Tulpa

[Intro] [free-time low C drone, pure kargyraa subharmonic growl sustained deep, khomus jaw harp intermittent metallic buzz, dungur frame drum distant irregular pulse, cavernous outdoor reverb, close-miked raw throat] [kargyraa low growl hold] ummmmmmmmmmmmm uhmmmmmmmmm [-sygyt faint high whistle edge-] [Verse 1] [igil horsehead fiddle enters slow bowing open drone strings, doshpuluur sparse light plucks, khoomei mid-range overtones, soft vulnerable vocals] We shaped the face for the work the souls denies The smile that holds while the heart rots in lies It sat clean on the jaw, A prison for the man within Fitted the fracture like a second skin [Chorus] [kargyraa dominant with sygyt piercing flashes, dungur pulse tightens, byzaanchy spike fiddle layered low] (It latched) It binds !!! (binds) (Would not lift) (The face we fed) now finds the key, the fear within (It stayed to finish what the mouth began) I am Tulpa! Persona! [-overtone whistle hold-] [Verse 2] [khoomei continuing, shoor end-blown flute long uneasy tones, instruments sparse, soft vulnerable vocals] The tulpa learned the name better than the throat that gave it form It called and called like thunder in a storm Answered when the voice was empty Persona slid into the seat of the personality And locked the door, finally freeeeeee! Freee! [Chorus] [full ensemble tension, borbangnadyr trills on the edge of the growl] (It latched) It binds !!! (binds) (Would not lift) (The face we fed) now finds the key, the fear within (It stayed to finish what the mouth began) I am Tulpa! Persona! [-sygyt flash-] [Bridge] [ezengileer pulsing throat rhythm, instruments drop to drone and khomus, fracture feel] The break it widens more Darkest elements pour in the door What was tool became the hand What was mask became the face that understands [Final Verse] And I saw, and I knew A darker thing was true The thing I thought I made The mask was always in the shade It waits, it watches, it takes control When we are gone, it is our soul We are Tulpa! We are Persona! [-low kargyraa undercurrent-] [Final Chorus] [return to pure kargyraa, instruments peel away one by one] (It latched) It binds !!! (binds) (Would not lift) (The face we fed) now finds the key, the fear within (It stayed to finish what the mouth began) [Outro] [long kargyraa decay into silence, residual khomus buzz, last high overtone cut] [kargyraa fading hold] the key, the fear now brands (It stayed to finish what the mouth began) I am Tulpa! Persona! I am Tulpa! (persona) I am Tulpa! [-last sygyt edge dissolving-] [End] [held silence]