[Use chromatic synemmenon maqam nikriz mode with çıkıcı-İnici seyir for all harmonic elements. Bassline follows strictly by doubling lead instruments in perfect fourths.] [Male voice A: Christian, star wrestler - pleurnichard spinto tenor with chest-dominant grit and throaty warmth and squillo, textured, gravelly low-mid register. Starts devastated, ends the song with hope.] [Dynamics swell - full ensemble *including drums* joins immediately on beat 1] [Vorspiel starts with full intensity - 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, section A] I couldn't save you. You never told me What was burdening you. Instead, you were my pillar Stately, firm, unchanging. I took everything for granted And never thought this day would come. [Verse 1, section B] Yet this very day came And when you're away, I know you'll hear me anyway, So I'll speak As if you were standing right here Beside me. [Chorus] Forgive my selfishness. Forgive my blindness. If you forgive me, Perhaps I'll be able To forgive myself. [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Verse 2, section A] Ruth says you wouldn't want Me to be like I was. Is it true, Eddie? Please, let me know. They say God is almighty, Let Him give me a sign. I don't know where to go, Nor what to do. I'm lost and clueless, But I start feeling at peace. [Verse 2, section B] I'm watching the flames Dance in the near-dark. The placid faces from the walls Watch me as I clumsily Light this candle. They won't laugh If I burn myself. Won't they? [Chorus] I was powerless to help you. I was powerless to do anything. I promise it now: I won't be tormenting myself By reliving the past Over and over again. [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, section A] I will not let thy memory Be sullied by their spinster tales. All they cared was the pelf We were bringing to them By making fools of ourselves. I have promised And I really Feel at peace. It's stronger than me. [Verse 3, section B] The flames flicker slowly, As my tears fall warmly. For the first time, I feel at peace when I cry. [Last chorus, drum rolls building tension] You gave me strength my whole life. It's because of you I managed to strive And come this far. Now, the world that killed you Is what I'll leave behind Without looking back. When we meet again, I want to be another kind of man. [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]
