[Intro - slow heavy sub-bass pulse, atmospheric shoegaze reverb, weeping acoustic slide guitar] [Verse 1 - intimate close-miked female spoken-word, steady and dry, restrained fuzz bass underneath] The long endurance ran its course, A quiet hand held back the force, Counted down the twelve to three, Measuring the cedar tree. The dial spun until it stopped, The final heavy hammer dropped. [Slide Guitar Fill - dry acoustic slide bends in the open space] [Chorus - measured spoken delivery, deep low-end swell, massive room reverb] God says no more. Shut the iron door. Cut the wire, break the ring, Lay down every borrowed thing. The slate is bare, the ledger clean, Nothing left to stand between. God says no more. [Interlude - wall of swirling shoegaze guitars, deep grunge bass, unhurried pulse] [Verse 2 - conversational, deadpan delivery, restrained distorted guitar answering lines] No more wandering in the smoke, No more bending to the yoke. The arch has stood the winter wind, The ancient breach is sealed and pinned. Out across the limestone floor, The water will not cross the shore. [Chorus - steady and deliberate spoken vocal, heavy grunge rhythm, ambient shoegaze haze] God says no more. Shut the iron door. Cut the wire, break the ring, Lay down every borrowed thing. The slate is bare, the ledger clean, Nothing left to stand between. God says no more. [Bridge - low bass rumble, solitary acoustic slide weeping into the room] Let the tired watchman sleep. No more scattered flocks to keep. The long line ends right where we stand, A sovereign line drawn in the sand. [Chorus - commanding close-miked spoken vocal, heavy metal low end beneath the dream-pop wash] God says no more. Shut the iron door. Cut the wire, break the ring, Lay down every borrowed thing. The slate is bare, the ledger clean, Nothing left to stand between. God says no more. [Outro - voice drops to an intimate whisper, guitars sustain into massive shoegaze feedback loop] Finished. Done. The zero and the one. Clear the ground from shore to shore— God says no more. No more. [Sustained Outro - wall of sound, weeping slide dissolves into deep rumbling bass and long reverb trail] [Fade to silence] [End]
