Aesop Rock - Defender lyrics

[Hook:] Alex up the street called, said he saw a bobcat Keep the pets inside, notify your contacts New Salem Brave new voodoo Wave a witch hammer in a haven for the woo-woo I'm paper china dinner, mostly picking at my stitches The bloody hair, bad code, bunny ears, dad jokes b**h about Lamictal to whichever vixen listen The skin rash, the schism, a million rash decisions In truth, he had a 'capital-T terrible' two days That chewed his plumage to the root And proved a prequel to malaise A feud he knew was brewing blew up in his face He'd been replaying the scenario for days With the variables replaced Meh Wolves are in the sky with more diamonds than the carpet from the Shining Part riot, part Orion We jarred a lot of lightning up Shook a turkey leg or ten Maybe we deserve a day of rest Not to mention... [Hook:] Alex up the street called, said he saw a bobcat Check your trash can lids, notify your comrades I said, "I'll take first watch" One AM defend the whole block The coyote, summon the ghosts of blown diodes Open to moving like a luchador with no eyeholes Fried while the pipes froze, life goes Lovecraft Christ pose, sitting on invisible hubcaps Call Alex back, daggers in the basil patch Tell him, "Maybe less badminton, more Scrabble Dash" "Less Jarts more Rummikub," whatever Keep the scallywag wrapped up in the subterfuge Gussied up, guarded, and wearing the same armor as the night he argued 'til he dapped his mans up at departures I could drive into a lake of fire Pay the piper COD Aware the pot and kettle shop, a little toxin equally, at least It's probably more the kid than the kid Either way a vital widget in the system is sick A sea of symptoms in the hinges, hit the room all at once All I could do was plug the roof with my gum For now I gotta... [Hook:] Call Alex back, coyotes in the castle gra** Tell him, "Maybe less freeze tag, more hack-n-slash" I said, "I'll take first watch" One AM defend the whole block So a third party, who is incidentally not Alex Seen a black bear catawampus by the college campus Soon the safety propaganda clamps breeds on leashes No compost, bird seed out of feeders Make a lot of noise when you frolic under the ether Keep a hand on the pepper spray Sneakers on the detour They're more scared of you, than you them Although, one of us chews limbs, and one has two chins Leave a couple messages, vomit a couple dollar bills Guilty innuendo romanticizing the potter's field Not sorry, but I never really was a leader Found money in the speaker, bought lower Manhattan pizza You meet a few exceedingly forsaken Sit around the cooler refusing domestication A couple decades pa** and you can't even find the wavelength you was on when you was running one AM By the way... [Hook:] A third party, who was incidentally not Alex Seen a bear put a thousand chickens in a pot with carrots I said, "I'll take first watch" One AM defend the whole block