3. Milli elda (Mezi ohni)

[Intro | two bonfires crackling | rumbling sub-bass drone | slow ritual breathing | no drums] [Throat drone | single sustained low throat tone | one deep shaman frame drum hit with bone beater] [Drums enter | bodhran rolling march with wooden tipper | deep deerskin shaman frame drum on every downbeat | warm wooden room] [Lyre motif | dark bowed lyre four-note phrase low in the mix | bodhran keeps rolling march] [Verse 1 | deep half-spoken chant | steady bodhran with tipper | shaman frame drum heartbeat below] Högg á hjarta svíða hversu breiðr er heims jaðarr? hverr kýss sér sitt miskunn er reykr [Verse 2 | deep chant | bodhran rolls grow denser | bass frame drum booms under each line] Hjartans högg hringi ek stundum kveiki ek eld skýli ek augum í loga brenni hljótt þat er þú ert [Chant | low male choir doubled an octave down | bodhran and shaman frame drum hit together on each word] HJARTANS HÖGG HJARTANS HÖGG HJARTANS HÖGG [Verse 3 | second bodhran joins | shaman frame drums layered | heavier ritual breathing] Mjúku hjartans höggi logandi, rifinn af hug skal ek ávallt dumbr vera lyklalauss at mínum durum? [Invocation | whispered | drums drop to single slow shaman frame drum strikes] Heitr ertu, hripuðr göngumk firr, funi [Verse 4 | full bodhran march returns | lyre rises an octave | rising urgency] Hjartans högg kveð ek ást er söngr segir þat er hon hylr án orða lifnar hon EIGI [Climax | many bodhrans and deep shaman frame drums at full force | massive low choir | no shouting] HJARTANS HÖGG bind ek saman FÁ eru þau HJARTANS HÖGG HJARTANS HÖGG [Drop | all drums stop | lone throat drone only] Enn óttumk ek nökkut at þat sé vert at lifa [Outro | one last distant shaman frame drum strike | slow fade | only the two fires remain] [End]