[Intro - distant pipe organ, low strings, cathedral ambience; no percussion, no vocal ornament] [Verse I - deep male Latin chant, slow and restrained, almost liturgical] O collis, lumine destitutus, O via in tenebras profundas. Ut vivas, precor, At mortem ipse optavisti. [Instrumental Response - low cello and contrabass answer the vocal; faint male choir enters in the distance] [Verse II - same low register, slightly heavier choral support] Spinae, flores, caules, confusio, Dum pergere cupis, Halitu iam amisso, Per tenebras adhuc procedis. [Build - layered Gregorian-style male choir, restrained dissonant violins, slow ceremonial timpani] [Final Invocation - choir and lead converge; grave, cold, inevitable] Spinae, flores, caules, confusio, Nihil iam revocari potest. Halitu iam amisso, Exsequias tuas perficiam. [Final Cadence - all voices unify on the last phrase; pipe organ and low strings sustain, then decay naturally] Exsequias tuas perficiam.
