[Intro] [starship engine hum lower, docking clamps lock, crowd murmur far off] [wordless choir already rising behind everything] [Vendor Chant] [radio voice, dry and close, drums follow every syllable, swing loosening, filter mostly open] Kuiper whiskey, Kuiper whiskey coconut lemon palinka, palinka slivovitz lemon [Verse 1] [quiet close croon, distortion on the word Guild] Fuel dock at the edge paper on the wall somebody drew my coat never drew my face at all [short silence] Guild wants me in the ground cartel wants the coil preacher wants a cup of it to pour across the soil kids out on the landing want it for a dark room everybody wants a piece everybody wants it soon [Chorus] [choir swelling fast, sidechain pumping, four on the floor almost whole] Heat (here it comes) coming off the walls heat every door I pass somebody calls good ones and the bad all of them the same everybody's hunting nobody knows my name [Verse 2] [quiet close croon, choir pressing closer] Little girl at the dock held her hand out flat asked me what I'm carrying I said nothing like that [short silence] Kept my collar up kept my head down low every face I passed looked like someone I should know [Bridge] [everything drops out except the chant drums and the choir] Coconut [silence] [Tal repeats it softly, not noticing] (coconut) [silence] [Vendor Chant] [radio voice, drums follow every syllable, kick nearly straight] Kuiper whiskey, Kuiper whiskey coconut lemon palinka, palinka slivovitz lemon [Chorus] [full choir close behind, sidechain breathing hard] Heat (here it comes) coming off the walls heat every door I pass somebody calls good ones and the bad all of them the same everybody's hunting nobody knows my name [Outro] [choir holding, engine hum lifting off, chant fading to one word] Coconut [hard cut, no fade]
