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Part 1 : "Innocence and the Pact" (V6)

V6-MINI

[Intro – 0:00-0:45 – Forest ambiance, birds, wind. No instruments for first 30 seconds. Then a solo piano enters. No guitars, no drums.] [Female spoken whispering voice] “At the beginning there’s Innocence and the Pact …” [Intro - Forest sounds, light wind, a single bird sings; Piano, electric guitar arpeggio] [Verse 1 – 0:45-1:30 – Female voice a cappella for first two lines, then piano joins. No orchestra, no metal.] [Verse 1 -Female voice] At the dawn of counting time, a whisper filled the air The mountains learned to breathe, the rivers learned to care A gift was placed in trembling hands, a fire from the core A promise written in the grain, a treaty signed before We knew the weight of granite, the patience of the stone We were the children of the light, but we were not alone [Chorus – 1:30-2:00 – Sudden full metal band entry. Double bass drums, distorted guitars. Orchestra in background. Female voice upfront.] [Chorus -Female operatic vocals, rock choirs] We swore to the forest, we swore to the tide (we swore to the tide) To guard the fragile ember, with nothing left to hide (with nothing left to hide) We took the breath of comets, we drank the lunar milk (we drank the lunar milk) And wrapped ourselves in chlorophyll, in shadows and in silk (in shadows and in silk) [Instrumental – 2:00-2:45 – Virtuoso bass solo. No guitars. Minimal drums. Orchestra strings in background.] [Verse 2 – 2:45-3:30 – Female voice + solo bass only. No guitars, no drums, no orchestra.] [Female spoken whispering voice] “At the beginning there’s Innocence and the Pact …” [Intro - Forest sounds, light wind, a single bird sings; Piano, electric guitar arpeggio] [Verse 1 -Female voice] At the dawn of counting time, a whisper filled the air At the dawn of counting time, a whisper [Transition – Thunderclap, silence. Then heavy metal explosion. But here, the metal section will be played with staccato stops and abrupt silences between phrases.] [Female whispering voice] “Then came Betrayal and Judgment …” [Verse 2 - Female voice] But the fire turned to fever, the whisper turned to scream We carved our names upon the world, we poisoned every stream We forgot the language of the soil, we mocked the spinning sky And in our hunger for the sun, we taught the stars to cry [Bridge – 3:30-4:15 – Hammond organ only + choirs a cappella. No metal, no orchestra.] [Bridge - Female operatic vocals, choirs, Heavy Riff] The pact is bleeding in the snow! (in the snow!) The seeds we sold will never grow! ( will never grow!) The earth herself begins to shake! (begins to shake!) The silence for our children's sake! (our children's sake!) [Guitar Solo – 4:15-5:00 – Violin solo from the orchestra. Guitar supports in background. Not a guitar solo.] [Guitar Solo: Epic and melodic solo, very progressive, with alternating clean and saturated sound. The orchestra follows the guitar.] [Return to calm – 5:00-5:30 – Synth pads. Female voice + strings only. No metal.] [Female spoken voice] “So we need a Quest for Reconciliation, a New Alliance …” [Verse 3 - Female voice, Calm, voice alone with synth] Is there a hand to mend the web? A voice to call the rain? Can we rewrite the ancient pact, or is the grief in vain? [Final Chorus – 5:30-6:15 – Full choir a cappella. No instruments, no solo voice.] [Final Chorus - Female operatic vocals, choirs, orchestral Grandiose] We'll find the forest in the dark! (in the dark!) We'll listen to the lark! (to the lark!) A new accord, a final spark! (a final spark!) To heal the cosmic scar! (cosmic scar!) [Outro – 6:15-6:45 – Only forest sounds, wind, birds. No music.] [Outro instrumental - The group stops. The synth create only the sound of the wind and the birds from the intro remains, on a loop, in a crash of heavy metal guitars, like a return to the beginning.] [Return to calm – 5:00-5:30 – Synth pads. Female voice + strings only. No metal.] [Female spoken voice] “So we need a Quest for Reconciliation, a New Alliance …” [Verse 3 - Female voice, Calm, voice alone with synth] Is there a hand to mend the web? A voice to call the rain? Can we rewrite the ancient pact, or is the grief in vain? [Final Chorus – 5:30-6:15 – Full choir a cappella. No instruments, no solo voice.] [Final Chorus - Female operatic vocals, choirs, orchestral Grandiose] We'll find the forest in the dark! (in the dark!) We'll listen to the lark! (to the lark!) A new accord, a final spark! (a final spark!) To heal the cosmic scar! (cosmic scar!) [Outro – 6:15-6:45 – Only forest sounds, wind, birds. No music.] [Outro instrumental - The group stops. The synth create only the sound of the wind and the birds from the intro remains, on a loop, in a crash of heavy metal guitars, like a return to the beginning.]