Lyrics Shredding The Balloon Restrung - Hilltop Hoods
                                                Like 
                                                we 
                                                always 
                                                do 
                                                about 
                                                this 
                                                time, 
                                                ink 
                                                lines 
                                                for 
                                                the 
                                                sick 
                                                rhyme 
                                                inclined,
 
                                    
                                
                                                It's 
                                                grimy 
                                                shit 
                                                but 
                                                naught 
                                                that 
                                                can't 
                                                be 
                                                fixed 
                                                with 
                                                    a 
                                                little 
                                                bit 
                                                of 
                                                spitshine,
 
                                    
                                
                                                Big 
                                                time 
                                                like 
                                                Frankie 
                                                in 
                                                Vegas, 
                                                inspiring 
                                                like 
                                                Ali 
                                                and 
                                                Frazier,
 
                                    
                                
                                                Spit 
                                                it 
                                                out 
                                                till 
                                                we 
                                                spilling 
                                                out 
                                                on 
                                                to 
                                                the 
                                                street 
                                                start 
                                                    a 
                                                party 
                                                up 
                                                with 
                                                our 
                                                neighbours,
 
                                    
                                
                                                I'd 
                                                rather 
                                                be 
                                                part 
                                                of 
                                                your 
                                                playlist, 
                                                than 
                                                ever 
                                                be 
                                                part 
                                                of 
                                                the 
                                                A-list,
 
                                    
                                
                                                Harness 
                                                the 
                                                energy, 
                                                heart 
                                                of 
                                                    a 
                                                pedigree 
                                                with 
                                                the 
                                                scars 
                                                of 
                                                    a 
                                                sadist,
 
                                    
                                
                                                    I 
                                                go 
                                                so 
                                                hard 
                                                on 
                                                the 
                                                pavement; 
                                                    I 
                                                go 
                                                so 
                                                far 
                                                with 
                                                my 
                                                statements,
 
                                    
                                
                                                That 
                                                    I 
                                                don't 
                                                know 
                                                where 
                                                they 
                                                end 
                                                and 
                                                where 
                                                    I 
                                                start 
                                                it's 
                                                all 
                                                part 
                                                of 
                                                game 
                                                it's,
 
                                    
                                
                                                The 
                                                farthest 
                                                I've 
                                                came 
                                                since 
                                                    I 
                                                started 
                                                to 
                                                play 
                                                it,
 
                                    
                                
                                                    I 
                                                spar 
                                                with 
                                                these 
                                                artists, 
                                                the 
                                                heartless 
                                                and 
                                                brainless,
 
                                    
                                
                                                We're 
                                                harnessed 
                                                by 
                                                chains 
                                                that 
                                                are 
                                                hard 
                                                to 
                                                escape 
                                                and 
                                                you 
                                                change 
                                                then 
                                                they 
                                                label 
                                                us 
                                                bastards 
                                                or 
                                                traitors,
 
                                    
                                
                                                They're 
                                                charlatans, 
                                                they're 
                                                haters, 
                                                they 
                                                start 
                                                on 
                                                us 
                                                but 
                                                they're 
                                                fake 
                                                as,
 
                                    
                                
                                                Our 
                                                parliament, 
                                                but 
                                                don't 
                                                be 
                                                disheartened 
                                                by 
                                                them 
                                                pardon 
                                                their 
                                                failures,
 
                                    
                                
                                                If 
                                                we 
                                                don't 
                                                forgive 
                                                our 
                                                enemies, 
                                                we'll 
                                                crawl 
                                                the 
                                                walls 
                                                like 
                                                centipedes,
 
                                    
                                
                                                Burn 
                                                our 
                                                energy 
                                                like 
                                                fossil 
                                                fuels 
                                                and 
                                                fuel 
                                                our 
                                                own 
                                                damn 
                                                effigy,
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                we'll 
                                                all 
                                                burn 
                                                like 
                                                Hennessey, 
                                                so 
                                                keep 
                                                on 
                                                then 
                                                and 
                                                step 
                                                with 
                                                me,
 
