[Intro: desert wind, sistrum, ney flute, modular arpeggio, sub bass swell] [Whispered, layered, stone temple reverb] Heh-mat... hedj... neh-boo... Sal... Luna... Sol... Salt... silver... gold... [Verse 1] [Female Vocal, raw, intimate] High above, a lantern glows Salt on my lips, the silver flows Moon on the water, bending light Something stirring out of sight [Hook] From salt below, reflected gold Silver remembers what can't be told [Verse 2: frame drum and broken beat enter, building] I feel it first, then I see it clear I tell myself a story here The story feeds the ache again Round and round, I'm pulled back in I feed what I feel and feel what I learn Deeper and deeper with every turn [Chorus: ritual chant, double-time, stacked female vocals] Salt below, reflected gold Silver remembers what can't be told Salt below, reflected gold Silver remembers what can't be told Feeling to image, image to thought Round and round until I'm caught [Break: everything stops, sub bass pulse only] [Inhale] [Verse 3: dry, close, grounded] Then salt speaks low, weight into bone What still remains when the visions are gone? Heel to the earth, breath settling deep Blood under skin, stone under feet [Pre-Chorus: spacious, half-spoken] What I feel is a feeling... What I see is a dream... What I tell myself is only a word... Not one thing, not the same Each one moves in its measure [Chorus: ritual chant, call and response, full drums return] [Female Vocal] Salt below [Deep Male Choir, basso profundo, unison] (The waters are still) [Female Vocal] Reflected gold [Deep Male Choir, basso profundo, unison] (The river runs clear) [Female Vocal] Silver remembers what can't be told Each one moves in its measure here [Bridge: nearly bare, oud drone, the balance] [Female Vocal, open, tender] Open... let it move like water through me [Deep Male Choir, low, firm] (Measure... give it a boundary) [Female Vocal] Mercy to hold it, strength to let go [Deep Male Choir, low hum] (Mercy and strength) [Female Vocal over Deep Male Choir, warm] And where they meet, a sun in my chest I can feel it all and still stay clear [Breakdown: deep male choir with overtone throat singing, darbuka, sistrum] [Deep Male Choir, basso profundo, unison] Solve... coagula... solve... coagula... [Whispered] Kheh-sed... Geh-voo-rah... Tif-ah-ret... [Female Vocal, wordless chant] Ai-ya-ya-ya, ai-ya-ya-ya Ai-ya-ya-ya-ya... ya-ya-ya-yai [Final Chorus: rapturous ritual chant, double-time, full deep male choir beneath] [Female Vocal over Deep Male Choir] Salt below, reflected gold Silver remembers what can't be told Feeling to image, image to thought Breath to the body, and I am not caught Salt below, reflected gold Silver remembers what can't be told Feeling to image, image to thought Heart at the centre, and I am not caught [Half-time, sustained, key lifts to D major] The current finds... its... measure [Female Vocal over Deep Male Choir, warm, open] Gold at the centre [Final chord: D major, long ring] [Outro: arpeggio rises, drums fall away, ney flute, stone temple reverb] [Female Vocal] The circle opens... and I step through [Whispered] Quod est inferius... est sicut quod est superius... [End]
