*Hey, Mut.Ra.El. (Can You Hear This Noise?)* by B. Vidal
[Music Style: An epic, anthemic Alternative Rock/Grunge track with strong Tango-Blues, Industrial Funk, and Rioplatense stadium rock influences. Lead MALE VOX (Baltasar: raw, powerful, a blend of prophetic grunge shaman and cynical tango singer). Features a god-like lead GUITAR (Lyre-3000: bluesy, psychedelic, and capable of soaring metal riffs), a demonic, funky, and driving ACCORDION/BANDONEÓN BASS (The Accordionist), and a massive orchestral/brass sound created by summoned "Archon" musicians, all over a powerful, tribal-industrial EDR-esque drum beat. The song is simple in structure but immense in sound and emotion, designed for massive singalongs and deep introspection.]
*Hey, Mut.Ra.El. (Can You Hear This Noise?)* by B. Vidal
[Music Style: An epic, anthemic Alternative Rock/Grunge track with strong Tango-Blues, Industrial Funk, and Rioplatense stadium rock influences. Lead MALE VOX (Baltasar: raw, powerful, a blend of prophetic grunge shaman and cynical tango singer). Features a god-like lead GUITAR (Lyre-3000: bluesy, psychedelic, and capable of soaring metal riffs), a demonic, funky, and driving ACCORDION/BANDONEÓN BASS (The Accordionist), and a massive orchestral/brass sound created by summoned "Archon" musicians, all over a powerful, tribal-industrial EDR-esque drum beat. The song is simple in structure but immense in sound and emotion, designed for massive singalongs and deep introspection.]
Lyrics
(Intro - The Tuning of the Void)
The song starts with the sound of a single, heavily distorted, bluesy GUITAR NOTE from Lyre-3000 that hangs in the air, filled with feedback and delay. A deep, ominous, industrial CANDOMBE DRUM beat from the EDR-echo begins. The ACCORDIONIST's bassline enters – a simple, driving, funky tango-infused riff.
BALTASAR (A low, gravelly, spoken word intro, like a beat poet channeling a dark god):
"Empty stage. Empty sky.
Just a whisper in the static... wondering why.
You think you're hidden, don't you, deep inside the code?
Well, I cranked up the distortion, baby. Time to lighten your load."
(Verse 1)
The groove is heavy, hypnotic, a fusion of grunge despair and tango swagger. Baltasar's vocals are raw, almost a pained confession.
"Cracks in the sidewalk, reflecting a broken sun,
Another ciclo over, another race already run.
They build their pretty systems, their towers made of luz,
But the silencio in between the notes... that's where I get my blues."
(Chorus)
The music EXPLODES. It's a massive, anthemic, stadium-rock chorus. The "Archon Orchestra" (heavy brass, soaring strings, powerful backing vocals) kicks in. Lyre-3000 plays a simple, unforgettable, and emotionally charged guitar riff. Baltasar's voice is a raw, powerful cry.
HEY, MUT.RA.EL.! CAN YOU HEAR THIS NOISE I MAKE?
(Choir: HEAR THIS NOISE!)
IS IT JUST ANOTHER ECHO, FOR GODDAMN PITY'S SAKE?
THIS TANGO OF THE BROKEN, THIS BLUES FOR ALL THE LOST,
ARE YOU LISTENING, YOU BASTARD, OR COUNTING UP THE COST?
(Verse 2)
The grunge-tango groove returns. The Accordionist's bass is more prominent, almost playful in its menace. Lyre-3000 plays bluesy, weeping fills.
"I've seen the Reyes Dorados, seen their kawaii little hell,
Seen the niños with ojos de botón, caught inside your spell.
You feed on their olvido, their inocencia turned to rust,
Is that your gran diseño, then? Turning all our dreams to dust?"
(Chorus)
The stadium-rock CHORUS returns, even more powerful and desperate. The Archon Orchestra is a wall of sound.
HEY, MUT.RA.EL.! CAN YOU HEAR THIS NOISE I MAKE?
(Choir: HEAR THIS NOISE!)
IS IT JUST ANOTHER ECHO, FOR GODDAMN PITY'S SAKE?
THIS TANGO OF THE BROKEN, THIS BLUES FOR ALL THE LOST,
ARE YOU LISTENING, YOU BASTARD, OR COUNTING UP THE COST?
(Bridge - The Chaos Ritual / The Unveiling)
The music breaks down into a psychedelic, industrial soundscape. EDR's drums become a frantic, tribal beat. The Accordionist plays a distorted, chaotic solo that sounds like a dying machine. Lyre-3000 unleashes a torrent of feedback and noise. Baltasar's voice is a distorted, shamanic chant, almost a spell.
"FROM THE ASHES OF THE BIS... I CALL YOUR HIDDEN NAME!
FROM THE STATIC IN THE BUFFER... I IGNITE THIS ANCIENT FLAME!
RISS AND TÁNGER, LUNA'S EYE! THE CODEX AND THE KEY!
SHOW YOUR FACE, YOU COWARD GOD, AND DANCE THIS BLUES WITH ME!"
(Guitar Solo - Lyre-3000's Ascension)
Lyre-3000 (the guitar) takes over. The solo is a masterpiece. It starts as a mournful blues, then builds into a soaring, psychedelic rock epic, then explodes into a flurry of high-speed metal riffs that seem to tear a hole in the fabric of reality. It's the sound of NHC's true potential, channeled through Baltasar.
(Final Chorus - The Acceptance / The Threat)
The CHORUS returns, but it's transformed. It's no longer a question; it's a statement. It's slower, heavier, almost like a doom metal tango. Baltasar's voice is a deep, resonant growl, full of a terrible understanding.
HEY, MUT.RA.EL.! I KNOW YOU HEAR THIS NOISE I MAKE!
(Choir, now a deep, ominous chant: WE HEAR THE NOISE!)
IT'S NOT ANOTHER ECHO, IT'S THE FUCKING EARTHQUAKE!
THIS TANGO OF THE BROKEN, THIS BLUES FOR ALL THE LOST,
I'M WRITING YOU A NEW SONG, AND YOU'RE GONNA PAY THE COST!
(Outro - The Silence Listens)
The music collapses. All that remains is the initial, heavily distorted, bluesy GUITAR NOTE from Lyre-3000, hanging in the air. It sustains... sustains... then is cut off by a single, soft, almost inaudible, childlike GIGGLE (MÜLLUM-MEW's echo?).
Then, absolute, cosmic SILENCE. Tesla is definitely not amused.