Echoes Beneath the Sand

[Verse 1]
You left your ring
In a cracked clay bowl
Dust on the table
Salt in my throat
Your name still burns
On the mud-brick wall
Finger-drawn circles
A ghost I touch and fall
[Chorus]
Echoes beneath the sand
I still feel your hand
Pulling me under
Under
Through ruins of our plans
Echoes beneath the sand
I hear your broken chant
Calling me over
Over
To where we used to stand
[Verse 2]
Coffee gone cold
On the woven mat
Steam once between us
Now it drifts back
Lanterns are blind
But I see you clear
Face in the smoke
Mouth on my ear (so near)
[Chorus]
Echoes beneath the sand
I still feel your hand
Pulling me under
Under
Through ruins of our plans
Echoes beneath the sand
I hear your broken chant
Calling me over
Over
To where we used to stand
[Bridge]
If I carve your name in stone
Will the wind still steal it?
If I bury this heart alone
Will the earth still feel it? (feel it)
[Chorus]
Echoes beneath the sand
I still feel your hand
Pulling me under
Under
Through ruins of our plans
Echoes beneath the sand
I hear your broken chant
Calling me over
Over
To where we used to stand

Slow-building deep melodic techno with Arabic and Armenian modal colors, male vocals processed into an androgynous, otherworldly timbre. Subby, hypnotic kick and rolling bassline; plucked qanun-style synth and duduk-inspired lead weaving in and out. Vocals sit drenched in reverb and delay, entering sparse and intimate, then rising into a wide, chant-like chorus. Gradual filter sweeps, tension from evolving arps, final drop strips back to drones and whispered hooks., deep, techno