[Intro: harmonium drone, single handclap] [Alap: lead vocal, free time] Aaa… ya Saqi… aaa… [Verse 1: slow, heavy, bluesy] I kept a book of everything I owed and everything I lent The cupbearer took the pages, asked me where the ink went I said I spent it writing names of those who turned away He poured the ink back in the cup and said, now drink it, pray [Chorus: lead, chorus answers] Ya Saqi, pour (pour!) I'm not thirsty anymore (more!) Ya Saqi, pour (pour!) The cup is the door [Handclaps double] [Verse 2: building] The tavern keeper's blind and still he never spills a drop The drummer's out of breath and still the drumming doesn't stop They call it drunk, the sober ones who never tasted wine They count the cups, I count the One, and every one is mine [Chorus] [Drop: half-time, tabla, sub-bass, string stabs] [Psych Guitar Solo: fuzz over handclaps] [Bridge: chorus chant, accelerating] Mast, mast, mast, ya Hu Mast, mast, mast, ya Hu Faster… faster… [Synth Solo: transcendent, soaring] [Final Chorus: frenzy, all voices] Ya Saqi, pour (pour!) I'm not thirsty anymore (more!) Ya Saqi, pour (pour!) The ledger's closed, the debt is yours [Outro: harmonium alone, one last] Hu…
