[Intro guitar] [Verse 1 - 8 bars deliberate gritty male gothic fx vocal] [Bar 1] Reading your Letters [Bar 2] as they fade beneath the leaves [Bar 3] Names disappearing [Bar 4] where they once had been [Bar 5] Under the willow [Bar 6] where a loved one falls [Bar 7] Old stone sleep and the seasons pass [Bar 8] a memory buried beneath the grass [Chorus - spacious haunting vocal] Taking the time away Covering the names of all these graves must it be? [Delay] (Echoed fx) Willow's moss [long delay] — — (Echoed fx) Willow's moss [long delay] — — [2 bar turnaround] [Verse 2 - restrained gritty spoken gothic delivery] [Bars 1-2] I traced a name with the palm of my hand [Bars 3-4] reveal was said life speaking words i understand carry the letters read [Bars 7-8] Now knowing what the stone has told the earth keeps secret as the years grow old [Chorus - spacious haunting vocal] Taking the time away Covering the names of all these graves must it be? [Delay] (Echoed fx) Willow's moss [long delay] — — (Echoed fx) Willow's moss [long delay] — — [2 bar turnaround] [Guitar solo - simple one string hook riff - sparse sustained notes - no shredding] [Bridge - stripped down vocal effects] No bells or prayer Just willows moss Covering the names Covering the names [Final Chorus - heavier - more intense vocal] Taking the time away Covering the names of all these graves must it be? [Delay] Taking the time away Covering the names of all these graves must it be? [Delay] (Echoed fx) Willow's moss [long delay] — — (Echoed fx) Willow's moss [long delay] [Outro instrumental - let the guitar hook slowly decay into sustained feedback]
