[Intro] (Slow, heavy gramophone static. A single, detuned piano key strikes like a funeral bell. Deep, distorted bass enters with a slow, dragging swing) [Verse] Moon a-hide behind di jagged peak Spirit world a-start fi speak Midnight oil inna di rusty lamp Gully-side air a-get cold an' damp Shadow dem a-dance upon di wall Answer to di ancient drum-beat call [Pre-Chorus] (Slow, eerie vocal stacks building with long echoes) Cross di line... cross di bone Master of di silver throne Higher an' higher Feed di spirit fire [Chorus] (Massive, slow stacked harmonies, wide and spectral) Step inna di circle, join di dark cabaret Dancin' wid di ghost 'til di break a-day Echoes screamin' inna Patois tongue Ancient melody weh never been sung (Oh-h-h, swing it low, oh-h-h, jive wid di shadow) [Hook] (Whispered, deep rhythmic voodoo chant) Rattle di bone... Claim di throne... (Deep, mournful brass groan with heavy reverb) [Verse] Cloudberry wine inna wooden cup Drink it down 'til di sun come up Brass a-wail like a soul on fire Voodoo magic inna funeral pyre From di swamp to di fjords, di power is one Underneath di mask of di midnight sun [Pre-Chorus] (Building ominous multi-layered harmony) Cross di line... cross di bone Master of di silver throne Higher an' higher Feed di spirit fire [Chorus] (Maximum vocal density, slow haunting energy) Step inna di circle, join di dark cabaret Dancin' wid di ghost 'til di break a-day Echoes screamin' inna Patois tongue Ancient melody weh never been sung (Oh-h-h, swing it low, oh-h-h, jive wid di shadow) [Bridge - The Seance Breakdown] (Everything stops. Only a slow, rhythmic finger snap and a ghostly choir whispering) Ghost a-whisper Bell a-ring Duppy dancin' While di spirits sing (Beat returns with a heavy, distorted thud) Swing it low... Swing it low... [Hook - Maximum Ghostly Power] Rattle di bone... Claim di throne... [Final Verse - Heavy and Dragging] Di sun a-circle but it nah go shine Locked inna di rhythm of a dark design Fog a-settle inna graveyard haze Lost inna di magic of di endless days One world a-move to a wicked beat Feel di earth a-crack underneath we feet [Chorus - Grand Finale] (Full wall of sound, slow massive harmonies) Step inna di circle, join di dark cabaret Dancin' wid di ghost 'til di break a-day Echoes screamin' inna Patois tongue Ancient melody weh never been sung (Oh-h-h, swing it low, oh-h-h, jive wid di shadow) [Outro] (Dissonant piano fades. The record slows down physically until the pitch drops to a growl) Shadow box... jive... Swing it... low... (Final record scratch) [End]
