"The Stickler" lyrics

If the action is enough to weigh me down

The pen and pad that assembled my life
Was just a rag in an oil field
I could grab any word like a knife
But when I stab, I annoy you

Paralyzed, a barrel pointing at the page
Asking for a chapter
The perils in the careful
Am I getting weak? Can't I do this faster?
The torrent of average little stanzas that came
I ain't got a secret, bitch
Just make yourself a slave

There's no peace for me
I'm your medicine
Can you tell me what you want that's better than
There's no end to this
I'm your Sisyphus
Can you tell me what you want from me that's better than this?
Where's my sanctuary?
Pushing up this hill is getting pretty fucking old

Showering, empowering
Devouring until I feel complete
Aspiring, acquiring
Conspiring until I can defeat
Summon up the beast, let him off the leash
Alt, control, delete
Born into the spawn, terraform
Throw the ring away, go back to the shire

You're so righteous and patronising
(Born into the spawn)
Wave goodbye while your life's capsizing
(Summon up the beast)
What's beyond the black hole?
(Let him off the leash)
While we lose all control?

Vines
Weaving through the slain
They wanted the best in the business
We're showing our age
Hell of a weight on the reins
Hell of a way to the grave
Hell of a favor to give what's intended
And stick to the principle, man

There's no peace for me
I'm your medicine
Can you tell me what you want that's better than
There's no end to this
I'm your Sisyphus
Can you tell me what you want from me that's better than this?
Where's my sanctuary?
Pushing up this hill is getting pretty fucking old

Okay Jon, so yeah, yeah show me this part you got
Yeah, yeah, yeah, so we're gonna go with
"I think I'm ready to get out of my cage. Should I try?"
"Try to rescue who?"
Okay, low? Both go down
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Okay, okay
And then the second part it's like, we're both together
"It ain't nothing but a happy meal in a cup. I'm fake-laughing at the cra-"
Okay, yeah, yeah
Sick, yeah, yeah
Sounds good together
It's super beefed up, I knew it would be cool
Alright, yeah, let's try it out

I think I'm ready to get out of my cage
Should I try? Who needs to rescue who?
I think I'm ready to grow out of the rage
So I bathed and God made me choose
It ain't nothing but a happy meal in a cup
I'm fake laughing at the crappy feel in my gut
I think I'm wise when I'm wearing the guise
Either close to being savvy
Or I'm ruining my life
Am I done?