
life on the Still Water
[Intro – Haunting Ambience] Tʉhʉya tukutʉʉ nuu nʉmʉnʉ, pʉʉnakware kʉtsa nahii. Kʉtsakahni warehatʉ, pahtɨ haipitsi itsee… (Low, rhythmic drums, subtle water sounds, distant croaks. Builds tension slowly.) --- [Verse 1 – Life Before the Monster] Pibitsʉ nawʉhkwayuru nʉmahkama hanima nʉmahkama Tʉposʉ yee, nuu nʉne'e kwapu kahni Mʉyaa ooza, myaa tʉ'ih, pʉhʉʉ Tavaa nʉmahkama nʉnʉʉ, kuhatʉh Kʷarʉ nʉmahkama, pʉhʉʉ nʉmahkama Pʉhʉʉ yee, pʉhʉʉ nʉmahkama Tʉ'eh kʷapi, tavatsi nʉnʉʉ Nʉnʉʉ tavatsina, tavatsina nʉnʉʉ (Soft percussion, gentle flute, a calm before the storm.) --- [Verse 2 – Ominous Signs] Nia tümahnikut kahni nahni, Pahtsahpe notsi kahni tsakore. Woco toosakut tupitsaht. Tia tokwi, masaiku nümü kahni. Suhnkut kaht, pootsut haniteku. Nümüret kahni, koona tsiwahre. Pia haitsut tuku tukwut. Kaits, nümü tekwaipü. (Increase tension — drums pick up, low growls in the background.) --- [Verse 3 – The First Strike] Patsukwo nukunu, kunahnikatsi yasuka, Tsukumu tukutsi, puha ee tukwasu, Nunkunu pani, muhne ko yetu, Sahne yakwe, mitsuye numu, Numunu nahni, wehe yee tsu, Teepu tuwe, tukwa yee yawutsi, Kasu pani, kasu kuhetsi, kasu pahmuyu, Muiya ee patsu yukunu (Chaotic, fast tempo, tribal war drums, sound of splashing water, snarls.) --- [Chorus – Battle Cry] Pia Nahnahko Momʉ, tuvai taue nokoni' Ta momʉ yakʷihupʉ, ta tuvai kʉtsihupʉ. Nʉmʉ tekia pʉhasʉ, maa-nʉ ene hinʉ. Nakia tʉbo, tʉbo hʉpa (Layered chanting, percussion, maybe distant horn sounds to signify battle chaos.) --- [Verse 4 – Lives Lost & Wounds] Hʉʉ tʉhka nʉmʉnʉʉ yootʉ nʉnʉ, maa nʉnʉ Pootsi nʉʉpi kʉtsa atʉ Kʉtsa nʉʉpi yootʉ hʉʉ nʉʉminʉʉ Tʉhka kʉtsa tʉboosʉ, tʉhka tʉweemʉ Pʉhʉyakwʉnʉʉ tʉkwahipʉ, nʉnʉʉtekʉnʉʉ tʉweemʉ Maa tʉboosʉ nʉ yootʉ tʉ pootsi tʉ nakasia Hayuu pihaitee, kʉtsa taakʉ nʉ yootʉ nʉnʉ, maa nʉnʉ Piah tʉweemʉ ooha too nʉʉpi tʉhka pahtʉ (Slow, mournful tone with tribal flute, soft drums echoing.) --- [Verse 5 – Aftermath & Survival] Taibo kwihnai, puha tukutsi. Tʉbo nʉmʉnʉ, sukatʉ hʉmu tukuya. Tʉbo na nʉmʉnʉpʉ yoo gwihnai, tʉbo kʉtsapʉ yoo nʉpʉ. Tʉbo tumʉnʉ tʉbo, kwaharu tʉbo wihnaitsi. Sʉkwa nʉmʉ tekwa'i, yoo pi yukuna. Tʉbo hayitsi numa te nʉmʉri? Nu yoo nʉmʉ tsʉka nʉma, numa nʉma tʉbo nʉpʉ. Yoo hʉpʉma wihnaitsi, mukutsi nʉma tʉbo. --- [Bridge – The Monster Lingers] Tʉhka nahii tʉ nʉmʉnʉ sʉ kahni Nʉmʉ tekwapu, himʉ nʉmʉ yee kwahe Ina nʉmʉ tʉ sahni hoo pʉha katʉ Pohewʉpʉ ʉʉtʉ Boggy Creek Krokodail yee (Low, haunting melody, almost elegiac. Maybe water sounds fade slowly.) --- [Outro – Legacy] Kwaharu nʉmʉnʉ tʉbo nʉnʉ kʉtsa. Puha yakwihapi, hʉmu, na nʉmʉnʉ kwaharu hanimu. Bahotsi yohonikware, hanʉh, mʉ aa tʉbo; Soyo kwiharu kahni nanihwi pehtoo (Soft fading flute and drum, wind through the reeds, leaving a lingering sense of awe and dread.)

