The Curse of the Sky (Te Kanga O Te Marama)

Style: Dark Nordic Folk / Celestial Horror Chant Instrumentation: The gentle sloshing of water in a calabash, night-time forest ambience (crickets and wind), a sudden, deafening bass drop (the moon's gravity), and the violent, explosive sound of thick tree roots snapping. Vocal Style: A frustrated, muttering female vocal that shifts into a terrified scream, overpowered by a massive, booming, god-like choir representing the wrath of the moon.

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Lyrics

(Intro) (The quiet sound of crickets and wind in the dark fern leaves) (The gentle slosh of water in a hollow gourd: Slosh... Slosh...) (A low, eerie female hum that sounds like a lullaby) (Whispered, frustrated female muttering) Row-nah... (Rona - The Mortal Woman) Kae-koh-o-o... (Kei kō - Over there / in the dark) Mah-rah-mah... (Marama - The Moon) (Verse 1) (A slow, creeping, irregular drum beat: Tap... ... Tap... ...) The water is low and the throat is dry She walks in the dark of the midnight sky The silver is shining to light the way But the cloud is heavy and the cloud is grey The shadow falls and the root is high She strikes the wood and she starts to cry The curse is spat at the silent night! A bitter word for the dying light! (Chorus) (A sudden, massive, distorted bass drop—like a spaceship descending. Gravity reverses.) (Full choir of deep, booming, terrifying voices roaring from above) Mah-rah-mah! (Marama - The Moon) The heavens are falling to touch the dirt! Mah-rah-mah! The fire of the god and the heavy hurt! Kah-ngah! (Kanga - The Curse) The mouth of the mortal has sealed the fate! Kah-ngah! The shadow is hungry and the hour is late! (Verse 2) (Music becomes chaotic. The terrifying sound of a massive tree groaning under impossible strain: Creeeeeak...) The sky tears open and the god descends Where the mortal breaks and the forest bends She grabs the N-guy-oh (Ngaio - The Tree) to hold the ground But the earth is leaving without a sound! The roots are snapping like a broken bone The water is spilling on the rising stone Dragged to the stars in a freezing breath To live in the sky in a living death! (Bridge) (Acapella. The violent, explosive CRACK! of the tree ripping out of the earth, mixed with a fading female scream) Row-nah! The forest is broken, the earth is torn! Row-nah! Into the dark of the cosmic morn! Teh Rahn-gee! (Te Rangi - The Sky) The gravity dies and the body flies! Teh Rahn-gee! Look at the moon with the weeping eyes! (Chorus) (Maximum volume, huge wall of celestial sound with crashing percussion and roaring voices) Mah-rah-mah! The heavens are falling to touch the dirt! Mah-rah-mah! The fire of the god and the heavy hurt! Kah-ngah! The mouth of the mortal has sealed the fate! Kah-ngah! The shadow is hungry and the hour is late! (Outro) (The heavy percussion suddenly stops) (Only the low drone and the sound of cold, empty wind remains) (Spoken in a slow, eerie, echoing whisper from far above) Look to the light. The woman and the tree. Ow-tay-ah-row-ah... (A single, final drop of water hitting the ground)