[Intro] / ambient night wind through chicken wire, low battery camera hum, sudden flutter of panicked wings cut short / rigid synthetic 16th-note bassline cutting in, dead dry / female French whisper, heavy tape delay Le double parfait dans la nuit verte... il imite ta voix... (The perfect double in the green night... it mimics your voice...) [Verse 1] / harsh male baritone, dry and deadpan delivery Feathers scattered in the chicken pen Slaughter in the darkness once again Set the night cam on the wooden post Hoping for a wolf, a fox, a ghost Plugged the tape into the glowing screen Freezing at the phantom in the green Stepping forward with a naked frame Staring through the lens without a shame Every feature identical and tight A twin of mine recorded in the night Head jerks backward in a frozen loop Moving silent by the wire coop Grabbed the rifle, headed for the tree Hunting down the thing that looked like me [Pre-Chorus] #heavy metal kick slam #hammer strike Lost the trail among the ancient pines! Boulders multiplying in the lines! #metal stomp #crescendo Found him lying by the stranger's knee! Eyes turned yellow staring back at me! [Chorus] / aggressive male shout, full EBM sequence Doppelgänger in the deep dark wood! Standing frozen where the shadow stood! #metal stomp #hammer strike Calling out my words in twisted tone! Copying my voice until I'm alone! Pale yellow eyes burning in the night! Fading from the circle of the light! [Post-Chorus] / cold female vocal, distant reverb, minimal beat Il porte ton visage... la terreur s'infiltre... (He wears your face... terror creeps in...) #industrial strike #camera click Playback locked. [Verse 2] / harsh male baritone, tight sequence Hound is barking, running far ahead Followed by a heavy sense of dread Shouting orders in a trembling fright As my own voice echoed in the night Fired once into the frozen air Nothing but a giant standing there Head jerks backward in a frozen loop Moving silent by the wire coop Grabbed the rifle, headed for the tree Hunting down the thing that looked like me Pale yellow eyes burning in the night Fading from the circle of the light [Bridge] / beat strips back to solitary 16th bassline and distant metal clang / harsh male baritone, low spoken tone It called the dog's name. With my breath. With my voice. And now they're standing right outside the window. / female French whisper Il est à la porte... n'ouvre jamais... (He is at the door... never open...) #massive metal slam LET THE IRON ROAR! [Chorus] / aggressive male shout, maximum drive and hammer strikes Doppelgänger in the deep dark wood! Standing frozen where the shadow stood! #metal stomp #hammer strike Calling out my words in twisted tone! Copying my voice until I'm alone! Pale yellow eyes burning in the night! Fading from the circle of the light! [Outro] / beat slows down, heavy kick fades, solitary digital battery-depleted tone and crunch of cold gravel outside the window into dead silence / harsh male baritone, cold deadpan whisper Tape log: one hundred percent. The yellow eyes are still outside. / female French whisper Le double prend ta place... fin d'enregistrement... (The double takes your place... end of recording...) #distant metal clang Shift completed.
