Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Raising the Skate , by - Speedy Ortiz. Release date: 20.04.2015
Song language: English
Raising the Skate |
| 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 kill 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 |