[Acapella Sean-Nós Intro] [Free-rhythm, highly ornamented, ethereal female voice with deep reverb. Unaccompanied except for a low, ominous drone] Cois na habhann, san oíche dhorcha Chonaic mé í, ag níochán mo léine... Fuil ar an uisce... mo bhrón, mo bhrón. [Explosive Hard-Shoe & Reel Instrumental Break] [Sudden burst of thunderous Irish stepdance hard-shoe percussion locked in sync with double-kick drums, heavy syncopated guitar chugs, and a blazing uilleann pipe reel] [Galloping Reel Verse 1] [Driving, rhythmic clean male vocals delivered with a heavy, thick Irish brogue, matching the fast stepdance cadence] T'rough the mist o' the glen, a pale phantom in white! Her hands in the current, disturbin' the night! No blade can be drawn, sure no shield can defend, When the Washer at the Ford brings the omen o' the end! [Rhythmic Stepdance Pre-Chorus] [Dual Vocals: Ethereal Sean-Nós lines alternating with rhythmic, heavily accented clean vocals, backed by sharp hard-shoe accents and marching guitar chugs] [Sean-nós]: Tá mo thráth tagtha... [Thick Irish Metal Vocal]: The water runs red! [Sean-nós]: Éist leis an nglór... [Thick Irish Metal Vocal]: The t'reads o' the dead! [Explosive Stepdance Chorus] [Soaring, theatrical clean male vocals with a pronounced Irish lilt and high female harmonies, driven by a fast, bouncing 4/4 reel beat, sweeping fiddle, and pounding percussion] She weeps fer the lads! She wails in the gloom! Washin' the armor that readies the tomb! An Bhean Níocháin! The phantom o' sorrow! There'll be no dawn, sure there is no tomorrow! [Galloping Reel Verse 2] [Bouncy, driving rhythm; heavy guitars mirror the rapid heel-and-toe clicks of stepdance shoes] The crows are a-gatherin', the battle is near! Her mournful lament strikes the bravest wit' fear! She scrubs out the stains o' the blood yet to spill, I stare at me ghost by the edge o' the hill! [Haunting Sean-Nós Bridge] [Guitars fade to a clean, delay-heavy acoustic picking. Bodhrán heartbeat rhythm with soft heel clicks. Solo female Sean-nós vocal, deeply sorrowful] Níl aon éalú ón gcinniúint seo... Glaonn an talamh ar ais mé, faoi bhun na gcrann. [Fiddle, Guitar & Hard-Shoe Tap Battle] [A high-speed trading of solos: energetic traditional fiddle reel, virtuoso metal guitar shredding, and crisp, thunderous Irish stepdance hard-shoe tap solos] [Heavy Stepdance Breakdown] [Extremely heavy, rhythmic guitar chugs synchronized precisely with stomping hard-shoe heel strikes and booming, heavily accented warrior chants] THE RIVER. RUNS. RED. WASH ME SOUL. JOIN THE DEAD. [Full Cast Grand Finale Chorus] [Maximum theatrical intensity: frantic stepdance percussion, full metal band, uilleann pipes, and dual vocalists] She weeps fer the lads! She wails in the gloom! Washin' the armor that readies the tomb! An Bhean Níocháin! The phantom o' sorrow! There'll be no dawn, sure there is no tomorrow! [Outro] [Metal instruments abruptly cut off. A single, mournful uilleann pipe holds a long note over a fading tap-dance rhythm] [Whispered Outro] Mo bhrón... [A single final hard-shoe strike and water splash fading to silence]
