Ranger's Escape

[Intro] [sigh] [Taiko Drum] [sigh] [Breathy spoken word] (Solonor...) (help... ) (me. ) [Taiko Drum] [sigh] [Verse 1 | tempo: 145 bpm | aggressive vocals | frantic pizzicato fiddle| staccato flute runs] Mud on her boots, ice in her bone One torch left, she stands alone Seven kobolds closing on her tracks No one knows she isn't coming back [Verse 2 |tempo 80 BPM| Quiet breathy vocals | Duduk | Nyckelharpa | sparse hand claps | minor key] (Came from nowhere; they were on her fast.) (An empty quiver, save one last.) (Hides in shadows, but they will find her soon.) (In this wooded dark, under a blood moon) [Chorus |explosive orchestral swell | booming drums | heavy claps and stomps | passionate vocal] Last arrow, fly Make it true, or I die No grave; no stone, no sweet goodbye [Verse 3 | cinematic | classical tremolo picking | staccato acoustic fiddle| rhythmic foot stomps] Tracked her down from hollow woods She's cornered where the old cairn stood the Ranger fears this is the end No song. no witness. Nor a friend. [Chorus | explosive orchestral swell | booming drums | full claps and stomps | emotional climax] Last arrow, fly Make it true, or I die No grave, no stone, no sweet goodbye [Bridge | accelerando | frantic acoustic fiddle | crescendo] The string snaps tight, the arrow screams It breaks the lines, it shatters schemes A hunter’s mark, the leader drops dead The pack is broken, the rest have fled [Outro | tempo: 100 bpm | minor key | Duduk | acoustic fiddle | Breathy vocals] Alone again in the ash-grey light She bolts into the moonlit night Quiver empty, breath like glass Gods, let her reach the pass [abrupt stop | final solo foot stomp | silence]