[Intro: 11/8 time signature. Distorted, low-tuned guitars play a dissonant, mechanical rhythm. A fretless bass slides through microtonal intervals. High-pitched, clean electric guitar echoes the "ticking" motif of a clock.] [Verse 1: Heavy, syncopated chugging. Vocals are powerful, clean, and operatic.] And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me. And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel. [Musical Interlude: A sudden shift into 7/4 Jazz Fusion. A microtonal saxophone solo begins, weaving through Middle Eastern scales, representing Naaman’s foreign origin.] [Verse 2: The metal rhythm returns but with a faster, double-kick drum pattern.] And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. [Bridge: Half-time tempo. The music becomes incredibly heavy and sludge-like, mirroring the weight of pride.] And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean? Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. [Prog Metal Guitar Solo: A virtuosic, 2-minute solo utilizing sweep picking and polyrhythmic tapping. The key shifts constantly to represent the "East and West."] [Chorus: Soaring melodies, layered harmonies, epic and grand.] And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; ... for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts. [Verse 3: Technical death metal elements enter—blast beats and fast, complex riffing. Vocals shift to a rhythmic, aggressive delivery.] And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed.... The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. Jesus saith unto him, Gounto him,... Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof: Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed. [Climax: Total sonic assault. Maximum volume and complexity.] Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. ... And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour. When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. [Outro: The music slows down into a haunting, ambient landscape. A single guitar repeats a 3-note motif.] I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way. [Fade out: Technical, quiet bass solo that slowly dissolves into digital silence.]
