[Intro] [Atmospheric: Distorted heartbeat kick drum, low lonesome slide guitar] [Sound FX: Distant wolf howl morphing into a harsh metallic synth growl] [Verse 1] [Vocal: Smoky, deep contralto, intimate and low] Born of the Beta line, beneath a bleeding moon. A Dire heart heavy with a lonesome, ancient tune. I’ve tracked the timberline since I was but a child. The shadow of the Alpha kept me tethered to the wild. [Pre-Chorus] [Production: Aggressive electro-house bassline pulsing, snare drum building fast] With hair of golden wheat and eyes of ice and glass, I watched the Viking’s son let the seasons come and pass. I dreamed of iron blood and a bond the dirt would keep, But the spirits had a secret... buried fathoms deep. [Chorus] [Vocal: Powerful, raspy contralto, belts with gravelly tone] [Production: Driving electro-house beat, heavy rising synth lasers] So pour a drink for Sloane, the shadow in the pines! She’s got the iron in her blood and the mountain in her lines! She’s a storm-born Dire Wolf, silver, grey, and cold... But she’s tradin’ in her spirit for a heart she’ll never hold! [Post-Chorus] [Vocal: Pitch-shifted down, demonic deep whisper] No, a heart she’ll never hold... [Vocal Stutter: Aggressive glitch effect] Hunt... hunt... hunt... IN THE DARK! [Dubstep Drop] [Instrumental Breakdown: Filthy dubstep bass, chopped glitchy banjo, heavy machine-gun synth] [Production: Crushing half-time dubstep beat, screeching fiddle melody over massive sub-bass] [Verse 2] [Production: Snaps back to fast, driving 128 BPM electro-house four-on-the-floor beat] [Vocal: Rhythmic, sultry, low-register female voice] Then came the city girl with the pavement on her breath, Maighan’s got the scent of life in a valley built on death. She doesn’t know the hunger or the yellow in the eye, Or the tether of the Fates written across the winter sky. [Pre-Chorus] [Production: Synth melody becomes frantic and intense, building heavy tension] My heart hit the canyon floor, a heavy, hollow sound, When the Alpha’s soul was broken by the beauty he had found. A King from across the sea found a Queen of silk and lace, And I’m just the ghost that’s hauntin’ his holy, hallowed place. [Bridge] [Production: All music cuts out, absolute silence, single low haunting banjo pluck] [Vocal: Barely a whisper, dry, raspy, right in the microphone] I could’ve let the wolf out... I could’ve stained the snow. I could’ve kept his secrets where the blackest rivers flow. [Production: Low sub-bass frequency starts vibrating and rising] But a Dire Wolf’s honor is a weight she has to bear, And I won't cast a shadow on a love that’s pure and fair. [Build-up] [Production: 128 BPM house kick drum slams back in, frantic snare roll accelerates] [Vocal: Building to an intense, aggressive contralto growl] If he’s walkin’ in the sun, then I’ll hunt within the dark! I’ll be the silent guardian... THE HOUND WITHOUT A BARK! [Electro-House Dubstep Drop] [Instrumental Breakdown: Fast distorted banjo solo, tearing electro-house bassline] [Production: Alternating between driving house dance beat and heavy syncopated dubstep drops] [Outro] [Production: Beats cut out, back to the lonesome slide guitar from the intro] [Vocal: Fading out, low, smoky whisper] In the dark... The hound without a bark... [Sound FX: Deep sub-bass thump fading into whistling wind] [End]