Hollows

[The pulse — one beat — mechanical — relentless — it never stops for the entire track] [Breathing against stone] [Female vocal — whispered, strained, claustrophobic] Tove niélte tove Walls inside walls Tove niélte tove The house has hidden halls [The pulse — unchanged — the duduk entering distorted] Ve ieglii trette vezzia My eyes through the hole Ve rurve trette chéscsca I hear through the stone Trette... trette... trette... Through... through... through... [Prepared piano — plucked strings like fingernails on lath] Stoe niélte tove Stoe niélte nare Stoe niélte féme Holes inside the walls Holes inside the floor Holes inside the ceiling [The pulse — louder now — the breathing faster] Po strindo eltro Her mouth opens Po scuso apre Her voice rises Ve ce iesce I do not speak Ve strivo — ve strivo — ve strivo I listen — I listen — I listen [Bridge — the pulse alone — nothing else — ten seconds of just the heartbeat and breathing] [Whispered — almost inaudible — layered and overlapping] (Scu pia: "Strivo") (Scu pia: "Ce ando") (Scu pia: "Strivo") (You say: "Listen") (You say: "Don't move") (You say: "Listen") [The duduk returns — rawer — the vocal rising from whisper to something desperate] Ruzzio addo ve bela The house knows my skin Ruzzio addo ve ieglii The house knows where I've been Ve ce veffo sto ruzzio I cannot hide from the house Ruzzio veffo niélte ve The house hides inside me [Chorus — the pulse doubling — the horror arriving] Tove niélte tove niélte tove Walls inside walls inside walls Ve ieglii trette vezzia And something watches Ve ieglii trette vezzia And something watches Ve ieglii trette vezzia And it has always watched [The pulse drops to half speed — the track ending but the heartbeat continuing] Trette... [Beat] Trette... [Beat] Trette... [The pulse continuing alone after the vocals stop — five seconds — then cut to black]