raising the skate

Singer:speedy ortiz

heaven

have mercy on the hypnic jerk you blame for your speech

walk around the block again

wait till i feel cool and straight

with a diaristic bent on undertaking

careful

steady

are we steady?

cruel and ready

i'm not bossy

i'm the boss

shooter

not the shot

on the tip and fit to execute

i'm chief

not the overthrown

captain

not a crony

so if you wanna row

you better have an awfully big boat

holding a package from a total stranger who claims to know me

naw

you never knew me

man

not even a fraction

you just glimpsed your own reflection in a gold sheen

i'm not bossy

i'm the boss

shooter

not the shot

well-composed with keys to raise the skate

i'm chief

not the overthrown

captain

not a crony

so if you wanna throw

you better have an awfully big stone

we could hang out for the summer while you wait for your girl

dip a toe till it's soaked and freezing

but just because i let you kill time dangling me from the quarry

doesn't mean that i won't land on my feet

that's 'cause i'm the boss

caller of the shots

sutanejo

never spit to me

chief

play my own right hand

not haggish

but the hag

how naive to trample

she who's running from the stampede

i'm raising the skate

look

i'm raising the skate