*song* III

[Intro: 10-bar emotional instrumental only] [Verse 1: male breathy emotional vocal, close, intimate and psychedelic ethereal ambience slowly thickens] I wish I could've known — that... The look in your eyes, Would bury my life, Behind my back... So... When was the — last time. I felt like this? Fight or flight, As I die in this abyss... (Abyss~) (Abyss~) [Break: tension-filled, bleak and cold, atmosphere darker, every em dash creates a trembling pause and crying breath] It's like we...— Were never meant to be— Didn't you notice? Every time we drifted... Now it feels like...— Everything is bleak... Again...~ [The reverb blooms heavily, psychedelic ambience expands] [Psychedelic Chorus: emotional release, cathartic, highly dark emotive delivery, vocal becomes more fragile and emotional, layered vocals, back vocals] You got me...~ Crying in my sleep...~ As if you're— Torturin' me, In my dreams~— I have yet, To find my peace, Please... Release me...~ [Violin and Shamisen Intermezzo: virtuosic lead violin carries the main melody, shamisen answers each phrase, taiko heartbeat beneath, orchestra slowly rising] The river remembers... The names we lost... Carried away... By winter's frost... A thousand echoes... Across the tide... Still call for you... From the other side... [Rapid Violin Ascension: soaring violin runs, shamisen tremolo, orchestra swelling] Ahh~... The moonlight shatters, Upon the waves... The wind still wanders, Among the graves... [Emotional Climax: full orchestra, choir, soaring violin above all instruments] Carry my voice! Across the sea! Through endless skies! Remember me! If fate has torn Our paths apart... Then let this song Become my heart! [Taiko Breakdown: crushing rhythm, low strings, aggressive shamisen strikes] Fall... Like cherry blossoms... Burn... Like autumn leaves... Fade... Into the silence... You... Still haunt me... [Final Violin Apotheosis: violin completely takes over, long emotional melody, shamisen harmonizing beneath]