[Duration: 5:30] [Structure: intro -> verse1 -> verse2 -> chorus -> verse3 -> verse4 -> bridge -> silence -> final chorus -> outro] [Tempo: 60 bpm → sudden 160 bpm on final chorus → return to 60 bpm] [Dynamics: pp → mp → mf → p → mp → mf → pp → ff → pp] [Vocal: female, deep contralto, melismatic, quarter tones, wide vibrato, hold final vowels] [Intro 0:00-0:25 - heavy distorted guitars, cello-like drone, feedback, no drums, 60 bpm, tavern heat and drunken air] [Verse 1 0:25-0:50 - female, intimate whisper, no heavy drums] each night when taverns roar with heat [hold "heat" with vibrato, asc melisma] and drunken airs do curl and swell [slide on "swell", desc melisma] and spring's foul breath, with fumes replete [hold "replete" with vibrato, ornament] doth rule the streets where drunkards yell [hold "yell" with fade] [Verse 2 0:50-1:15 - female, mp, building, soft drums enter] the baker's twist of golden gleam [hold "gleam" with vibrato, asc melisma] doth mock the lane's forgotten dust [slide on "dust", desc melisma] while children's cries, as in a dream [hold "dream" with vibrato, ornament] break through the evening's weary rust [hold "rust" with fade] [Chorus 1 1:15-1:45 - female, mf, full chest, heavy groove, distortion] but at the hour the clock doth chime [hold "chime" with vibrato, asc melisma] (or doth my fancy but devise?) [slide on "devise", desc melisma] a maiden's form, through misty rime [hold "rime" with vibrato, ornament] doth pass before my yearning eyes [hold "eyes" with fade] [Verse 3 1:45-2:10 - female, p, deeper, intimate, soft drums] alone she moves, through drunken throng [hold "throng" with vibrato, asc melisma] her silken robes, with whispers fraught [slide on "fraught", desc melisma] her hat with mourning plumes, and long [hold "long" with vibrato, ornament] her narrow hand with rings is caught [hold "caught" with fade] [Verse 4 2:10-2:35 - female, mp, rising, building intensity] i gaze beyond her veil of night [hold "night" with vibrato, asc melisma] and see an enchanted shore so fair [slide on "fair", desc melisma] where distant eyes of azure light [hold "light" with vibrato, ornament] do bloom in moonlit, misty air [hold "air" with fade] [Bridge 2:35-3:00 - female, pp, whisper, intimate, no drums, solo guitar] (whisper) a treasure in my soul is kept [hold "kept" with vibrato, desc melisma] and i alone do hold the key [slide on "key", fade] thou'rt right, o beast that drink hath swept [hold "swept" with vibrato, ornament] the truth, i know, abides in thee [hold "thee" with fade] [3:00-3:03 - SUDDEN 3-SECOND SILENCE] [Final Chorus 3:03-3:50 - TEMPO SHIFT TO 160 BPM, full blast beats, max wall of sound, female full chest, heavy cry] (160 bpm, full chest, heavy melismatic) but at the hour the clock doth chime [hold "chime" with heavy vibrato, asc melisma, blasts] (or doth my fancy but devise?) [desc melisma on "devise", wide vibrato, hits] a maiden's form, through misty rime [hold "rime" with ornament, slide, blasts] doth pass before my yearning eyes [asc melisma on "eyes", fade, hits] and i alone do hold the key [hold "key" with vibrato, asc melisma, blasts] the truth, i know, abides in thee [slide on "thee", desc melisma, hits] [Outro 3:50-5:30 - sudden stop, heavy distorted guitars with reverb, feedback, female whisper, fade] (whisper, heavy fade) each night when taverns roar with heat... (cello-like guitar holds final note, feedback fades, silence)
