[Intro — amplified violin plays a tense ascending motif; low distorted bass pulses, dry metallic clicks, no drums] [Bridge — low smoky female clean singing; short spacious phrases, sustained notes, exposed violin underneath] Hrím sa vel. Vael sa mor. Kaerith no kald. Hrís, drae, hrís. [Transition — held violin note fractures into granular noise; dry kick and snare snap into a straight 4/4 backbeat] [Verse 1 — rapid female rhythmic recitative, aggressive double-time delivery; low chest rasp, tightly packed short words, crisp consonants over muted guitars and heavy bass] En sa hrím, en sa mor, kald járn sa dhaerun. No draen, no ór, en no osh — hrís, kelrun! Vrek skeld, vrek járn, vrek kauren — en no kald. Hrím sa vel, skar sa vel, vael sa en — no vál. Thu við en, en við thu, em sa veld, em hrís. No osh, no vál, no draun — vek, vae, vek, hrís! Drae sa vor, vor sa graal, vael sa mor, vael ná. En no kald, en no osh — hrís, hraev, hrís, þrá! [Transition — final syllable chopped into three dry stutters; reverse violin swell opens into wide distorted guitars] [Chorus — powerful husky female clean singing; broad dark melody, deep female growled responses] Kaerith no kald — vaerunna, vaerunna! Hrím sa velthir — draevanna, kelruna! Kaerith no kald — saevanna, vae! Thraevanna við en — nae, nae, nae! [Transition — chorus reverb abruptly gates shut; distorted sub-bass sweeps downward into a hard electronic drop] [Dubstep Breakdown — one short eight-bar section; growling formant bass trades syncopated phrases with guitar stabs, metallic percussion and chopped violin harmonics; crushing half-time drums, no new lyrics] [Transition — electronic bass cuts to a dry pulse; live drums switch back to a straight driving backbeat] [Verse 2 — fast percussive female recitative; dense short-word phrasing, coarse rasp, sharper and more urgent than Verse 1] Im sa hál, im við járn, im ren vrek skeld a en. En ren hrís sa kald veld — no skeld, no draen. Veyr sa skar, hrím sa kaern, mor sa thae a hál. En no osh, en no kald, en no vrek nareth a en. Vrek torven, vrek thaen — hrís, þrek, hrís, dhaal! Thu við en, en við thu — em no ossara vaal. Drae, vor, vael, draeven — ór sa neld, ór ná! Em ul hrís, em ul esh — vae sa vel, vae ná! [Transition — last word stretches into a distorted pitch bend; guitars choke off and a fierce violin bow attack takes the lead] [Solo — amplified violin; rapid jagged bowing, gritty double-stops, expressive slides and climbing modal runs over heavy rhythm guitars, thick bass and live drums; clear violin lead] [Transition — violin climbs to a piercing harmonic; drums build beneath it, then one beat of total silence] [Final Chorus — explosive full-band return; smoky female clean lead layered with deep growls and cutting screams, violin countermelody over massive half-time guitars] Kaerith no kald — vaerunna, vaerunna! Hrím sa velthir — draevanna, kelruna! Kaerith no kald — saevanna, vae! Thraevanna við en — nae, nae, nae! [Outro — violin repeats the ascending intro motif over broken guitar strikes; electronic fragments accelerate between the hits, final dry full-band impact, hard cut]
