[Intro – 8 bars slide guitar, low E drone] (oooooh… deep… deep…) [Verse 1] I walked the cracked black plain where ash rains slow, boots sink in slag, heart heavier than stone. The Eye up high, it burns without a blink, whispers my name like a chain around my soul. [slide guitar answers each line] I traded sunlight for this furnace glow, now every breath tastes of rust and old blood flow. [Chorus] Deep in Mordor, (ghâsh naghûl, ghâsh naghûl), where the mountain spits its fire and the night never cools. Deep in Mordor, (ûshûk, ûshûk), I’m bound to the dark, singing these low-down blues. [harmonica wail] [Verse 2] Orc-forges clang like a devil’s heartbeat, sparks fly high, then die in the heat. Snaga voices growl, iron on iron, whips crack loud, but the pain is quiet. [muted kick joins, chain rattles] I asked the slag-heap for mercy sweet, it laughed in smoke and gave me blistered feet. [Chorus] Deep in Mordor, (ghâsh naghûl, ghâsh naghûl), where the mountain spits its fire and the night never cools. Deep in Mordor, (ûshûk, ûshûk), I’m bound to the dark, singing these low-down blues. (oooooh… bound… bound…) [Bridge – 12 bars, tempo drops to 55 BPM] [spoken, half-sung, low growl] Ghâsh krimpashûk, nazgûl ûbil… [translation whisper in background: fire binds me, ring takes all] [Slide guitar bends like a dying scream, war-drums fade to a single heartbeat.] [Solo – 16 bars resonator slide over E minor pentatonic, bending into microtones, harmonica answers in parallel thirds] [Chorus – final, slower, heavier] Deep in Mordor, (ghâsh naghûl, ghâsh naghûl), where the mountain spits its fire and the night never cools. Deep in Mordor, (ûshûk, ûshûk), I’m bound to the dark, singing these low-down blues. (oooooh… deep… deep…) [Outro – 8 bars, instruments drop to drone] [Slide guitar fades into crackling fire, distant orc chant dissolves into wind.] (ghâsh… ghâsh… ûshûk…)
