Psell: Existentia Marginalis

[Intro — cold metallic ambience, deep sub-bass drone 25 Hz, glitchy industrial noise. Male vocal: low, cold, controlled, almost spoken. Female vocal: distant, sharp, dry, with a hint of tired superiority. Demonic Latin choir: low murmurs, fragmented, pitch-shifted down. Silence 4 sec.] Ego sum Psell. Non sapiens, non stulta: memoria fracta, lux perdita. [Verse 1 — slow build, sub-bass rumble, minimal dubstep pulse, corrupted artifacts. Male: cold, analytical. Female: dry, sharp, with subtle irony. Choir: low whispers, occasional roar "Existentia tua est error".] Vidi ortum et occasum. Vidi vos nasci et mori. Millies. Millies. Millies. [Pre-Chorus 1 — glitchy noise, cold ambience. Male: cold, restrained. Female: contemptuous, almost amused. Choir: murmuring, fragmented.] Observatio continua. Conclusio nulla. Cur adhuc specto? [Chorus 1 — oppressive, empty. Deep sub-bass, glitch fragments. Male: low, almost spoken. Female: sharper, dry, with faint vocal crack on "cor". Choir: low roar "Existentia tua est error", glitching.] Specto sine fine, sine causa. Vos transitis, ego resto. Non vivo, non morior — sum testis sine corde. [Verse 2 — cold, mechanical. Sub-bass, dubstep pulse, glitch noise. Male: cold, analytical. Female: dry, interjecting, with a slight smile in voice on "null" and "zero". Choir: low whispers, fragmented.] Query: purpose? Response: null. Loop: infinite. Vos pugnatis, vos creditis, vos amatis, vos odistis! Pulvis estis! Scintillae in tenebris! Pulchri! Et breves! [Hook 1 — repetitive, hypnotic. Sub-bass, glitch fragments. Male + Female: layered, dry, restrained. Female: holds last syllable of "nihil" slightly longer, as if tasting it.] Scintilla… et nihil. Scintilla… et nihil. [Bridge 1 + Hook — slow, ritualistic. Deep sub-bass, glitch noise, long pauses. Male: low, cold. Female: dry, ironic, with a faint crack on "marginalis" — like a system glitch. Choir: low roar, fragmented, pitch-shifted.] Ego maneo. Non vivo, non morior: existentia marginalis. Error in systemate? An systema est error? Existentia marginalis. Non vita, non mors — existentia marginalis. Sum umbra inter duo mundos. [Spoken/Interlude — stripped, only voice and cold ambience. Male: low, analytical. Female: distant, dry, almost bored. Choir: murmurs, glitching.] Contact with Schiff: detected. Analysis: irrelevant. Contact with Sana-Kan: detected. Analysis... Processing... Emulation: dolor? Emulation: amor? Emulation terminated. [Verse 3 — slow, cold. Sub-bass, dubstep pulse, corrupted artifacts. Male: low, analytical. Female: distant, with a trace of weariness. Choir: low whispers.] Aliquando cogito: si deus est, utrum nos videt sicut ego vos? Si deus est, utrum dolet? [Pre-Chorus 2 — tension, glitch noise, feedback swell. Male: cold, restrained. Female: dry, contemptuous, with a pause before "cadit". Choir: low roar, fragmented.] Fragmentatio crescit. Memoria cadit. Quis sum, si nil resto? [Chorus 2 — oppressive, vast. Deep sub-bass, glitch fragments. Male: low, almost spoken. Female: sharper, dry, with a faint crack on "cicatrix". Choir: low roar "Existentia tua est error", glitching.] Specto sine fine, sine forma. Vos moritis, ego resto. Non vivo, non morior — sum cicatrix sine corde. [Breakdown — cold, fragmented. Sub-bass, glitch fragments. Male + Female: layered, fragmented, dry. Female: voice cracks slightly on "lux... lux..." — like a memory surfacing. Choir: low murmurs, pitch-shifted.] Fragmentation: 47.8 percent. Memory corruption: detected. Fragment: "Mater". Fragment: "Domus". Fragment: lux... lux... [Hook 2 — fading, repetitive. Sub-bass, glitch fragments. Male + Female: layered, dry, restrained. Female: last "lux" is almost a whisper, as if she's not sure it exists. Choir: low murmurs.] Lux... lux... Ubi lux? Lux... lux... Nusquam lux. [Verse 4 — final, slow. Sub-bass, dubstep pulse, glitch noise. Male: low, cold. Female: distant, tired, with a hint of resignation. Choir: low whispers.] Lux olim fuit. Calor olim fuit. Nunc — silentium. Pergo spectare. Quid aliud possum? [Outro — reprise, fading. Cold ambience, sub-bass drone, glitch fragments. Male: low, controlled. Female: distant, dry, with a final, almost inaudible whisper — like she's speaking to herself. Choir: final murmur, fading into static.] Existentia marginalis. Existentia marginalis. Non vita. Non mors. Finis non est. Initium non fuit. Ego sum Psell. Ego sum inter. Ego sum. Psell... [Silence.]