The Marble Machine Forgot it's loop

[Experimental Dark Ambient, Haunted Mechanical Waltz, Female Alto, "Theremin Vocal Morph", "Broken Clockwork Loop"] [Intro: Didgeridoo Resonance | Distant Glass Harmonica] [Sharpsichord begins uneven mechanical pattern] [Yaybahar strings slowly resonate] It starts the same each time. Three little clicks, a note that hangs too long. [Theremin enters beneath sustained vocal vowel] [Vocal pitch gradually merges with theremin] [Theremin continues the unfinished vocal phrase] (Again...) [Verse 1: Intimate Female Narration | Mechanical Waltz] [Marble Machine establishes repeating rhythmic motif] I built a little orchestra to play while I was gone. I wound it up on Sunday. By Monday, something was wrong. [Nyckelharpa enters with wavering lament] The third note came too early. The fourth was never played. I counted every marble. One had disappeared. [Voice becomes gently melodic] And now it plays a note I never taught it how to make. [Theremin seamlessly takes over final vocal pitch] [Theremin glissando rises into unstable vibrato] [Waterphone harmonics answer the theremin] (Where did it go?) [Chorus: Melodic Female Alto | Theremin Countermelody] [Subharmonicon reinforces the repeating motif] [Ondes Martenot glides beneath lead vocal] Round and round, it knows the way. Every little note returns to where it came. [Female vocal sustains final vowel] [Vocal timbre gradually transforms into theremin] [Theremin holds the melody without interruption] But something in the pattern has learned to disobey. [Sharpsichord skips one rhythmic accent] [Marble Machine misses its expected note] (One is missing...) [Instrumental Interlude: Theremin Solo | Singing Saw] [Theremin performs expressive humanlike melody] [Singing Saw doubles theremin one octave below] [Yaybahar resonance expands] [Zeusaphone introduces brief electrical accents] [Full Instrumental Break] [Verse 2: Close Narration | Detuned Dulcimer] [Mechanical pattern returns with altered timing] I tried to stop the motor. I pulled the winding key. The wheels continued turning, perfectly without me. [Apprehension Engine scraping slowly emerges] I covered up the speaker. The sound came through the floor. I counted seven marbles. There had only been four. [Voice narrows to breathy melodic delivery] Then I heard my own voice singing from inside the machine. [Theremin matches the final sung vowel] [Vocal disappears while theremin continues singing] [Theremin develops independent melodic phrasing] (Is that me?) [Bridge: Near Silence | Mechanical Breakdown] [Marble Machine rhythm gradually loses synchronization] [Subharmonicon pulse becomes irregular] [All melodic instruments withdraw] Click. Click. Click. [One expected mechanical click is absent] I know what happens next. [Whispered] The Marble Machine forgets its loop. [Ondes Martenot glides beneath lead vocal] Round and round, it knows the way. Every little note returns to where it came. [Ondes Martenot glides beneath lead vocal] Round and round, it knows the way. Every little note returns to where it came. [Very close female whisper] It starts the same each t[Brief silence] [Marble Machine produces one unexpected extra click] [Unaccompanied theremin sustains an unfinished vowel] [Theremin gradually transforms into the opening female voice] [Fade to End]