[Use enharmonic synemmenon dromos rast (descending) mode with karar-kaçış seyir for all harmonic elements. Bassline follows strictly by doubling lead instruments in perfect fourths.] [Female voice B, Cleomnestra, regal suzerain: surgically precise coloratura contralto with agility, squillo, pure operatic tone throughout, steady tessitura, mask resonance, narrow ambitus, microtonal bends] [Dynamics swell - full ensemble *including drums* joins immediately on beat 1] [Vorspiel starts with full intensity and full gallop - 2 bars, full crescendo] [All vorspiels are the same copy/pasted from the opener, ghammaz section is the only one that changes the pattern.] [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Verse 1] The Lord saith: Let yer word be yea-yea, Or nay-nay. Do not swear on His name In vain. Show the queen Whether yer titles Are mere ass-scratchers Or real accolades. [Chorus] It is time. Answer the queen's question With a simple aye Or a simple nay. [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Verse 2] This is another of Titan's marvelous inventions: It reads all hidden intentions. If ye attempt to deceive the queen And do not answer with honesty, To the bottom of the Kraken mareh Shall ye flounder irremediably Without possibility Of recovery. His imperial majesty asked The queen to marry a man That comes from earth, Be it His majesty Or a lad of her choice. Forsooth, imperial envoy Will read the decree For ye to hear. [Chorus] It is time. Weigh yer words carefully, Answer truthfully Or deceitfully And reap the fruit Of yer decisions. [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Instrumental bridge - Ghammaz section with taqsim - 2 bars] [Ghammaz Section - non-lexical vocalizations] * 嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯... * 嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯... [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Verse 3] How can it be Neither of you wants to marry the queen? Is it something wrong with her? Ye have abundant duty And cannot settle down On foreign lands? Nothing is wrong with the queen ye say, Yet the queen says There is something odd in yer ways. Then the queen must concede Her unviolable defeat. Now, imperial envoy, tell the queen, What is so funny? [Last section, max intensity, drum rolls building tension] [buildup] Indeed 'tis so: Yer aye is aye, Yer nay is nay. Ye do not speak in vain. [release] The queen allows ye to be pulled up. This trial, as those before it, Ye have passed it Successfully indeed. Yer honesty is unviolable, No more trials remain. Now the queen invite ye For a solemn banquet. [start fade out, slow down] [Vorspiel - 2 bars, fadeout] * 嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯... * 嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯... [end]
