[Intro — distant wind, low drone, solitary duduk] [Female Lead Vocal, whispered] The mountain dreams beneath the snow [Male Baritone, distant] And who dreams the mountain so? [Verse 1] [Female Lead Vocal] I left my name beside the road [Female Lead Vocal] With all the things I thought I knew [Male Baritone] You search the world to find your soul [Male Baritone] But who is searching inside you? [Female Lead Vocal] The monks are smiling behind their walls [Female Lead Vocal] The silver sky begins to tear [Male Baritone] The world seems solid till it falls [Male Baritone] The moment you turn and look with care [Pre-Chorus] [Female Lead Vocal] If this is a dream, then who’s asleep? [Male Baritone] The one who asks the question [Female Lead Vocal] And if the sleeper has no face? [Male Baritone] Who hears this confession? [Chorus] [Female Lead Vocal] The mountain that dreams — is it me? [Male Baritone] The river that runs — is it you? [Female Lead Vocal] I reach for the void, it holds me [Male Baritone] I let go of the world, it comes through [Female Lead Vocal] The mountain that dreams knows nothing [Male Baritone] Still, everything moves through its sleep [Female Lead Vocal] I’m searching for a door at the end of the road [Male Baritone] It opens on the other side of waking [Instrumental Interlude — duduk tells a rising, unresolved story; bass and drums gradually enter, guitar echoes its final phrase] [Verse 2] [Female Lead Vocal] A merchant sells me mirrors of heaven [Female Lead Vocal] A holy man says he can end my fear [Male Baritone] Nirvana comes in sizes eleven [Male Baritone] And enlightenment costs extra here [Female Lead Vocal] I close my eyes, the world remains [Female Lead Vocal] I open them, the world is gone [Male Baritone] You want a life without mistakes [Male Baritone] But dreams belong to no one [Pre-Chorus] [Female Lead Vocal] If this is a dream, then who’s asleep? [Male Baritone] Perhaps no one, perhaps you [Female Lead Vocal] If heaven is reflected in the deep [Male Baritone] Who can tell the sky from its blue? [Chorus] [Female Lead Vocal] The mountain that dreams — is it me? [Male Baritone] The river that runs — is it you? [Female Lead Vocal] I reach for the void, it holds me [Male Baritone] I let go of the world, it comes through [Female Lead Vocal] The mountain that dreams knows nothing [Male Baritone] Still, everything moves through its sleep [Female Lead Vocal] I’m searching for a door at the end of the road [Male Baritone] It opens on the other side of waking [Bridge — drums fall away; duduk alone, then voices alternate] [Female Lead Vocal, fragile] I was the dreamer, I believed [Male Baritone, low] You were the dream, perhaps [Female Lead Vocal] I was the mountain, I believed [Male Baritone] No one was there to look back [Build — full band, layered guitars, duduk soaring above the rhythm] [Female Lead Vocal] Don’t wake me yet, I want to see [Male Baritone] Don’t fall asleep to be set free [Female Lead Vocal] The world dissolves inside my voice [Male Baritone] Then comes back without a choice [Final Chorus — expansive, intense] [Female Lead Vocal] The mountain that dreams — is it me? [Male Baritone] The river that runs — is it you? [Female Lead Vocal] I reach for the void, it holds me [Male Baritone] There’s no one here, yet all comes through [Female Lead Vocal] The dreaming mountain falls silent [Male Baritone] The sky never promised a key [Female Lead Vocal] I leave my name beneath the snow [Male Baritone, fading] The mountain dreams… and nothing dreams [Outro — duduk repeats the opening motif, gradually dissolving into wind] [Female Lead Vocal, whisper] Who dreams? [Male Baritone, whisper] Who asks?
