Somehow a blood-stained casino chip got pulled from a sock
Connected to a dot on a map that seemed flat from the top
But was nothing but a crag with a drop
Where a bag full of rocks bested half of the flock
Til they dragged like a snag or a lag on your vox
And your flag's getting tagged so you stack and you plot
Til they shifts all your gifts, locked them back in the box
Feel a pain so insane you brag when it stops
But it don't, extension cords look like rope
Fjords look like roads doors look like hope
Mores are cooked like coke meaning cracks in ya folk
They poison the pill then they blacken the smoke
And an arm and a leg is like half of the quote
As they stand on your hands and command you to float
Then cling to your wings like rats in a boat
While they king you to sing, then flatten the notes
When the riddle's gonna bend and the middle is the end
So you twist it and you blend
Then you shift it and you mend
Then you lift and it extends
So you gift it to a friend
Might look down at the tip of your fist and there's a dent
When the riddle's gonna bend and the middle is the end
So you twist it and you blend
Then you shift it and you mend
Then you lift and it extends
So you gift it to a friend
Might look down at the tip of your fist and there's a dent
So the head was on let it go
The heart was on you never know
The arc was on forever though
The darkness donned a leather coat
That's heavy drove the Chevy to the levee
And they said it floats
But Sally hid a razor in the alley grand finale out in Cali
A bounty on a boost and a Saudi on the roof
Future cloudy as the truth when a doubter's in the booth
Put an hour in their boot turn a coward to a brute
Pull the sour from a fruit now it's flowering the roots
Were part starter jackets and martyrs with automatics
Who marketed all their habits and targeted all the addicts
Things were out of place like a shark with a rabbit that'll bark when you grab it
The thought that attaches when you bought into that shit
Is so dark it detaches from the bark and the branches and the spark of the matches and the loss of the fabric is so harsh that you're grabbing for the dart or hatchet just to off you or halve it
Like damn
When the riddle's gonna bend and the middle is the end
So you twist it and you blend
Then you shift it and you mend
Then you lift and it extends
So you gift it to a friend
Might look down at the tip of your fist and there's a dent
When the riddle's gonna bend and the middle is the end
So you twist it and you blend
Then you shift it and you mend
Then you lift and it extends
So you gift it to a friend
Might look down at the tip of your fist and there's a dent
The needles made them fetal the fatal made them evil
Their freedom was a fable their savior a deceiver
The paint disappeared from the easel to the ether
The canvas saturated with beacons of being weaker
A boss more focused on the gloss than the deeper
Offshoots that consumed it were lost and caught fevers
Reminders hit blinders surprise it's stigmatas
Til they were inclined to take pride in being violent
He learned that loving for just a second was like a weapon
Pointed at their pride setting fire to misconceptions
As the wolves all withered and battered their own Josies
She got so used to abuse, it felt cozy
And noticed it got weird without fear so it was hopeless
But this was less forever and closer to being momentary
Pass through, 100 deep at his statue
When the riddle's gonna bend and the middle is the end
So you twist it and you blend
Then you shift it and you mend
Then you lift and it extends
So you gift it to a friend
Might look down at the tip of your fist and there's a dent
When the riddle's gonna bend and the middle is the end
So you twist it and you blend
Then you shift it and you mend
Then you lift and it extends
So you gift it to a friend
Might look down at the tip of your fist and there's a dent