[Intro – high-pitched male qawwali lead, ritual clapping, harmonium drone, no full kick yet] Ha— Higher… Higher… Fire in the chest, fire in the breath— Higher… Higher… [Verse 1 – ecstatic male lead, call-and-response, harmonium, clapping] There in the chest where the name catches fire, there in the mouth where the lungs climb higher, hands in the air and the room pulled thin, every voice calling the others in. Lead: Higher, higher— Response: Higher, higher— Lead: Pull it closer— Response: Closer, closer— [Lift 1 – first acceleration, chant intensifies] Higher! Higher! Higher! Night in the blood and the ribs gone bright Higher! Higher! Higher! Body shaking under the light Name in the throat, heat in the wire, push it further, take it higher [Verse 2 – stronger chant, first gabber pressure underneath] Beat on beat and breath on breath, one more round till there’s nothing left Hands still striking, voices still climb, one more turn through the redline time Lead: No release— Response: No release— Lead: Push it harder— Response: Push it harder— Under the kick, the chant still burns, through the pressure the spirit turns Don’t let go, don’t come down, take it up till it breaks the ground [Lift 2 – full ritual pressure, gabber enters hard] Higher! Higher! Higher! Kick in the chest, light in the jaw Higher! Higher! Higher! Body in the crush, spirit in awe Harder! Harder! Faster through the flame Harder! Harder! Nothing left but the name [Bridge – exposed chant, kicks reduced, harmonium and claps return] Ah… Weight of the breath Heat of the room Hands still calling Into the bloom Lead: Now let it open— Response: Let it open— Lead: Now let it break— Response: Let it break— [Extreme Section – full 190 BPM gabber assault, chant remains central] HIGHER! HIGHER! HIGHER! Body splitting into light HIGHER! HIGHER! HIGHER! Kick and chant locked in the fight No way out— only through No way down— it carries you Name on name on name on name Throw it in the heat again Name on name on name on name Drive it through the blood again [Final Lift – maximum fusion of ecstasy and punishment] Higher! Higher! Higher! Spirit lit and nerves undone Higher! Higher! Higher! Still we rise into the run Your name only— nothing else This fire only— nothing else Higher! Higher! Lift it, break it Higher! Higher! Drop it, raise it [Outro – chant fragments linger after the assault] Higher… Higher… Breath… Fire… Higher…
