[Contrabass pulse — one — two — one — two — relentless] [Wind — rising — circling — finding skin] [Male whisper — command — close] Why are you in my lair Little lamb? [Wind intensifying — her robe pulled away in the sound] [Female vocal — breathless — answering] Perhaps this lamb Wanted to see the wolf For herself [Timpani — single strike] [Contrabass pulse continuing — never stopping] [Male whisper] Turn [Strings — col legno — tapping like fingers assessing] [Male whisper] The bone structure Is exquisite [The pulse doubling] [Female vocal — small — shaking] Yes Maister [Male whisper — intimate — teaching] Fear and arousal Live in the same house Share the same bed [Wind gusting — the strings bowing now — climbing] [Female vocal — desperate — the pulse driving] I want to be yours I want to be yours I want to be yours [Timpani — three strikes — flesh on flesh] [Male whisper — unmoved] Good [Glass harmonica entering — the implement] [Male whisper] Breathe Take it [Female vocal — breaking] Yes Maister Yes Maister [The pulse accelerating — contrabass and timpani together] [Male whisper] Faster [Female vocal climbing] [Male whisper] Slower now Draw it out [Female vocal — shaking — suspended] [Male whisper] Faster [The pulse at full speed — strings screaming — wind howling] [Female vocal — about to break — the peak right there] Tease [Male whisper] Stop [Everything stops — one second of nothing] [Female vocal — one broken word] Please [CHORUS — full voices — erupting] ATH'VELORÍ NETH'ULOMË SYR'ANATHIEL VEL'ITHÍRË AETH'ILÚMË OTH'ALARÉ QIL'ANATHI VETH ORÉ [Male whisper — silk over iron] You get what I give you Nothing at all [Pipe organ — one note — held — enormous — the room swallowing her] [The pulse returns — slower now — but she is not the one being touched] [Male whisper] Watch What you have not yet earned [The female vocal — a single moan — distant — denied — while the pulse continues without her] [Wind dying] Please... [The contrabass pulse — alone — fading — still going — still going — still going after everything else has stopped]
