[Intro — The Knife is Blessed] NNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH (endless, suffocating) THUD………THUD………THUD (floor tom heartbeats) hhhhhhrrrrrrhhhhhkkksssshhhhhhhhh (steel sharpening breath) [Verse I — First Incision] CHUHHHHHHHHHHHH—CHUHHHHHHHHHHHH BOOM………BOOM………ssssnaaaaaaare-KKKKRRRSHHHHHH GGGGHHHHHHHHHUUUUUUKKKKKKHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH (“a thin red line across silence…”) [Chorus — Peeling Continues] WRRRRRRNNNNNNNNNNNNNGHHHHHHHHHHHH (strings sagging like skin) UUUUUURRRRRRGHHHHHHHHH… UUUUGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH BOOM………BOOM………BOOM………CRRSHHHHHHHH Each syllable a strip torn free. [Verse II — The Flaying Ritual] GRRRNNNNNNHHHHHH—GRNNNNNNNNHHHHHH—GRNNNNNNHHHHHHH THUD-THUD………THUD-THUD………BLAMBLAMBLAM GGHHHRRRRUUUUKKKKHHHHHHHHHHHH SKKRRRREEEEEEIIIIIIIIHHHHHHHHHHHH (The man is half-skinless, shrieking nerves.) [Bridge — Organs Exposed] NNNNNNNNGGHHHHHHH-rrnnghhhhhh-rrrrnnnnghhhhhh TUK…TUK…TUK-TUK……BLAM-KRRRSSHHHHHH UUUEEEEEKHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH (layered with OOOOUUUHHHHHHHHHHH) sshhhhhhlllllrrrrrrppppp (arterial spray made sound) [Breakdown — The Red Procession] CHUG……CHUG……CHUGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH BOOM……BOOM……BOOM-BOOM-CRASH GGGGHHHHRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHKKKKKKKGGGGHHHHHHHHH kkkkkkkkkhhhrrhhhhh (vocals choking out) (Audience hears skin slapping the floor.) [Outro — Man Without Mask] Ooooooouuuuunnnnnnnnnggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh (feedback bending down) sssssskkkkkinnnnnnnnnnnnghhhhh (whisper fading to silence) THUD……… (a single collapsing heartbeat)
