[VERSE 1 | DARK PROCESSION | MALE SOLO | GUEMBRI + SNARE + WARPED CLARINET | BRISK, STEADY | CLOSE VOCAL | VINTAGE ANALOGUE] A long road behind me A long shadow ahead So many times I lost the way So many times I turned back Don't ask me where I've been Don't ask what I have lost I have only this one step And the road before me [PRE-CHORUS | GATHERING | MALE + DISTANT VOICES | QRAQEB + MUTED TRUMPET + SNARE | BUILDING | WIDENING | TAPE SATURATION] Step after step Into the night I keep walking I keep going [CHORUS | POWERFUL, AMBIGUOUS | MALE LEAD + POLYPHONIC VOICES | FULL BRASS + GUEMBRI + QRAQEB + MARCHING DRUMS | DRIVING | HUGE SPACE | LIVE ANALOGUE] Father, I'm coming home I'm coming, though I don't know where Father, I'm coming home Will you still know me there? I keep marching I keep marching As long as I have the strength Father, I'm coming home Just one more step [VERSE 2 | STRONGER, HAUNTING | MALE SOLO | GUEMBRI + BRASS + SNARE + MUTED TRUMPET | DRIVING | WIDE THEN CLOSE | TAPE CUTS] I saw a light in the distance I thought that it was home But when I came closer It vanished like a dream I have nothing left to carry I have nothing left to fear If someone waits beyond this road I'll keep walking till I'm there [CALL AND RESPONSE | RITUALISTIC | MALE LEAD + POLYPHONIC VOICES | QRAQEB + BASS DRUM + BRASS | DRIVING | GRANULAR REVERB | MUSIQUE CONCRÈTE] LEAD: Can you hear me? VOICES: We hear you... LEAD: Can you see me? VOICES: We see you... LEAD: Should I come back? VOICES: Come back... LEAD: Are you there? [LONG PAUSE] VOICES: ... [CHORUS | EXPANDING, EMOTIONAL | MALE LEAD + FULL POLYPHONY | FULL BRASS + GNawa PERCUSSION + MARCHING DRUMS | FULL | ENORMOUS SPACE | ANALOGUE] Father, I'm coming home I'm coming, though I don't know where Father, I'm coming home Will you still know me there? I keep marching I keep marching As long as I have the strength Father, I'm coming home Just one more step [BRIDGE | SUSPENDED, SACRED BUT AMBIGUOUS | MALE WHISPER + OVERLAPPING VOICES | GUEMBRI DRONE + REVERSED BRASS + QRAQEB | FREE-TIME | IMMENSE GRANULAR SPACE | MUSIQUE CONCRÈTE] Maybe home Is only a word Maybe home Is someone's hands Maybe home Is waiting behind that door Or maybe Someone is waiting there [INSTRUMENTAL MARCH | HYPNOTIC, ASCENDING | NO LEAD VOCAL | GUEMBRI + QRAQEB + BRASS + SNARE + BASS DRUM | BUILDING TO CLIMAX | VAST REVERB | TAPE COLLAGE] [FINAL MARCH | TRIUMPHANT, TRANSCENDENT | MALE LEAD + ALL VOICES | FULL BRASS + GNawa + POLYPHONY + DRUMS | MAXIMUM | MASSIVE DECAY | LIVE ANALOGUE] MARCH! MARCH! MARCH! Just one more step! MARCH! MARCH! MARCH! We're almost there! Father, I'm coming home Father, I'm coming home MARCH! MARCH! MARCH! I won't look back! MARCH! MARCH! MARCH! Open the door! [FINAL BREAK | INTIMATE, DEVASTATING | MALE SOLO | GUEMBRI + SINGLE SNARE + DISTANT TRUMPET | SUDDENLY EMPTY | CLOSE VOCAL + LONG REVERB | ANALOGUE] Father... I'm coming... home. [OUTRO | MYSTERIOUS, OPEN-ENDED | MALE + DISTANT POLYPHONIC VOICES | GUEMBRI + FADING QRAQEB + SINGLE BRASS NOTE | FADING | EXTREME DISTANCE | DAMAGED TAPE] Father... I'm coming home...
