[Instrumental Intro - Slow 68 BPM, Resonant Cello Drone, Dark Harp, Detuned Warped Violins] [Sour Out-of-Tune Violin Solo - Warped Microtonal Slides] [Verse 1 - Slow Meter, Fragile Whispered Solo, Delicate Harp, Warm Bowed Cello, Detuned Violin Drone] Gold venom in the fossil bone, A vessel cleaved in two. Whose mallet struck the high vault down? The sovereign or her shade? The pale cocoon keeps a silent prince. [Pre-Chorus - Steady Slow Tempo, Layered Call and Response Vocals] The sap turns cold (O, the resin runs thin) The halo breaks (The ring was never whole) Earth shifts beneath the stone (The root uncoils below) [Chorus - Slow Heavy Meter, Soaring Lead Belt, Warped Screeching Violins, Full Cello and Dark Harp] Thread the silver through the mold, Crown of briars and throne of salt. Burn the bough to find the seed, Shadow swallows all we need. [Instrumental Interlude - Slow Heavy Pulse, Dissonant Microtonal Violin Solo, Resonant Cello and Cascading Harp] [Verse 2 - Slow Deliberate Cadence, Bitter Snarl, Warm Cello Grounding, Detuned Violin Weeps] A red beast sleeps on parchment dust, The dark moon lost its twin. Tell me, vagrant, where you walk, Whose name is carved below? The fingers make no sound at all, They bend to shape our end. [Pre-Chorus - Steady Slow Tempo, Layered Call and Response Vocals] The sap turns cold (O, the resin runs thin) The halo breaks (The ring was never whole) Earth shifts beneath the stone (The root uncoils below) [Bridge - Slow Heavy Pulse, Sudden Whisper to Piercing Scream, Detuned Violin Swell] [Whisper] Not a hex, but a sign ignored. [Snarl] Not a god, but an empty crypt. The pyre is blind! [Harsh High Cry] The sky is stripped to slag! [Chorus - Maximum Vocal Fury at Strict Slow Tempo, Warped Detuned Violin Melody, Full Cello and Dark Harp Accompaniment] Thread the silver through the mold, Crown of briars and throne of salt! Burn the bough to find the seed, Shadow swallows all we need! [Outro - Slow Dragging Pulse, Fading Harp, Resonant Low Cello, Lingering Sour Violin Note] Beneath the golden gloss, Only cinder sleeps. (The light lies) [Whisper] False dawn. (The light lies) [Fade to Silence on Dissonant Violin Decay and Low Cello Bow] [End]
