Revenant Litany
Cathedral gloom with mixed choir and solo boy soprano, ghostly whispered layers, clustered dissonant strings, and sustained organ drones, Very slow, ritualistic build; dynamics swell from distant murmur to crushing choral wall, then decay into a cold, hollow echo, Reverb-drenched, low-end weight, voices close and unsettling in the stereo field, deep, choral
[Intro] Po'ele... Mate wairua... Ruina karanga... Harrow ara... [Verse 1] Wairua ara i po'ele hōkū! Mate here, muri kino! Ruina ngaro, karanga vi! Harrow puke, 'āina mate! [Chorus] Po'ele! Mate! Wairua ara! Here ruina, muri e! Karanga harrow, 'āina pō! Vi lamenta, e muri kino! [Verse 2] Po'ele hōkū i mate ao! Wairua here, ruina ngaro! Harrow karanga, puke muri! Vi bind, po'ele eva! [Bridge] Muri pō, mate still... Wairua suss, ruina balans... Po'ele kall i harrow, here vi... Lamenta ngaro, ara e! [instrumental bridge] [Chorus] Po'ele! Mate! Wairua ara! Here ruina, muri e! Karanga harrow, 'āina pō! [Chorus] Po'ele! Mate! Wairua ara! Here ruina, muri e! Karanga harrow, 'āina pō! Vi lamenta, e muri kino! [instrumental outro] [end]
