Speedy Ortiz - Raising The Skate lyrics

Heaven, have mercy on the hypnic jerk you blame for your speech Walk around the block again Wait 'til 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 'til it's soaked and freezing But just because I let you k** 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 naïve to trample She who's running from the stampede I'm raising the skate Look, I'm raising the skate