[Intro] [one sustained F sharp engine overtone, steady and unchanging, distant market crowd, wordless choir wide] [no drums] [Vendor Chant] [old man at his cart, far off now, drums follow every syllable] Watermelon, watermelon coconut lemon banana, banana Ellery lemon [Verse 1] [quiet close croon, conversational] Down below the market where the light won't go little girl from the dock held her hand out low [short silence] Mother in the dark no fire in the grate brother small as mine learning how to wait [Chorus] [F sharp overtone holding under everything, sidechain bass breathing, stacked hook harmonies] Free (take it) keep it off the scale every crate I give away is a crate I fail I know what it costs I know whose it is one night warm for you one night more for his [Verse 2] [distortion on the word free] Old man saw it all didn't make a sound next time at the cart he just wrote it down [short silence] Boy two moons away sleeping on his own paid her light with his and he will never know [Bridge] [everything drops out except the F sharp overtone] Watermelon [silence] [Tal, to the girl, barely a breath] (take it) [silence] [Vendor Chant] [old man at his cart, drums follow every syllable] Watermelon, watermelon coconut lemon banana, banana Ellery lemon [Chorus] [full choir wide, F sharp overtone still holding] Free (take it) keep it off the scale every crate I give away is a crate I fail I know what it costs I know whose it is one night warm for you one night more for his [Outro] [F sharp overtone alone, chant fading to one word] Watermelon [hard cut, no fade]
