Raising The Skate Lyrics - Foil Deer - Speedy Ortiz

[Verse 1] 

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 

[Pre-Chorus] 

Careful, steady 

Are we steady? 

Cruel and ready 

[Chorus] 

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 

[Verse 2] 

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 

[Chorus] 

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 

[Bridge] 

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 

[Chorus] 

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