[Hooks: "blue and green and white" (part I/VI), "i am floating" (part III/V), "lonely crown" (part III/V), "the ark that never stayed" (part VI)] [Duration: 4:30] [Structure: instrumental intro 4 -> part I 12 -> part II 8 -> part III 12 -> part IV 16 -> part V 12 -> part VI 12 -> outro 4] [Tempo: 60 bpm intro/part I -> 80 bpm part II -> 100 bpm part III -> 120 bpm part IV -> 100 bpm part V -> 60 bpm part VI -> 40 bpm outro] [Dynamics: pp -> p -> mp -> f -> ff -> mf -> p -> ppp] [Vocals: female, deep chest voice, dark, earthy, ethereal vibrato, intimate whisper to resonant cry, no head voice, no falsetto, no soprano] [Instrumental Intro 4 — 60 bpm, clean guitar arpeggios, reverse reverb, droning bass enters slowly, no drums, no vocals] [Part I 12 — 60 bpm, deep chest whisper, like a voice from orbit] [chest whisper, slow vibrato on sustained vowels, dark and earthy] below me... blue and green and white... a marble turning out of sight... i've counted all the lights below... a thousand cities come and go... their glow dissolving into something darker... their voices swallowed by the flow... [Part II 8 — 80 bpm, chest whisper, slightly clearer, with static crackle] [chest whisper, dark resonance, building intensity] the static hums... a tune i knew before i left... a signal from before the blue... [Part III 12 — 100 bpm, clean chest voice, floating, with long pauses] [clean chest voice, ethereal vibrato, dark resonance, floating delivery] i am floating... floating still... above the world... above the will... no gravity to pull me down... just silence... and this crown... this lonely crown... [Part IV 16 — 120 bpm, chest whisper building, more intensity, spoken-sung] [chest whisper to spoken-sung, dark resonance, building intensity] the sun arrives... burns the glass... a memory i cannot grasp... i press my hand against the pane... and feel the weight... not of the world... but of all this pain... [spoken-sung, broken, full chest, intense] they told me i would feel alone... but space is colder than a stone... the stars are not the stars i knew... they burn for no one... nothing true... i built a home inside the dark... a fragile arc... a fragile spark... the planet turns... the void expands... and i am nothing... nothing but these hands... [Part V 12 — 100 bpm, clean chest voice, soaring, reverb swelling] [clean chest voice, ethereal vibrato, dark resonance, soaring delivery] i am floating... floating still... above the world... above the will... no gravity to pull me down... just silence... and this crown... this lonely crown... [Part VI 12 — 60 bpm, chest whisper, dissolving, fading] [chest whisper, dark resonance, slow vibrato, fading delivery] below me... blue and green and white... the cities fade... the stars ignite... i am the ark that never stayed... a silent ghost... a slow parade... i close my eyes... and let them fade... i am the ark... the ark that never stayed... [3:45-3:48 — FALSE ENDING — 3 SECONDS OF COMPLETE SILENCE] [Outro 4 — 40 bpm, clean guitar motif returns, droning bass holds one note, static rises] [no vocals, static rises, cuts to silence] Part VI 12 — 60 bpm, chest whisper, dissolving, fading] [chest whisper, dark resonance, slow vibrato, fading delivery] below me... blue and green and white... the cities fade... the stars ignite...
