elements. Bassline follows strictly by doubling lead instruments in perfect fourths.] [Male voice A: Christian, star wrestler - pleurnichard devastated spinto tenor with chest-dominant grit and throaty warmth and squillo, textured, gravelly low-mid register.] [Female voice A, Ruth, ex-wife: tender and sisterly deep contralto with squillo, pure operatic tone throughout, steady tessitura, mask resonance, wide ambitus, microtonal bends] [Dynamics swell - full ensemble *including drums* joins immediately on beat 1] [Vorspiel starts with full intensity - 2 bars, full crescendo] [All vorspiels are the same copy/pasted from the opener, ghammaz section is the only one that changes the pattern.] [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Old landline phone rings, then is picked up] [Verse 1] [Christian, drunk] Ruth? Whadehell do ya want? [Ruth] To hear your voice. [Christian] You heard it. Now get lost. [Ruth] Not yet. There's someone else who wants to hear your voice. Come, Davey, say something nice to daddy. "I love you so much, daddy." [Christian, sobers up immediately] ... .... Daddy, loves you too. [Ruth] Go play in the other room, Davey. You're totally wasted, you fuck. [Christian] It's no longer your business, Ruth. For years already. I don't need a second mom. [Ruth] Listen now you, prick, if you don't straighten up, I'm gonna sit in the car and come there and give you a nice wake up slap. Don't make me do that. I don't care if I lose my job because of that. It will take only 8 hours. [Christian] Ruth... Don't do it. [Chorus] The cradling of the booze Is gentler than the noose. A sea of booze Is worse than the noose. [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Verse 2] [Ruth] Enough with this ridiculous attitude, Christian. You were never this kind of coward. [Christian] You know, Ruth, Ed... He lived in constant fear that Serena... That Serena could open her mouth, even though they barely saw each other and didn't even live together anymore. After all, we were on the road for 300 days of 365. He wanted to divorce her and retire, but he couldn't. I don't know why, he didn't tell me. You know she took huge money just to marry him. She lived like the princess on the pea, cajoled and spoiled. [Ruth] Go figure. [Christian] Not only that, but I think this bothered him so much he was drinking a lot. You know how many times I changed his wet bedding and clothes? You have no idea. [Ruth] So, you're saying you want to repeat that, right? [Christian] I can't bear it anymore, Ruth. Please understand... [Ruth] What you should understand, you coward, is that if you don't straighten up, your kid will believe you were taken by some roid-rage and became a monster. You know very well what they did with Thomas and Martin and some others. They'd rather discredit people by presenting them as madmen than telling the truth. At least, when Davey grows up, it'll be easier to explain the truth than this. [Chorus] The lilting of the booze Is more pleasant than the noose. A sea of booze Is no different than the noose. [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Instrumental bridge - Ghammaz section with taqsim - 2 bars] [Ghammaz Section - non-lexical vocalizations] * 嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯... * 嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯... [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Verse 3] [Christian] What am I to do, anyway, Ruth? I have lost everything. I couldn't save Eddie and he didn't want to burden me. I miss him so much... [Ruth] Then pray for him. Go to church and light a candle for his soul. [Christian] You think so?... [Ruth] Yes, I think so. We can do it both. What say you? [Christian] Alright, I'll do it. [Ruth] You need to be careful with the committee. You didn't appear on that venue. Don't take anything from the cleaning ladies and watch what you're taking. Come on, this is not the Christian I know. [Christian] So I should cancel all venues? [Ruth] I thought you wanted to salvage your career, but I see now you don't care. It might be better to take a break and retire soon, seeing your state. [Christian] You're right. Thank you, Ruth. [Last chorus, drum rolls building tension] What's the difference Between the booze And the noose? There is none!... Both kill you evenso. [Phone call ends] [start fade out, slow down] [Vorspiel - 2 bars, fadeout] [Christian weeps] * 嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯... * 嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯... [end]
