[MOVEMENT ONE — PASTORAL] [Lute and recorder — sunlight] [Female — bright, almost floating] Roses blooming in the fall Prying eyes don't reach the wall I did not come for herbs [Frame drum — warm pulse] Strore zo malvi The roots are everything [Hurdy gurdy] Ve cro ieio Fo ui niéce malvi I wanted warm hands And a stranger's call Ve cro strindo ce addo Ve cro... ve cro... [Refrain — joyful] Show me the garden Show me the wall Strip me down Give it all [Softer] Trerda grodra ieglii Green-eyed man Ve nassugo I chose Ve nassugo [Long held note — silence — three seconds of peace] [MOVEMENT TWO — STORMY] [Contrabass — sudden — hard] [Male — low, ruined] How many beds have you tended [Female — cold] Step aside [Distorted strings — war drum] [Female — the flood] Scu pia po: dodatce You told her she was beautiful Ve e po, ce treda [Male — breaking] Ce malvi Not the same [Female — wrecked] Iestre eltro Iestre doi The body opens The body gives You said You said [Silence — two beats] [Female — low, dangerous] Kneel [War drum doubles] [Female — climbing] And you watched me choose You thief You fool [Male — the mask stripped] I want to kill him I want to eat the sun [Female — whispered] Ve nasti scu I hate you [Male — ruined] Ve zo lunqua I am the storm [The drums lock in] [Both voices layering, exhausted, intertwined] I hate you I know I hate you I know [Contrabass alone — carrying something through the dark] [Female — almost spoken] I want you to crawl [Male — a whispered gasp] Do not tempt fate [Female] Kneel [Male] Na natsce chértă We will both pay [Silence] [A bee. A distant bell. Nothing else.]
