[Intro]
[Harmonium states the weighing motif while floor toms approach like a slow procession.]

[Verse 1 - Anubis, deep male baritone]
I carried every folder to the hall,
Set names like candles along the wall.
Mara opened the chapel doors;
Rain crossed black footprints on the floors.
Nurses came; the drivers came.
Each chose a folder, spoke one name.

[Pre-Chorus - Anubis, deep male baritone]
No premium wreath, no polished lies,
Only human mouths and open eyes.
The fluorescent tubes hummed cold and white;
We made a temple from borrowed light.

[Chorus - Anubis and ensemble, communal]
This is the last prayer under fluorescent light,
For those filed away and denied their rite.
Speak every name till the scales stand right;
Every soul still has a weight.

[Verse 2 - Anubis, deep male baritone]
The manager entered with police at two,
His leather shoes crossed the river dew.
“This gathering ends. Clear the floor.
You do not work here anymore.”
I said, “Then hear the names you shelved.
You sold the box, not death itself.”

[Pre-Chorus - Anubis, deep male baritone]
He reached for the folders. Mara held her ground.
Susan set her badge down without a sound.
The salesman shut his catalogue slow;
The officers listened and let us go.

[Chorus - Anubis and ensemble, communal]
This is the last prayer under fluorescent light,
For those filed away and denied their rite.
Speak every name till the scales stand right;
Every soul still has a weight.

[Instrumental Break]
[Cello, piano and toms build the weighing motif while individual voices speak names between the beats.]

[Verse 3 - Anubis, deep male baritone]
I brought the golden scales upstairs,
Past plastic lilies and folding chairs.
The river rose through the chapel seam,
Black as ink and clear as a dream.
The beam would not release the gate—
A keeper’s heart must meet the weight.

[Bridge - Anubis, deep male baritone]
I opened my shirt beneath the pin;
Reached where only gods reach in.
Drew out judgment, dark and vast,
And laid three thousand years at last.

[Breakdown - Anubis, deep male baritone]
The feather rose; my heart sank low.
The river stopped; the lights let go.
Then came the question I once gave:
“Were you kind? Whom did you save?”

[Buildup - Ensemble, rising communal voices]
Mara spoke Elias. Susan spoke June.
A nurse spoke Ah-MEER-ah beneath the moon.
Then name upon name filled the room;
The scale arm shuddered, then it moved.

[Final Chorus - Anubis and ensemble, communal]
This is my last prayer under fluorescent light,
Not for a god, but the nameless tonight.
Take my old office and set them right.
Every soul still has a weight.

[Coda - Anubis and ensemble, communal]
Let mercy stand where judgment stood;
My heart is yours—unbar the gate.

[Climax]
[Communal voices sustain the final line as the toms and harmonium complete the ascending motif.]

[Outro - Ensemble, hushed communal voices]
The river carries the folders clean.
The fluorescent lights return.
Where uh-NOO-bis stood,
Only a black suit remains.