[Intro — acoustic plucked lyre alone; a slow descending minor melody with Slavic folk-inspired ornaments, ringing open strings and natural wooden resonance] [Transition — low guitar feedback rises beneath the last lyre note; dry drums abruptly establish a driving groove] [Verse 1 — rapid female rhythmic recitative; low smoky rasp, dense short phrases, crisp consonants over muted guitars] Drae sa graal, draen sa vel, saen sa thaen. Thessun sa naal, thessil a thu, kaen a en. En ren kaelvanna veyr sa krenna vauren. En ren maelvanna thu sa kveld við mauren. Thu ren osvitha hál, en ren kaeritha vor. En ren nævitha maelun sa naal, sa mor. [Pre-Chorus — grainy female clean voice; longer rising phrases, bass and toms underneath] Ke thu shaelira sael a en? Ke thu naevara sa draun a en? [Transition — final question dissolves into a reversed vocal swell; full-band impact] [Chorus — powerful husky female clean singing; plaintive Slavic folk-inspired melody over heavy syncopated guitars] Sael a kveld, sael a vaern, En maeritha kaen a mauren. Vaelruna sael, saelruna nae, Morvaen morvanna — aelvanna, vae! [Transition — guitars choke off between two dry lyre plucks; distorted bass carries the chorus rhythm into the solo] [Solo — amplified plucked lyre develops the chorus melody; rapid fingerpicked ornaments, tremolo plucking, ringing open fifths and rhythmic damping over heavy guitars, bass and live drums; clear percussive string attack] [Transition — band cuts out beneath the final lyre phrase; its last note rings naturally into the bridge] [Bridge — intimate low female clean singing, short fragile phrases; acoustic lyre alone underneath] Mael sa naal. Vor sa graal. Kaen a thu. En no osh. [Transition — final breath becomes a granular hiss; one beat of silence, then a violent dry guitar-and-snare hit] [Verse 2 — aggressive double-time female recitative; rough chest rasp, urgent articulation, deep growled accents] Veyr sa hál, hrím sa thae, mor sa velthun. En no torvanna thaen, en no khaemira kelrun. Kraeshira graal, ossara vor, draevira vael! En ul no moritha mael, en ul saelitha sael. No nævitha kaen a thu sa næveth a mauren. En ul thessira nareth sa járn, sa kauren! [Transition — last word breaks into accelerating stereo fragments; guitars slide down into distorted sub-bass] [Dubstep Breakdown — one short eight-bar section; snarling formant bass answers jagged guitar stabs over crushing half-time drums; chopped lyre plucks, metallic impacts and sudden rhythmic gaps; no new lyrics] [Transition — electronic bass cuts off mid-phrase; ascending acoustic lyre run, reverse cymbal swell, explosive chorus entrance] [Final Chorus — powerful smoky female clean lead layered with deep growls and cutting screams; broad mournful melody, massive half-time guitars, ringing lyre countermelody] Sael a kveld, sael a vaern, En maeritha kaen a mauren. Vaelruna sael, saelruna nae, Morvaen morvanna — aelvanna, vae! [Outro — acoustic lyre reprises the descending intro melody over three widely spaced guitar-and-drum impacts; final strings are sharply damped, hard cut]
