Aesop Rock - No Splash lyrics

January, I fell to the cobblestone
In April, I cut little paper flowers
In August, I drank cold tea all my lonesome
In October, I was introduced as coward
I love New York Saturdays
But Mondays last longer
And since I plan to live a long life
Maybe I'll serve a thousand Mondays
And swallow the burn
To merge the week for all it's got
To give my shoddy rotten ribs
(thick forgot my ribs)
I got a lil' something called a
Spirit crisis on my skull
And it's nothing short of ferocious
But I swallowed the dosage
I got a mantle, and the mantle is a candle
And my candle is a flame that burns
To symbolize the day Gretel met Hansel
Then I settle in a stand still
I live forever reaching for the sun


Hoping some lucky day I'll clutch
And get a handful
Rope ladder, I'm a swinging anvil
And I wanna turn skullies and
Tummies with pretty lullaby, bye
The way my gypsy dances makes
A monster retreat to fetal
I never felt so damn young
But you don't look a day over zero
And you don't look a day in it's
Eyes cuz it'll make you realize
The night is near so
Well then go, dream, I clean around the edges
I tidy up the tabletop
And lectured all the pledges
I never really knew the
True definition of precious
Till my angel wit the beautiful red
Locks gave me the message
I'm a fully animated life tree
See the root of the mute button was
Dug up bug up on a song
Of I'm a fully animated life tree
With branches for the heavens
To admire naturally

Fame, war, love, honor
Crime, innocence, tragedy, sunshine
Cringe, death, passion, heroism
God, suffering, joy, fate
Destiny, treasure, stars, gall
Hunger, murder, silence, mayhem
Health, pain, suspense, breath
Sound, guilt, pride, time

We all know what a halo is
But we all don't know the
Horrors if your halo tips
I be the matador making your
Pretty little heels click
I be the Sword in the
Stone of the contemporary eclipse
I'm incredibly exhausted
You can't imagine, got my warm
Spirit stuck in my teeth, i'm obsolete
Freedom freedom freedom fighter beginning
For the sake of better demeanor
And such to bust, fucking fantastic
Every little step she takes
Breaks the chambers in the chest
Developed in the abomidable trouble
Settle for a cruel second, loud for an hour
Screamin to the beats to leave until
My whole weekend turns sour
I ain't been around the world but
I been around the block
I ain't seen everything but I
Seen enough to talk i ain't a prophet
I ain't the Second Coming of Christ
I'm just a mason with a will
To build and a little advice
I wanna weave a web
I bought a set of knitting needles
Fiddling with a theme, dream solid
Paddle in the hole-in-the-bottom dingy to
Where the portrait's astonish
You won't regret a single solitary step
I promise look, in a situation where a
Dragon guards the gate i make a true spur of
The moment grown decision
Which in turn allows me
To be something normal
With the prefix of the 'ab' and
I can kill every monster if I gotta
That's that rockin' it, rockin' it
Clippership rockin' it
Be the little guinea pig, dig?
I'm tryin to make an exit with
No ripples in the water no splash
Let the poison slide down down the hatch
It's like that

Fame, war, love, honor
Crime, innocence, tragedy, sunshine
Cringe, death, passion, heroism
God, suffering, joy, fate
Destiny, treasure, stars, gall
Hunger, murder, silence, mayhem
Health, pain, suspense, breath
Sound, guilt, pride, time