[Hawaiian Slack-Key], [Lo-Fi Psych Folk], [Thin Nasal Male Vocal], [Quiet Unpushed], [No Breath Support], [New Zealand Accent], [Straight Tone Zero Vibrato], [Trails Off], [Two Unison Takes Apart], [Vocal Sits Low], [Rolling Fingerpicking Hook], [Alternating Thumb Bass], [Island Turnaround], [Lap Steel Answering], [Half-Time Backbeat], [102 BPM] [Intro - rolling fingerpicking never stops, alternating thumb bass, island turnaround, no vocal] [Verse 1 - thin nasal male lead, quiet and unpushed, no breath support, not resonant, trails off and goes quiet, sits low level with the guitar] Down at the mouth where the river loses its name I gave you back to the water Keeper of the better half Of the one life we had [Instrumental turnaround - lap steel answers the last line, guitar alone, same two-bar pattern] [Verse 2 - second unison take slightly apart in time and pitch, uncorrected, sings behind the beat] Although the water closed over your name The salt did not leave my mouth There were more mornings coming And every one the same [Instrumental turnaround - lap steel, bass walks a melody, fat kick lazy snare, no fills] [Verse 3 - voice stays quiet and flat, lines trail off, no ad-libs, holds nothing] One of the things I let myself believe Was that the two of us were one With your salt still on my hands It will not come undone [Long slide guitar solo - lap steel, tape wobble, drums stay soft, no build] [Outro - island turnaround repeats, tape slows down and stops] [End]
