Aesop Rock - Skip Town lyrics

On the train
Watchin' the rainbows (thank you window seat)
I mean, it's all the same to some
But that cityscape makes me numb
Walkin' the wire between firewater and water
- I'll take the tap
Still managed to end up thirsty
The day the nursery collapsed
In my hand I hold the plumage of a buzzard
Suffered for circlin' nutrition
(seems barbaric)
I may have just saved your children
There's an inborn tendency tellin' me
To grip that sickle
For The pirate tyrant breeds feed
On your precious little pixels
I interviewed the sun
He said the future's lookin' bright
I interviewed the rain
He claimed the sun's truly an asshole
I was supposed to interview the snow


Today but of course he flaked
So I let my frigid demeanor teeter
And take his vacant place
We 3 sprout from the same litter
Yet amazingly crafted by separate scissors
I sloth from off the beaten path
Splashed in the cretin blizzard
Half my time is herded
Toward little lost causes
Half my time is spent
Pluggin' these leaky faucets
An' I'm here to pose inquiries
I'm here to draw a fork in the road and
Call it the diary of common sheep aspiring
Little Billy starlet up the block
Got the right premise
But can't thread the needle
Without consultin apprentice present
I don't really know you (I don't)
And I don't' really care (I don't)
Can't judge a man's dignity by
The wattage in his stare
Maybe that deems me that vagabond
You love to kill but I really ain't got time
For the motherfuckin guilt

I'm gone and I best believe I'm leavin'
Pack up my belongings then it's
Off into the evening
Now I haven't exactly been
Embraced by the populace
Set sail upon the seven deadly
Seas of the anonymous
I'm gone and I best believe I'm leavin'
Pack up my belongings then it's
Off into the evening
An' I'm diggin' a tunnel to
Where the sun'l never shine
I've got my book I got my dream
I've got myself an' I'll be fine
(My time) is the day before the
Day the earth stood still
(My time) is the day before
The soldiers fired at will
(My time) is the day before
The hunter made his kill
My time's the final mile before
The valley meets the hill

And I'm an archer
Parked where the farmers barter appetites
Sweet talkin' harassment down to a
Mere flashing of badges
Prototypic landscape chased every step
Of my well-oiled collective
Workforce with frozen intention
Festive - wait what about the captivated?
Well, I am the product of
Skeleton dancers poised crooked
Scattered amidst blue fields of
Fiery bliss mixed with
Disease applicant activist rattlers
Fascinate grave child
Oh you're expecting slave smiles after
Sticking the pin in limb
God, if I could offer maintenance
To fantasies I would
I'd place the button in the city
Square for everyone to push
You see my mission responsibilities
Range across the board
Until I'd rather be a pen than a sword
I swim a cold lake, make no mistake
I was not ready all edgy and outta shape
Made the company look messy
(Sorry, well sorry) Honestly take
It or leave it just let me know so I ain't
Beggin' forgiveness throughout the evening
Basic locomotive with a whistle and caboose
Tryin to pull my cargo 'cross
The map without a boost
Fragile in more ways than ten
Yet sturdy bird construction
Help the smokestacks puff until the morn
Dream torn

I'm gone and I best believe I'm leavin'
Packed up my belongings then it's
Off into the evening
I've knocked upon every little
Door that comes about
I'll sweep ya porch if you can spare
A couple of breadcrumbs and a couch
I'm gone and I best believe I'm leavin'
Pack up my belongings then it's
Off into the evening
This turning in my sleep is
Getting old and older still
I think I can, I think I can, I think I can
I think I will