Sage Francis Stuck Ft Slug and Ant (2004) Lyrics

You act smart while I act dumb, but I know some that still lay under my thumb. See we've got issues, so we swing a fistful. Whatever tryin to keep the temper down to the gristle. They like the small talk, as long as it's about you. They walk that walk without knowing how to. I watch it all, and pretend that I'm above it. But the truth is I see it I need it, I love it.

(sage)
I'm stuck with random stray hairs from ex-lovers entangled in each others desire to stay here beyond their welcome. Sharing the same common problem, blonde and brunette tightly knit and I don't fit in to split ends. Didn't have to worry about them taking me for my dividends, paid my dues spending time by myself, she was with her friends. Mingling with single men, saying things like...?.....thinking its innocent but then giving me guilty grins. Swimming with filthy fins, knocking boots, kickin my shins. Shark infested water torture treatments get beat by the Timberland's. Feet are shiverin, walkin on cold rage. Roses like on relationships, to impatient to die of old age.

(slug)
Yeah! Remember when you knew you knew all the answers? Well something shook until you thought you had the questions. For all the time and effort you've invested, I find it kind of funny that you haven't learned your lesson, still guessin. You whisper a belief, the rustle of the b____. When there is no love, nothing makes you rich. So I give a shrug and an eye muscle twitches in replace of a hug and a lack of superstition.

(sage)
Stop thinking you don't belong here; you are where you are cuz you hardly move. The music is not gonna stop, take your eyes off the chair, cuz there's others that are under the same impression as you. How many seats will the rock bottom accommodate? One too many people who share nothing but views. Misery is willing to keep company with those who don't ever walk a mile in their own shoes, so now they swap souls. They got sold, f___ing uninspired, they drop low under the fire of sky gods. It got old, and now they want to go higher, but cops patrol every single empire with tripods.

(slug)
So video did kill the radio star. Now we're all so cute and drive brand new cars. We make music so you can lose your mind. We do the crime so you can do the time. tell me who can get busy like this man? Well the truth is d___ near anyone can, so I'ma buy you some implants and a suntan, let's follow the plan and get some fat off the land. f___ this little rapper, treat me like a crook. Baby if you knew me you wouldn't sing my hook. You'd think I was so ugly, you'd be afraid to look. But maybe if I'm lucky I'll get a chapter in your book. Doin' fine, thanks for askin. Standin as the last man, poppin bubbles and aspirin. Ready, set action. Remove your dress so we can make a mess and hit the world with a little bit of stress.

(sage)
Let's pep talk these wings 'til they strengthen, forgetting foot work, making power moves on ceilings where heads spin and unravels a b_____ crown revealing red skin. We created hierarchy now there are no kings in heaven. Fatty acids added to the asthma medicine, breathing heavy at the gates makes them have to let us in. Like as if implying we've been trying our hardest using everyone else's honest way of dying as an armrest. I ain't no promise, broken over dislocated knee caps. And it's harmless jokes that provoke freak accidents. Laugh at that lap dancer who strips off confidence. I live off of hope and providence.

You play the same d___ records every day, no wonder you believe you'll never get away. You wear the same pair of jeans you woke up in. Keep the music comin, keep the movements sudden. I watched you dance every street up this city. I feel no pity. You laid the carpet. You made the target by yourself, little help, now loosen up the belt and straighten up the apartment. Finish that book that you never even started. Take a look at that face that hates to look back. Set the oven on bake, take a pan out the rack, season up your past, put it in and cook that.

This c___ is a porch, that some dogs crawl underneath, to die, all alone.