8. Wasteland (Instrumental)

[Intro] [Whispers carried by cold wind] [Footsteps crunching slowly through frozen snow] [A distant cough… then silence] [Howling blizzard fades in, swirling left to right] [Verse I] [Temple bells toll continuosly to sound an alarm… then echo into the distance] [Acoustic guitar begins, sparse and echoing] (Voices whisper prayers in forgotten tongues) [A shout cracks the stillness] (Thunder storm) [Eerie drones rise beneath the storm] [Chorus] [Wind peaks — blizzard at full force] [Screams echo briefly, buried in the storm] [Temple bells toll again, slower… heavier] [Flutes weep quietly beneath the chaos] [Silence swells, then collapses] [Bridge] [No sound… only breathing] [A scream, raw and distant] [Everything drops into stillness] [A final acoustic strum fades into snow] [Outro] [Last bell tolls, faint and broken] [Whispers return — this time closer] [Footsteps stop] [Silence]