Skip Town

[Verse 1]

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 (What up?)

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 (Uhh)

I'm here to draw a fork in the road and call it the diary of how to keep 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 dont' 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

[Hook]

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'll never shine

I've got my book I got my dream I've got myself an' I'll be fine

[Bridge]

(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

[Verse 2]

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 ('Boose!)

Tryin to pull my cargo 'cross the map without a boost (Boost!)

Fragile in more ways than ten yet sturdy bird construction

Help the smokestacks puff until the morn, dream torn

[Hook]

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