(Intro) (The sharp, echoing chattering laugh of a bird: Chee-chee-chee-chee!) (A haunting, high-pitched bone flute plays a single chilling note) (A low, female throat-singing drone begins: 'Ahhhhh...') (Whispered, overlapping voices from all sides) Rah-row-heh-ngah... (Rarohenga - The Underworld) Hee-neh... Hee-neh... Hee-neh-noo-ee-teh-poe... (Hine-nui-te-pō - Goddess of Night) (Verse 1) (An agonizingly slow, deep drum enters: THUD... ... ... THUD... ... ...) She sleeps at the edge of the fading light The mother of shadows, the queen of the night Mow-ee (Māui - The Demigod) crawls through the obsidian stone To steal the eternal and make it his own He shifts his skin to the worm and the snake But the goddess of darkness is starting to wake The silent breath and the heavy chest Where the spirits of warriors gather to rest. (Chorus) (Drums hit with earth-shattering force. Pounding and aggressive.) (Full choir of voices screaming/chanting) Mah-teh! (Mate - Death/To die) The trap is closing in the dark! Mah-teh! The crushing of the final spark! Hee-neh-noo-ee-teh-poe! No mortal man escapes the fold! Hee-neh-noo-ee-teh-poe! The greatest story ever told! (Verse 2) (Drums drop away entirely. Just the low, terrifying drone and rhythmic breathing) Pee-wah-kah-wah-kah (Pīwakawaka - The Fantail bird) watches him creep And laughs at the god in the eternal sleep The chattering echoes, the eyes open wide There is nowhere left for the trickster to hide The jaws of the goddess slam shut like a door And Mow-ee the hero is walking no more Now every breath that a mortal will take Is a promise of death that we never can break. (Bridge) (Acapella. Heavy foot stomping and rhythmic, desperate breathing) Tow-toh-kah! (Tautoka - To be crushed/defeated) The blood is returning to the clay! Tow-toh-kah! The shadow is swallowing the day! We weep for the hero, we weep for the end! To the mother of night, we all will descend! (Chorus) (Maximum volume, huge wall of sound with crashing percussion and roaring voices) Mah-teh! The trap is closing in the dark! Mah-teh! The crushing of the final spark! Hee-neh-noo-ee-teh-poe! No mortal man escapes the fold! Hee-neh-noo-ee-teh-poe! The greatest story ever told! (Outro) (The heavy percussion suddenly stops on a massive, echoing boom) (Only the low drone and the sound of the fantail bird laughing remains) (Slow, fading female whisper) Rah-row-heh-ngah... I am waiting... (A final breath is exhaled slowly) (Silence)