Breath Above 4000

[Intro] [Wind sound, distant singing bowl, single flute note, female whisper with reverb, no kick, atmospheric, 8 bars] Breathe in... The road goes up... Above the clouds... Om Mani Padme Hum... [Verse 1] [Kick enters soft, bass pulse, guzheng single notes, breathy female vocal, intimate] Dust on the windshield... prayer flags in the wind... We left the lowlands... somewhere behind... The GPS is useless... above 4000 meters... Just the sound of stones... and the turning of prayer wheels... [Chorus] [Full deep house beat, soft clap, chest voice female, powerful but calm, flute melody] This is the deep road... (deep road...) Kick drum like a heartbeat... (heartbeat...) Flute through the valley... (valley...) Tibet is calling my feet... (my feet...) Moving and breathing... (breathing...) Sunrise over the pass... (the pass...) Deep house in the highlands... Nothing will hold me back... [Verse 2] [Shaker joins, guzheng arpeggio, breathy again with unexpected pauses, intimate] Monastery on the cliffside... monks in the dawn... They gave us tea... and a rhythm to walk on... No need for temples... when the mountain's the roof... Every step a mantra... every breath... a proof... [Chorus] [Same as first chorus, add overtone singing (feminine khoomei) underneath] This is the deep road... (deep road...) Kick drum like a heartbeat... (heartbeat...) Flute through the valley... (valley...) Tibet is calling my feet... (my feet...) Moving and breathing... (breathing...) Sunrise over the pass... (the pass...) Deep house in the highlands... Nothing will hold me back... [Breakdown] [Drums drop to kick on 1st only, singing bowl, female solo voice, no effects, raw, 8 bars] Om Mani Padme Hum... Om Mani Padme Hum... Let the bass... carry you... up... Above the tree line... Above the noise... Om Mani... Padme... Hum... [Verse 3] [Beat returns full, filter sweep, djembe joins, female voice becomes playful, rhythmic] We slept in the back of the van... at 4700... Woke up to stars... that don't blink... don't bow... Somewhere a guzheng... is plucking the moonlight... Somewhere a dj... is spinning for the snow... (for the snow...) [Bridge] [Beat minimal, spoken but musical, call-and-response with her own echo] Passport? ... No. Visa? ... No. Just the rhythm... (rhythm...) Just the road... (road...) Tibet is not a country... It's a frequency... (frequency... frequency... frequency...) [Verse 4] [Full beat, bamboo flute solo over, female voice intense, almost chanting] I don't need a plane... I don't need a train... Just a bassline... that sounds like the wind over stones... (over stones...) And when the drop hits... at the Everest viewpoint... I close my eyes... and I dance alone... (alone... alone...) [Chorus] [Maximum energy, all layers, female voice in full chest, triumphant but calm] This is the deep road... (deep road...) Kick drum like a heartbeat... (heartbeat...) Flute through the valley... (valley...) Tibet is calling my feet... (my feet...) Moving and breathing... (breathing...) Sunrise over the pass... (the pass...) Deep house in the highlands... Nothing will hold me back... (nothing... nothing...) [Outro] [Flute fades, kick steps out, singing bowl, female whisper returns, reverb tail] Deep road... (road...) Heartbeat... (beat...) Tibet is calling... (calling...) Nothing will hold me back... (back...) Om Mani Padme Hum... (Hum...) [End] [Singing bowl single hit, wind, silence]