[Intro] [A plucked bull-lyre alone, low, one repeated figure; a double-reed pipe drone; a frame drum begins a slow heartbeat; temple reverb] [Verse 1] [Lamentation priest: male voice singing in a high, thin, keening register, one-line chant on three notes, mournful, no vibrato] uru-mu ba-gul, e-mu ba-gul a-a uru-mu, a-a e-mu dingir-mu ba-gen, ama-mu ba-gen a-a, a-a, a-a [Refrain] [Low male unison, chanting the refrain back on one note, frame drum doubled, lyre repeating] a uru-mu, a e-mu a uru-mu, a e-mu [Verse 2] [Priest, the chant rising a note higher, the pipe wailing behind him] sila ba-uš, gud ba-uš lu-lu ba-uš, ki ba-sig igi-mu a, ka-mu a a-a, a-a, a-a [Refrain] [Unison, louder, the dark guitar enters under the drone as a low sustained feedback note] a uru-mu, a e-mu a uru-mu, a e-mu [Break] [Everything stops except the lyre and the pipe drone; the priest whispers, then keens again alone] uru-mu… e-mu… a-a… [Verse 3] [Priest, highest and most broken, the guitar feedback swelling under him, sub-bass entering, drum insistent] en-me-en, gala-me-en a-mu, a-mu, uru-mu-še ama-gal, ama-gal, gur-ra a-a, a-a, a-a [Refrain] [Unison, everyone, drum, lyre, pipe, guitar drone, sub-bass — still no chords, still one line] a uru-mu, a e-mu a uru-mu, a e-mu a uru-mu, a e-mu [Outro] [The unison stops; the lyre repeats its figure slower; the drone and the guitar feedback fade; the drum stops last] a…
