Intro (Instrumental + Vocal Lead-in)
Instruments: Upright bass + soft jazz guitar skank (offbeat reggae rhythm), brushed snare & rimshots, mellow electric piano.
Feel: Smooth, meditative vibe. Saxophone plays a soft melody over 4 bars.
Vocals: Spoken-style intro (calm, breathy tone):
> “Shut your head, O seeker, be still and let go… Truth is not in thinking, it’s the heart that will know…”
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🎤 Verse 1 (Reflective Tone)
(Guitar skank, upright bass groove, light cymbals)
Shut your head, O seeker, be still and let go,
Truth is not in thinking, it’s the heart that will know.
The mind is a cage, but the soul longs to fly,
Close the doors of dunya, let your heart see the sky.
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🎶 Chorus (Layered Harmonies)
(Add soft vocal harmonies + sax fills)
Shut your head, and open your heart,
The Shaykh’s nazar will tear veils apart.
With every breath, in zikr we tread,
To die before death, O shut your head.
(Repeat chorus softly to end on a smooth brass accent.)
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🎤 Verse 2 (Story Verse – Dagestan Scene)
(Add shakers & soft tom hits for tension)
In Dagestan when cannons roared,
And Russian armies drew their swords,
The Shaykh of Light, with a saintly creed,
Called his students: “Come, we’ll plant a seed.”
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🎤 Verse 3 (Planting in Silence)
(Percussion builds slightly, keys improvise soft fills)
Truthful obeyed while the sky was red,
In silence they dug as Mawlana led.
The world saw war, but the Awliya saw light,
“Plant with faith,” said the Shaykh that night.
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🎶 Chorus (Fuller, Soulful)
Shut your head, and open your heart,
The Shaykh’s nazar will tear veils apart.
With every breath, in zikr we tread,
To die before death, O shut your head.
(Band swells, brass adds harmony fills.)
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🎤 Verse 4 (Teaching Verse)
(Instruments soften, jazz keys + upright bass lead)
In silence, sit, let your soul be still,
Muraqaba’s path, bend to Allah’s will.
Madad from the Shaykh, a guide so true,
His teachings a map to carry you through.
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🎶 Chorus (Dynamic)
Shut your head, and open your heart,
The Shaykh’s nazar will tear veils apart.
With every breath, in zikr we tread,
To die before death, O shut your head.
(Repeat softly with call-and-response harmonies.)
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🎼 Outro (Gentle Fade)
(Brass solo over soft chords, drums and bass slow down)
So seeker, follow the saint’s command,
Close your mind and take his hand.
The seed of faith is in hearts it’s said,
It blooms in silence when you’ve shut your head.
(Saxophone carries final melody, instruments fade out on a soft bass note.)
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