To a Stranger - Walt Whitman

rokkyoku fusion, taiko, electronic (heavy beats)

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[Verse 1]
(Lead Vocal - Highly expressive, traditional Japanese storytelling style, stretching syllables over a driving rhythm)
Passing stranger! you do not know how longingly
I look upon you,
You must be he I was seeking, or she I was seeking,
(chorus)
it comes to me as of a dream

[Verse 2]
(The Taiko drums become more frantic and syncopated)
I have somewhere surely lived a life of joy with you,
All is recall’d as we flit by each other, fluid,
affectionate, chaste, matured,
You grew up with me, were a boy with me or a girl
with me,

[Chorus]
(Maximum energy. Heavy bass drops, rapid Shamisen strumming. The vocal delivery becomes incredibly powerful and rhythmic)
I ate with you and slept with you, your body has
become not yours only nor left my body mine
only,
You give me the pleasure of your eyes, face, flesh,
as we pass, you take of my beard, breast, hands,
in return!

[Instrumental Break]
(A fast, virtuosic Shamisen solo playing at lightning speed over a thunderous Taiko and modern beat foundation.)

[Verse 3]
(The beat drops to a tense, marching pulse. Vocal is intense, almost a theatrical whisper building up power)
I am not to speak to you, I am to think of you when
I sit alone or wake at night alone,

[Build-up]
(Drums roll heavily, the Shamisen plays sharp, escalating chords)
I am to wait, I do not doubt I am to meet you again,

[Chorus - Grand Finale]
(Explosive energy. Full traditional and modern instrumentation firing at once)
I am to see to it that I do not lose you!
I am to wait, I do not doubt I am to meet you again,
I am to see to it that I do not lose you!

[Outro]
(The modern beat suddenly cuts out. A single, dramatic Shamisen riff plays. The vocalist sustains one final, wavering, powerful note on the last word.)
That I do not lose you...
(Two sharp, echoing strikes on a wooden clapper / Hyoshigi)

[End]

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[Intro] (A sudden, aggressive strike of the Shamisen with a hard bachi (plectrum). Massive, booming Taiko drums kick in with a fast, powerful, and energetic electronic beat. The vocalist lets out a traditional, dramatic Rokyoku call.) [Verse 1] (Lead Vocal - Highly expressive, traditional Japanese storytelling style, stretching syllables over a driving rhythm) Passing stranger! you do not know how longingly I look upon you, You must be he I was seeking, or she I was seeking, (chorus) it comes to me as of a dream [Verse 2] (The Taiko drums become more frantic and syncopated) I have somewhere surely lived a life of joy with you, All is recall’d as we flit by each other, fluid, affectionate, chaste, matured, You grew up with me, were a boy with me or a girl with me, [Chorus] (Maximum energy. Heavy bass drops, rapid Shamisen strumming. The vocal delivery becomes incredibly powerful and rhythmic) I ate with you and slept with you, your body has become not yours only nor left my body mine only, You give me the pleasure of your eyes, face, flesh, as we pass, you take of my beard, breast, hands, in return! [Instrumental Break] (A fast, virtuosic Shamisen solo playing at lightning speed over a thunderous Taiko and modern beat foundation.) [Verse 3] (The beat drops to a tense, marching pulse. Vocal is intense, almost a theatrical whisper building up power) I am not to speak to you, I am to think of you when I sit alone or wake at night alone, [Build-up] (Drums roll heavily, the Shamisen plays sharp, escalating chords) I am to wait, I do not doubt I am to meet you again, [Chorus - Grand Finale] (Explosive energy. Full traditional and modern instrumentation firing at once) I am to see to it that I do not lose you! I am to wait, I do not doubt I am to meet you again, I am to see to it that I do not lose you! [Outro] (The modern beat suddenly cuts out. A single, dramatic Shamisen riff plays. The vocalist sustains one final, wavering, powerful note on the last word.) That I do not lose you... (Two sharp, echoing strikes on a wooden clapper / Hyoshigi) [End]

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