[Intro: Female Vocal, a cappella, heavy reverb, slow]
[Verse 1: soft, almost spoken, cello drone, Female Vocal, Heavy audio effects, lush echo, spacious reverb]
Because I could not stop for Death —
He kindly stopped for me —
The Carriage held but just Ourselves —
And Immortality.
[Wordless Male Vocal]
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[Verse 2: slow build, low strings enter, Female Vocal, Heavy audio effects, lush echo, spacious reverb]
We slowly drove — He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility —
[Wordless Male Vocal]
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[Verse 3: fuller, orchestral swell, Female Vocal, Heavy audio effects, lush echo, spacious reverb]
We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess — in the Ring —
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain —
We passed the Setting Sun —
[Wordless Male Vocal]
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[Bridge: stripped back, just voice and reverb, Female Vocal]
Or rather — He passed Us —
The Dews drew quivering and Chill —
For only Gossamer, my Gown —
My Tippet — only Tulle —
[Wordless Male Vocal]
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[Verse 4: quiet, ominous, descending melody, Female Vocal, Heavy audio effects, lush echo, spacious reverb]
We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground —
The Roof was scarcely visible —
The Cornice — in the Ground —
[Wordless Male Vocal]
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[Outro: fading, whisper, strings dissolve, Female Vocal+Wordless Male VocalHeavy audio effects, lush echo, spacious reverb]
Since then — 'tis Centuries — and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were toward Eternity —
