[Intro] [market at dawn, a brass scale creaking, wordless choir full and warm] [no drums] [Vendor Chant] [old man at his cart again, dry and close, drums follow every syllable] Watermelon, watermelon coconut lemon banana, banana Ellery lemon [Verse 1] [quiet close croon, calm] Walked up to the cart nothing in my hands old man raised his eyes like he understands [short silence] Said I brought the last one said it's all I've got set me on the scale see if I'm enough or not [Chorus] [slow sidechain breathing, choir full and warm, stacked hook harmonies] Moonshine (here I am) I'm the last crate I'm the last pour put me in the cold I won't run no more weigh me on the scale write me in the book draw a line through his name let me see you look [Verse 2] [distortion on the word line] Old man licked his thumb drew a line clean through said the boy owes nothing nothing, through and through [short silence] Lid comes down so slow frost along the seam first minute's only quiet nothing's moving yet [Key Line] [everything stops, no drums, no choir, bare voice alone] Everybody's looking for me and the old man always knows [silence] [Chorus] [choir returns full and warm, sidechain breathing slow] Moonshine (here I am) I'm the last crate I'm the last pour put me in the cold I won't run no more weigh me on the scale write me in the book draw a line through his name let me see you look [Vendor Chant] [the old man at his cart, dry and close, drums follow every syllable, the music slowly begins to fade] Watermelon, watermelon coconut lemon banana, banana Ellery lemon [Outro] [slow fade out, the only fade on the album, chant fading to one word] Ellery [fade to silence]
