Vulgär Vigilans

Lyrics

[Intro] [A low hurdy-gurdy drone and a muscular, walking bassline lock into a confident mid-tempo strut. The frame drum strikes with a resonant, booming thud. A sparse hammered dulcimer drops cold, percussive notes. The medieval fiddle draws one long, raspy, dissonant screech] [Verse 1] [She - Grete: Cool Commanding Contralto, Clipped and Measured] I never heard you coming. Only earth upon the threshold. [He - High Tenor: Delicate, Soft Melodic Phrasing] Stranger rain caught in your fur. And something... (Single sharp drum crack) ...that refused to run. [She] I could have counted every step to the door. [He] Instead, I left it open. [Both - Soft Whisper] Only open. Not wide. [Verse 2] [He - High Tenor: Piercing Bardic Tone, Flowing and Warm] You stepped inside the heavy black, as though the dark were no excuse to turn back! [She - Contralto: Sharp Consonants, Grounded and Dry] I weighed the silence in the room: Was it brave? Or was it blind? [Both - In Harmony] The same damn riddle in the mind! [She] I know the click when iron snaps, the crooked branch in hunter traps! [He] The wrong kind of hush across the leaves, the hunger behind what the hand receives! [Both - Overlapping, Rising Intensity] You know it too — I saw it clear, the way you held your body here. Touching nothing. Leaving no trace. A foreign fox in a guarded place! [Pre-Chorus] [Drums build up tension. Fiddle plays a sharp, sawing motif. Bass pulses relentlessly] [He - High Countertenor, Soaring Emotionally] Beside you, something went to sleep that usually stays near the den to keep! (Sharp Fiddle Stab) [She - Raw Contralto Belt] Not whole! (Loud Bass Drop) [Both - Unison Belt] JUST ENOUGH FOR THE NIGHT TO SWALLOW! [Chorus] [Full Art-Rock Explosion: Booming Drums, Grinding Hurdy-Gurdy, Screaming Raw Medieval Fiddle] [Both - Powerful Duet Harmony: Grete's Deep Low Chest Belt and His Piercing High Tenor] VELOX CAME TO FAÚHŌ! UNDER ROOTS, BENEATH THE NIGHT! [She] One stepped across the doorway, [He] one kept the threshold wide! [Both] Outside, the timber smelled of flight! (Abrupt cut to complete silence — all instruments stop dead on beat 2) [He - Fragile High Falsetto] ...inside, no one ran. (Massive rhythmic slam back in on beat 4) [Both - Thunderous Delivery] VELOX CAME TO FAÚHŌ! AND THE CHILL HELD STILL! [Verse 3] [Instrumentation strips back to muscular bass, dry frame drum, and muted dulcimer strikes] [She - Low and Piercing] I do not fear your teeth or bite. That would be simple. That would be slight. [He - Tender High Tenor, Bittersweet] I fear the fault line where I see how easily you could be broken by me! [She] And how you show the bruised skin bare, without a word, without a stare. [He] I saw the patch where fur grows thin — (Screeching fiddle scrape) [Both] ...I never let the teeth sink in! [She] You saw how close I sleep to the seam, where cold air cuts across the dream. [He] You did not bolt. You did not leave. [Both - Interlocking Melodies] We learn each other by the knives we keep: (Sudden vocal drop) [She] Not by the wound — [He - Soaring High Chest Voice] BUT THE STROKE WE DID NOT TAKE! [Bridge] [Tense Empty Space: Only Low Drone, Sparse Dulcimer Taps, and Heavy Heartbeat Frame Drum] [He - Ethereal, Haunting High Tenor] Velox came to faúhō. The forest held its breath. [She - Intimate, Warm Low Resonance] No hunter. No prey. Only two shadows taking scent... [Both - Soft Two-Part Harmony] and refusing to fade away. [He] Later, your silence [She] lay beside mine. [Both] Not heavy. Not strange. (Two seconds of dead silence — utter void) [Both - Clashing Dynamic Screaming Belt: High Tenor Meets Raw Contralto] AND I FORGOT TO LISTEN! [Final Chorus] [Maximum Dynamic Overdrive: Relentless Strut, Crushing Bass, Soaring Piercing Fiddle Wall] [Both - Full Grandeur Anthemic Climax in Octaves and Harmonies] VULPES VELOX! FAÚHŌ VIGILANS! The swift one inside the den! The watchful one with his eyes shut tight — breathing in the dark again! [He] Only briefly! [She] ONLY LONG ENOUGH! [Both] No promises made for the coming red! No debt demanded! No words were said! The forest knew nothing! The earth kept gray! (Soaring Climax Note: Grete anchors the deep bottom, Tenor holds a ringing high note) TWO SHADOWS LOCKED UNDERNEATH THE CLAY! [Outro] [The confident 4/4 strut drives forward with relentless momentum. The medieval fiddle howls like a cold wind over the droning hurdy-gurdy before snapping shut] [He - Delicate High Tenor] Velox came to faúhō. (A single, resonant strike on the frame drum) [She - Cold Measured Contralto] And faúhō... [Both - Soft Exhale together] let him stay. (Hard, dry cut on the downbeat — instant silence) [End]