# STRANGE IN THE VEILED HOUR [INTRO — deep Kargyraa / subharmonic drone / wind / bowed bass / distant frame drum] [KARGYRAA] Hrrrmmm… ohhh… Hrrrmmm… ohhh… [WHISPER] Strange in the veiled hour… [KARGYRAA] Hrrrmmm… While we sleep, we think we’re safe, that no one will come to do us harm. [LOW THROAT PULSE] Hmmm… Hmmm… But listen— [KARGYRAA ALONE] The witching hour approaches. [SFX — single distant low frame-drum strike] [VERSE 1 — low female vocal / quiet Kargyraa underneath] A dead hour that should be silent crawls to life with terror and strangeness. [KARGYRAA] Hrrrmmm… Eerie and restless, something stirs. Sleepless demons, feral spirits, things with names we dare not learn. Sunken-eyed, ancient as hunger, old as the roots beneath the earth. [PRE-CHORUS — throat drone / ritual drum] You might have heard her name before. [KARGYRAA] Hrrrmmmm… She only wants a quick visit. Nothing to fear… [SILENCE] unless you’ve been sinful. [KARGYRAA RETURNS] Insatiable, selfish, and mean— young hearts beware of what the old woods see. [CHORUS — massive deep layered Kargyraa / subharmonic bass] BABA YAGA… BABA YAGA… BABA YAGA… [APPROACHING DRUMS — instrumental only / slow low frame-drum strikes / each hit louder and closer] [WHISPER] Tonight… [DRUMS MOVE CLOSER] she seeks… [DRUMS QUICKEN SLIGHTLY] you. [SFX — single enormous low drum impact / no vocalization] [VERSE 2 — low female vocal / Kargyraa underneath] [LOW THROAT PULSE] Hmmm… Hmmm… She applies justice in her own way. A test she might offer. [KARGYRAA] Hrrrmmm… A trial she might demand. [KARGYRAA] Hrrrmmm… A duty she might request. [KARGYRAA] Hrrrrmmmm… There is no telling what she will ask. But listen well. And answer clever. For when the trees begin to whisper and the sleeping ravens stir, [APPROACHING DRUMS — distant instrumental footsteps] when something walks where nothing should— [DRUMS GROW LOUDER AND CLOSER] you will know she has come for you. [SFX — heavy low drum impact] [PRE-CHORUS — deep throat voices / low percussion] You better listen. You better be clever. No lock will stop her. No prayer will hide you. The witching hour has opened its eyes— [KARGYRAA ALONE] and tonight… [APPROACHING DRUMS — distant to close / instrumental only] she… [DRUMS CLOSER] seeks… [DRUMS QUICKEN] you. [SFX — massive low drum impact] [CHORUS — layered deep Kargyraa] BABA YAGA… [WHISPER] She seeks you… [LOW DRUM STRIKE] BABA YAGA… [WHISPER] She sees you… [LOW DRUM STRIKE — CLOSER] BABA YAGA… [WHISPER] She calls you… [LOW DRUMS — CLOSER AND FASTER] [DEEPEST KARGYRAA] BABA YAGA… [SFX — enormous low impact] [BRIDGE — spoken / faint Kargyraa] She doesn’t care who you are. She doesn’t care what you’ve done. When Baba Yaga gives you a task, there are only two places at her table. [LONG SILENCE] Either serve her— [KARGYRAA SWELLS] —or be served to her. [SFX — single massive frame-drum strike] [RITUAL BREAK — Kargyraa pulses / heavy frame drum] Hrrm… Hrrm… Hrrm… Hrrm… BABA YAGA… [WHISPER] A test she might offer… BABA YAGA… [WHISPER] A trial she might demand… BABA YAGA… [WHISPER] A duty she might request… [MASSIVE KARGYRAA] BABA YAGA! [FINAL CHORUS — dark ritual crescendo / deep Kargyraa / huge drums] Strange in the veiled hour, while all the world is sleeping, [KARGYRAA] Hrrrrmmmm… something old is walking, [APPROACHING DRUMS — very distant / instrumental only] something hungry seeks you. [DRUMS GROW CLOSER] [KARGYRAA CHORUS] BABA YAGA… [DRUM STRIKE — CLOSER] BABA YAGA… [DRUM STRIKE — CLOSER] BABA YAGA… [DRUMS QUICKEN] The young used to come to her— [INSTRUMENTS CUT / KARGYRAA REMAINS] but tonight… [APPROACHING DRUMS — very distant] [WHISPER] she… [DRUMS CLOSER] comes… [DRUMS QUICKEN / NOW EXTREMELY CLOSE] [EXTREMELY CLOSE WHISPER] to you. [SFX — enormous final low drum impact] [OUTRO — silence / lone deep Kargyraa] Hrrrrmmmm… [WHISPER] Tonight… [VERY DISTANT LOW DRUM STRIKE] she seeks you. [KARGYRAA] Baba Yaga… [ONE DISTANT FRAME-DRUM STRIKE] [SUBHARMONIC DRONE FADES]
