[Intro — bell, metallic drone, heartbeat, detuned tremolo violins] [VOICE RULE — KSUN: warm close female contralto, frightened at first, then defiant. DEATH: cold distant female contralto, cathedral reverb, calm and inhuman. Mixed choir only in responses. Strict [KSUN]/[DEATH] separation; no swaps, no male vocals, no long pauses.] [KSUN — whispered narration] At night, Death came into my tomb. No army. No fear. [DEATH — distant, cold] — Ksun Bakir. I have come for you. [KSUN — close, tense] — You are sixty million years too late. [Verse 1 — KSUN; fast tense phrasing] You walk among the living, counting every final breath. You close their weary eyelids and deliver them to death. You took away my people, my family and my world, But far too late you came to where Ksun Bakir rules. No blood. No breath remaining. No heart beneath this shell. Only cold living metal and the memories I bear. So tell me why you've come here. What is there left to kill? What can you take away from one who ceased to live? [DEATH — slow, cold, distant] — Not the body. I come for that which still can say: “I am.” For the name within. For that which remembers all. [Pre-Chorus — KSUN; strings rising] Then come a little closer. Look into my eyes. Find the girl inside me who once knew fear and cried. If she is somehow still alive — then take her from me now. [Chorus — strict call-and-response, choir echoes] [DEATH] Every road will lead to me! [KSUN] Mine was severed before dawn! [DEATH] If you are not alive — why can you still love? [KSUN] Because even steel can remember its pain! [DEATH] Then why does oblivion still awaken your fear? [KSUN — music narrows] Because... I am still here. [Verse 2 — DEATH; calm over frantic strings] You call yourself eternal, but eternity is frail. I watch your memories fading as the endless ages pale. One face. One voice. One scent of rain. One day beneath the sun — and another piece of you will quietly be gone. You disappear in pieces. I will come for every one. [Dialogue — strict alternation] [KSUN] — Be silent. [DEATH] — Are you afraid of me? [KSUN] — No. [DEATH] — Then why did your voice tremble? [KSUN — frightened anger] Because you are lying. Yes, I am losing memories, but every shard I keep. I remember every name. I guard the flowers. I speak with the dead. If your true face is oblivion, then every day I fight against you. [Chorus 2 — faster, louder] [DEATH] You will still come to me! [KSUN] Then prepare yourself to wait! [DEATH] The suns will die! [KSUN] I will remember their light! [DEATH] The worlds will turn to dust! [KSUN] I will remember their trace! [DEATH] The final life will disappear! [KSUN — close, calm] And then there will be only the two of us. You. And me. Then we will speak again. [Bridge — heartbeat, drone, screeching violin] [KSUN — half-spoken] Death touched my chest, where once a heart had beaten. [DEATH — far] — There is nothing here. And yet you feel that emptiness. How can you suffer without a heart? [KSUN — whisper] That... is something I would like to know myself. [DEATH] — Do you envy mortals? [KSUN] Sometimes. At least their pain knows how to end. [DEATH] — And yours? [KSUN] Mine learned how to wait. [DEATH] — Do you want to die? [KSUN] Not today. [DEATH] — Tomorrow? [KSUN] Ask me again in a million years. [Build — KSUN; heartbeat accelerates, choir rises] I survived the war! I survived the gods! I survived my body and the ashes of worlds! You come for mortals once, but you return to me again — for every face forgotten, for every vanished day. But however many times you enter this place — you always leave again... alone. [Final Chorus — violent call-and-response, scream accents] [DEATH — vast, cold, distant] I AM THE END OF EVERY NAME! [KSUN — close, near-scream] THEN REMEMBER MINE: KSUN BAKIR! [DEATH] I AM THE SILENCE AFTER THE FINAL SCREAM! [KSUN] THEN LISTEN TO MY VOICE! [DEATH] I AM THE NIGHT AFTER THE FINAL STAR! [KSUN] THEN I WILL BECOME THE LAST LIGHT! [KSUN — no pause] I will not say that I defeated you forever. I am far too old to believe in words like those. But tonight you came for prey — and you left... empty-handed. [Final Scene — choir drops, heartbeat slows] [KSUN] — Will you return? [DEATH] — Of course. [KSUN] — When? [DEATH] — When you ask me to. [KSUN] Then there is no need to hurry. [Outro — drone, bell, thin violin; preserve full ending] [DEATH — farthest voice] — Ksun. Now I understand why I cannot take you. Death takes life. And you became something else long ago. [KSUN — intimate, alone in front] No. I am still Ksun. [KSUN — spoken] And somewhere deep inside, where there is no blood, no beating heart, something quietly answered: [KSUN INNER ECHO — same voice, softer double] — Yes. [Single bell. Fade.]
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