The Bottled Grape

[VERSE — Conversational. Nursery rhyme cadence.] Little grape little grape. Sitting on the vine Little grape little grape. Everything was fine Then they came with their hands. On a harvesting day Little grape little grape. Couldn't get away Little grape little grape. Pressed against the glass Little grape little grape. Watching time go past Counting all the footsteps. Learning all the names Little grape little grape. Playing little games [PRE-CHORUS — sticky, rhythmic, wrong lullaby] Open me up Open me up See what's living inside Open me up Open me up Something's been waiting A very long time A very long time (A very long time] [CHORUS — 164 BPM. The nursery rhyme RUNS. Catchy and deeply wrong.] [Music box doubles in speed. Clapping rhythm underneath. Like a playground chant.] Bottled grape bottled grape Sitting on the shelf Bottled grape bottled grape All by itself Watching and waiting And counting the days Bottled grape bottled grape Never goes away Never goes away Never goes away Bottled grape Never goes away.. [Music box stops. 82 BPM. Silence. 8 seconds.] [VERSE — Getting darker.] Little grape little grape Moved into the hall Little grape little grape Learned to climb the wall Stood behind you Tuesday When you reached up high Little grape little grape Waved but you walked by Little grape little grape Traced the handprints there Little grape little grape Breathed in all your air Something in the vintage Something in the dark Little grape little grape Left a little mark [PRE-CHORUS — slower, more deliberate] Open me up Open me up See what's living inside Open me up Open me up Something's been waiting A very long time A very long time (A very long time) [CHORUS — 164 BPM. Clapping. Chanting. Playground wrong.] Bottled grape bottled grape Sitting on the shelf Bottled grape bottled grape All by itself Watching and waiting And counting the days Bottled grape bottled grape Never goes away Never goes away Never goes away Bottled grape Never goes away [Music box stops. Silence. 15 seconds. Something shifting.] [BRIDGE — 164 BPM. THE PLAYGROUND CHANT BREAKS INTO HORROR.] [Clapping rhythm accelerating. Music box corrupting. Bob's voice multiplying.] Little grape little grape WHERE DID YOU GO Little grape little grape WE ALL WANT TO KNOW Little grape little grape SITTING IN THE DARK Little grape little grape LEFT ITS LITTLE MARK THIRTY SEVEN BOTTLES THIRTY SEVEN NAMES THIRTY SEVEN GRAPES PLAYING LITTLE GAMES I KNOW WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPING I KNOW WHEN YOU WAKE LITTLE GRAPE LITTLE GRAPE MAKES A BIG MISTAKE [Instrumental solo] [CHORUS — 82 BPM. Slow. The chant at half speed. Lullaby now.] [Like hearing the playground chant played at the wrong speed. Too slow. Too peaceful.] Bottled grape bottled grape Sitting on the shelf Bottled grape bottled grape All by itself Watching and waiting And counting the days Bottled grape bottled grape Never goes away Never goes away Never Goes Away [OUTRO — 82 BPM. The story ending. The music box winding.] [Four note melody. Slower now. Each note further apart.] [Small feet on wooden floors.] [Thirty seven bottles humming.] [A cork loosening.] [Bob. Everywhere.] Little grape little grape Sitting on the shelf [Music box note.] Little grape little grape All by itself [Music box note.] Little grape little grape —