“Melon and the Coconut” is a song by the British indie rock band Glass Animals. It is the eighth song on their third studio album, Dreamland, and was released on August 7th, 2020. Melon and the Coconut depicts a Melon and a Coconut breaking up with each other.
Background[]
After waking up from a nap, Bayley wrote and recorded this song in about an hour. Attempts were made to add more to it, however Bayley enjoyed the rawness of the song and felt adding more made it lose its charm.
When recording, Bayley accidentally left his security camera on and found himself with nearly two hours of footage of him playing around his studio. “I watched it back the other day,” he says. “I’m sitting there with my feet up playing the guitar and singing into a microphone. Maybe we need to cut that up for a video. I do some weird shit.”
Bayley claims “I really like using food as characters. I think all food has a personality. someone’s favourite food says a lot about them.
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Lyrics[]
[Verse 1]
Melon and the coconut are sittin' on the floor
Coco said to Melly, "I can't do this anymore
Everything we're doin' just feels fuckin' cold
Everything we're shootin' is just fake B-roll
B-sides, killing time, filler, that's all
How did this happen when we were so close?
How did this all go so Pete Tong?
When it all started, I thought we would grow old
Living in the city with a baby and a dog
Doing school runs in a 4x4
I'd make pancakes and waffles
I could be a stay at home G.I. Joe"
[Interlude]
[Verse 2]
Melly said to Coco, "You can't do this anymore?
One day, you'll see you're fuckin' wrong
Sometimes B-sides are the best songs
Sometimes killing time's very fruitful
I know I can't make you younger
I can't stop life movin' onwards
I can't hide you from life's horrors
I'm not makin' you like your father
Too much quinoa and online shopping
Off-White Air Force Ones in boxes
You're a fucking coconut, can't even put 'em on
Even if you could, you couldn't even pull 'em off"