[Intro — unaccompanied acoustic Egyptian simsimiyya lyre only; dry metallic string plucks, a winding repeated motif and natural wooden resonance; no vocals, percussion or electronics] [Transition — final string note is abruptly damped; dry kick and distorted guitars enter together] [Verse 1 — rapid female rhythmic recitative, low smoky chest rasp; dense clipped phrases over a straight 4/4 backbeat and muted guitar stabs] Thren sa dhaerun, veyr sa vel, sahr sa kald skar. En sa kraen a vaeshun, thu sa fjarn, thu þar. En ren mevranna thren, en ren maeritha kaen. Veyr ren veyritha sauren — en no osvitha en. Ke thu shaelira sael a en sa mor, sa nátt? En no osh — kelrun a en no hrím, no kald. [Transition — last syllable stutters against a repeated lyre pluck; a reversed metallic swell opens into wide guitars] [Chorus — powerful husky female clean singing; dark sustained melody, deep growled responses] Thren a veyr — kaeritha vae! Aelruna sael — aevruna nae! Thren a veyr — mevranna vaern! Em no osvitha kaen a vaern! [Transition — instruments cut away in descending layers; one dry simsimiyya string keeps the pulse] [Bridge — short melodic lines, exposed smoky female clean voice; sparse acoustic lyre answers and spacious pauses] Shaelira saen. Maeritha kaen. No ossara thren. Naevara við en. [Transition — lyre pluck is sliced into accelerating digital ticks; bass punches through and live drums restart] [Verse 2 — aggressive double-time female recitative; coarse rasp, tightly packed consonants, increasingly harsh line endings] Thu ren nævitha kaen a en sa næveth a maerith. En ren kaervitha thren við dhaerun, sa vel — drethri. Þesk sa orrun, khaem sa hál, mor sa kald kauren. Em no khaemira thessun, em no moritha mauren. No drethara thren a vaern, no torvanna thaen! Vrek þesk, vrek khaem — em nae aevara kaen! [Transition — last word pitch-drops into distorted sub-bass; one beat of silence] [Dubstep Breakdown — one short eight-bar section; snarling formant bass, metallic percussion and jagged guitar stabs over crushing half-time drums; chopped simsimiyya plucks ricochet between bass phrases, no new lyrics] [Transition — electronic bass cuts off mid-phrase; fast live drum fill and a sharp lyre rake launch the chorus] [Final Chorus — explosive full-band return; smoky female clean lead layered with deep growls and cutting screams, ringing simsimiyya accents between phrases] Thren a veyr — kaeritha vae! Aelruna sael — aevruna nae! Thren a veyr — mevranna vaern! Em no osvitha kaen a vaern! [Solo — amplified simsimiyya lyre takes over the chorus melody; rapid repeated plucks, nimble ornaments, rhythmic string damping and ringing open-string answers over heavy guitars, bass and live drums; prominent metallic attack, no lead guitar solo] [Outro — guitars and drums stop together; acoustic simsimiyya alone repeats the opening motif once, final string is sharply damped, hard cut]
