[Instrumental Intro - low-register minor inanga motif, deep restrained ingoma accents, uneasy atmosphere] [Verse 1 - measured spacious phrasing, restrained active accompaniment, tension slowly building] Same rain on the hills Same words on our tongues Different lives, different standing Still I knew your face We crossed the same roads We heard the same names I knew you by your voice Before I knew your place [Pre-Chorus - steadily building tension into chorus] Then they came with their measures They studied face and bone They wrote the difference down And named it blood [Chorus - melodic heavy metal, increased intensity] I knew your face Before the name came first I knew your voice Before we learned the sides Now the name comes first Between your eyes and mine [Verse 2 - firmer measured phrasing, heavier active band, tension rising sharply in the final lines] The hands that wrote it left The writing stayed New voices took the old names And turned them into blades I still knew your doorway I still knew your voice Then every old name carried A warning and a threat They hunted those they named Along the roads we shared [Chorus - melodic heavy metal, stronger intensity] I knew your face Before the name came first I knew your voice Before we learned the sides Now the name comes first Between your eyes and mine [Bridge - exposed, sustained emotional phrasing, growing weight] Far beyond these hills The warnings crossed the world They knew that we were hunted They knew the killing spread They knew… And still the help came late [Instrumental Break - expressive melodic guitar and inanga interplay] [Verse 3 - mounting tension, measured phrasing, full accompaniment steadily intensifies] A barrier in the road Armed men at the side Paper in my hand Your eyes on mine You ask me what I am Then look before you read You know my face You already know [Break - continuous escalation, increasingly forceful delivery, final word sustained] This side That side This side That side One word between us Now decides who leaves ALIVE! [Final Chorus - melodic heavy metal, peak intensity] You know my face But now the name comes first You know my voice You know which side is mine From road to road the question Is answered the same way House after house falls silent Along the roads we shared You know my face You already know [Outro - reduced arrangement, low inanga returns, unresolved] Same rain on the hills Same words on our tongues House after house stands empty No voice answers now I still know the faces I still know the names I knew your face [End]
