
La Lacrima della Madre — © 2026 (Alex Sikorsky) v.1.5
[GENERAL: 104 BPM | 4/4 • 7/8 • 5/4 | A minor | Italian | progressive sacred art rock | dynamic arc pp → p → mp → mf → f → pp] [VOCAL: expressive male vocal | warm, intimate, slightly weathered | clear Italian diction | natural breath | restrained vibrato | speech-sung verses → lyrical chorus | controlled pp → f | intimate, never operatic | selective male harmonies | near-whispered ending] [INTRO | 4/4 Andante | 8 bars | pp → p] [Soft pulse, low Hammond haze, fragile three-note guitar motif, contrasting guitar answer, quiet continuous walking bass, restrained Mellotron] [Open the stereo field gradually] (Am) [instrumental motif] (G) [guitar answer] (F) [bass continues] (C) [Hammond haze] [VERSE 1 | 4/4 | p] [Sparse piano and clean guitar | no full drums | close vocal | generous space] (Am) Lacrime amare da asciugare, (G) ricordi fragili da lasciare. (F) Il tempo passa e tutto sfuma, (C) rimane appena un velo di bruma. [VERSE 2 | 4/4 | p → mp] [Warm Hammond and distant Mellotron enter | bass becomes melodic | light cymbals only at phrase endings | voice more legato] (Am) Ma lacrime liete sono luce viva, (G) come una stella sopra la riva. (F) Le raccogli piano con devozione: (C) ogni gioia diventa benedizione. [BRIDGE 1 | 7/8 | mp → mf] [First rhythmic tension | asymmetric controlled drums | prominent bass | Hammond swells | Mellotron rises | do not rush the 7/8] (Dm) C’è una goccia di rugiada (Am) che custodisco ancora, (F) nata sull’erba (C) prima dell’aurora. (Dm) Perché il bambino (Am) continui a respirare, (F) limpido e vivo, (G) dentro il mio cuore. [VERSE 3 | 4/4 | mf → f] [Emotional center | fuller band | polyrhythmic but subordinate drums | Guitar I sustains the motif | Guitar II angular counter-lines | luminous Mellotron | voice remains intimate] (Am) Ma la Madre mi sorrise (G) senza parlare. (F) Dalle sue mani discese (C) un piccolo pendente. (Am) Non era d’oro, (G) né d’argento: (F) era una sola lacrima (C) luminosa, (Am) che venne a posarsi (G) sul mio petto, (F) splendente davanti (C) al cuore. [VERSE 4 | 4/4 | mf → mp] [Sudden reduction | drums withdraw | piano, bass, clean guitar, soft Hammond | fragile close vocal | remove layers toward the end] (F) Dolce nel cuore, (C) triste insieme, (G) per restare sempre (Am) accanto a lui. (F) Quando aprii gli occhi (C) non c’erano più né Lei né il pendente, (G) ma richiudendoli (Am) brillava ancora, (F) nell’ombra delle palpebre, (C) sul cuore. [CHORUS | 4/4 | mp → mf → f] [Full ensemble | melodic walking bass | active polyrhythmic drums, never metronomic | selective four-part male harmony | Hammond and Mellotron widen | lyrical sustained guitar] (F) Resta con me (C) nella gioia, (G) resta con me (Am) nel dolore. (F) La tua lacrima (C) non mi abbandona: (G) continua a splendere (Am) sul mio cuore. [BRIDGE 2 | 7/8 | mf → f → p] [Sharp angular rhythm | Moog beneath Hammond | Mellotron at full intensity | brief male harmonies | sudden drop after final line] (Dm) Non fu una promessa soltanto, (Am) ma una presenza. (F) Non di una madre qualunque — (C) della Madre di Dio. (Dm) Mi donò la libertà (Am) nella sua lacrima, (F) perché restasse (G) sempre con lui. (Am) Sempre con lui. [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK | 5/4 | p → mf → f | 12 bars] [Guitar I develops the three-note motif | Guitar II circles with angular sustained lines | continuous melodic bass | drums gradually return with changing 5/4 accents | Hammond and Mellotron accumulate | final four bars full psychedelic progressive intensity | no unrelated solo theme] [Am – G – F – C | Am – G – F – C | Dm – Am – F – G] [OUTRO | Free | f → mf → p → pp] [Complete release | remove drums, Hammond and Mellotron | piano, bass and one clean guitar remain | voice nearly whispered | freely suspended tempo | definite ending, never a loop] (Am) Quando aprii gli occhi (G) non c’erano più né Lei né il pendente, (F) ma richiudendoli (C) brillava ancora. (Am) Nell’ombra quieta (G) delle mie palpebre, (F) una sola lacrima (C) davanti al cuore. (Am) Sempre con lui. [HARMONIC LINE: one sustained high clean note on “lacrima”, unresolved and extremely soft] [HARMONIC LINE: “dolce” and “triste” move in distinct parallel thirds, one rising and one falling; never merge] [BASS: continuous until the final bars] [REVERSE TAPE: sound recedes inward] [FINAL NOTE: middle register, lowest audible level] [Hold the resonance almost inaudibly, then cut] [FINAL CHORDS: Am → G → F → C → Am]

