[Intro] [A war horn, one long note; a big frame drum struck hard, slow, every two seconds; the lyre struck percussively like a weapon on a shield; a low pipe drone; the dark guitar feedback under it] [Call 1] [One leader: rough male voice, low, taunting, half-spoken, provoking] Ur-sag-me-en? Ur-sag-me-en? Za-e — ur-sag? [Response] [The men: grunted unison, low, slow, hesitant at first, on the drum] Ur-sag! Ur-sag! [Call 2] [Leader, louder, mocking them] Lu-kur gen-na! Lu-kur igi-zu-še! Ni-tuku? NI-TUKU? [Response] [Men, louder, stamping, drum faster] Nu! Nu! Ur-sag! Ur-sag! [Chant] [Leader and men trading two-word lines, the drum accelerating, the lyre struck harder, the horn between lines] Tukul šu-mu! — TUKUL ŠU-MU! Izi igi-mu! — IZI IGI-MU! Sag lu-kur! — SAG LU-KUR! Uš! Uš! — UŠ! UŠ! [Call 3] [Leader, now roaring, hoarse, pushing them] Gub-ba! Gub-ba! Ur-sag gub-ba! Lugal igi-zu! Dingir igi-zu! [Response] [Men, roaring back, chest-beating, the sub-bass and guitar swelling] GUB-BA! GUB-BA! UR-SAG GUB-BA! [Break] [Everything stops; only breathing, many men, and the horn once; then the leader, quiet, a whisper] …lu-kur gen-na… [The men, whispering back, then rising to a shout] …gen-na… gen-na… GEN-NA! [Chant] [Fastest: drum pounding, lyre hammered, horn wailing, guitar feedback screaming, everyone at once, faster and faster] Tukul šu-mu! — TUKUL ŠU-MU! Izi igi-mu! — IZI IGI-MU! Sag lu-kur! — SAG LU-KUR! Uš! Uš! — UŠ! UŠ! Ur-sag! Ur-sag! — UR-SAG! UR-SAG! UR-SAG! UR-SAG! UR-SAG! [Outro] [One final shout from all, the drum cut on one hit, the horn holds one long note, then silence] UR-SAG!
