[Mood: Dark, Unsettling] [Energy: Low] [Instrument: Accordion, Acoustic Guitar, Ambient Pads, Tape Warble] [Intro - Spoken Word] [Deep static, rain on metal, low bass hum] Houston Si estás despierto a esta hora No es por accidente Hay noches donde el aire se pone pesado Como si algo estuviera esperando This is Gulf Signal Tonight No mires al agua [Verse 1 - Spoken Word] Buffalo Bayou looks calm If you don't know it Green water, slow curves Pero de noche De noche se mueve diferente La Mujer del Bayou No grita, no llora She stands waist-deep Calling your name In a voice that sounds like someone you trust [Pre-Chorus - Whispered] "Ven, no tengas miedo" Come, don't be afraid [Chorus - Building] If you answer If you get closer The water rises fast Too fast Y cuando te encuentran Your lungs are full of mud Not water [Musical Interlude] [Slow accordion, warped tape effect] [Verse 2 - Spoken Word] East End, off Navigation Boulevard A little house, long gone now A family lived there in the 1930s Flood came in the night La abuela prayed The children screamed The water didn't stop [Bridge] [Minimal instrumentation] Years later, neighbors heard Rosary beads hitting the floor When it rained Tap, tap, tap A woman whispered through the walls "No abras la puerta" Don't open the door [Pre-Chorus - Building tension] Whatever knocked back Was already inside [Caller Segment] [Heavy static, distorted] "Indigo, mi mamá siempre decía Que el bayou recuerda That it remembers who it takes I think it followed us when we moved" [Verse 3 - Spoken Word] Before the monument Before the roads Before the flags La Madre de la Lluvia A spirit older than the battle When storms roll in from the Gulf People see a figure Walking the flooded fields Long hair, bare feet Face turned toward the sky [Chorus - Whispered] She brings the rain She takes payment La tierra siempre cobra The land always collects [Outro - Spoken Word] [Rain fading, heartbeat sound] Houston If you hear water where it shouldn't be Under your floor In your walls In your dreams No preguntes No mires No sigas la voz The bayou doesn't forget Y si esta noche sueñas con agua No te despiertes This is Indigo Cruze Gulf Signal Buenas noches Y que Dios te cuide [End]
