[Tempo: 100 BPM] [Time Signature: 7/8] [Arrangement: Syncopated dark acoustic piano, bowed upright bass, slow brushed jazz drums, haunting string quartet, ethereal falsetto male lead vocal, haunting backing vocals] [Intro] [Key: F# Major] [Arrangement: Syncopated dark piano chords in 7/8, bowed upright bass, low ambient drone] [F#] [Verse 1] [Key: F# Major] [Arrangement: Syncopated piano, brushed snare in 7/8, intimate ethereal male lead vocal] [F#] She sits at the fork in the gravel. [D] Her hair smells like salt and wet fern. [B] She holds a lantern with no flame inside. [C#7] I had a destination. [F#] I had heavy boots. [D] I had a straight line to follow. [C#7] She opens her hands, and the path bends. [Pre-Chorus] [Key: B Major] [Arrangement: String quartet swells, syncopated piano, falsetto vocal intensity building] [B] Her shadow moves opposite the sun. [G] She calls me by a name I never used. [E] One step closer, and the forest turns to velvet. [C#7] One step closer, and the goal dissolves. [Chorus] [Key: F# Major] [Arrangement: Full ensemble swell with haunting string quartet, heavy piano, and soaring vocal harmonies] [F#] Muriel! [D] The silk trap in the mist! [B] She turns the compass into smoke! [C#7] She pulls the traveler off the track! [F#] To touch her cheek is to forget the way home! [F#] (Whisper) Muriel. [Verse 2] [Key: F# Major] [Arrangement: Intimate piano, bowed bass, brushed drums in 7/8, clear falsetto male vocal] [F#] The landscape tilts around her shoulders. [D] She offers a drink from an empty palm. [B] I know she is made of optical light. [C#7] I know her fingers are braided river reeds. [F#] Still, my heels dig in. [D] Right toward her shadow. [C#7] Desire is a magnet buried in the mud. [Bridge] [Key: D Major] [Arrangement: Rhythmic breakdown in 7/8, sweeping string glissandos, sudden vocal surge from whisper to scream] [D] She is not a traveler. [B] She is a detour with a voice. [F#] She plants herself in your intention. [C#7] You step into her dream, [D] and the waking world locks its doors. [D] Look away from her face. [B] (Whisper) Too soft. [F#] Step back from her hem. [C#7] (Whisper) Too deep. [D] The siren doesn't need water to drown you! [C#7] (Scream) Turn back! [Chorus] [Key: F# Major] [Arrangement: Climax with heavy syncopated piano, soaring strings, brushed cymbals, and falsetto harmonies] [F#] Muriel! [D] The silk trap in the mist! [B] She turns the compass into smoke! [C#7] She pulls the traveler off the track! [F#] To touch her cheek is to forget the way home! [F#] (Whisper) Muriel. [Outro] [Key: F# Major] [Arrangement: Piano chords fade into string quartet drone and ambient room tone] [F#] The track disappears in her lap. [D] The map goes blank. [B] The traveler stays in the fog. [F#] (Whisper) Muriel. [F#] (Whisper) Lost. [STOP]