                                    
                                
                                                John 
                                                Lennon 
                                                let 
                                                it 
                                                be, 
                                                dead 
                                                the 
                                                beef 
                                                like 
                                                abattoirs, 
                                                before 
                                                these 
                                                scavengers 
                                                tear 
                                                at 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                I've 
                                                been 
                                                waiting 
                                                to 
                                                come 
                                                back,
 
                                    
                                
                                                Like 
                                                where 
                                                the 
                                                hell 
                                                is 
                                                the 
                                                show?
 
                                    
                                
                                                Like 
                                                    a 
                                                balloon 
                                                on 
                                                    a 
                                                thumbtack,
 
                                    
                                
                                                Getting 
                                                ready 
                                                to 
                                                blow,
 
                                    
                                
                                                I've 
                                                been 
                                                waiting 
                                                to 
                                                come 
                                                back,
 
                                    
                                
                                                Like 
                                                where 
                                                the 
                                                hell 
                                                is 
                                                the 
                                                show?
 
                                    
                                
                                                Like 
                                                    a 
                                                balloon 
                                                on 
                                                    a 
                                                thumbtack,
 
                                    
                                
                                                Getting 
                                                ready 
                                                to 
                                                blow
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                it 
                                                might 
                                                blow 
                                                up 
                                                but 
                                                it 
                                                won't 
                                                go 
                                                pop,
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                it 
                                                might 
                                                blow 
                                                up 
                                                but 
                                                it 
                                                won't 
                                                burst,
 
                                    
                                
                                                She 
                                                said 
                                                she 
                                                might 
                                                grow 
                                                old 
                                                but 
                                                she 
                                                won't 
                                                grow 
                                                up,
 
                                    
                                
                                                Well 
                                                she 
                                                might, 
                                                but 
                                                only 
                                                if 
                                                    I 
                                                go 
                                                first,
 
                                    
                                
                                                She 
                                                wears 
                                                her 
                                                heart 
                                                on 
                                                her 
                                                sleeve 
                                                like; 
                                                she's 
                                                wearing 
                                                    a 
                                                patch 
                                                on 
                                                her 
                                                shoulder,
 
                                    
                                
                                                It's 
                                                not 
                                                    a 
                                                matter 
                                                of 
                                                whether 
                                                    I 
                                                can 
                                                catch 
                                                her, 
                                                more 
                                                    a 
                                                matter 
                                                of 
                                                whether 
                                                    I 
                                                can 
                                                hold 
                                                her,
 
                                    
                                
                                                She 
                                                thinks 
                                                out 
                                                loud 
                                                she's 
                                                got 
                                                me; 
                                                she 
                                                laughs 
                                                with 
                                                her 
                                                whole 
                                                body,
 
                                    
                                
                                                    I 
                                                think 
                                                about 
                                                how 
                                                she 
                                                got 
                                                it 
                                                all 
                                                figured 
                                                out 
                                                and 
                                                wonder 
                                                why 
                                                she'd 
                                                even 
                                                want 
                                                me?
 
                                    
                                
                                                Each 
                                                night 
                                                    I 
                                                find 
                                                it's 
                                                the 
                                                same 
                                                ole, 
                                                when 
                                                    I 
                                                crawl 
                                                inside 
                                                in 
                                                the 
                                                evening,
 
                                    
                                
                                                    I 
                                                lie 
                                                down 
                                                next 
                                                to 
                                                an 
                                                angel; 
                                                fall 
                                                asleep 
                                                and 
                                                fly 
                                                with 
                                                my 
                                                demons,
 
                                    
                                
                                                They 
                                                say 
                                                don't 
                                                live 
                                                in 
                                                the 
                                                past 
                                                and 
                                                live 
                                                each 
                                                day 
                                                like 
                                                it 
                                                was 
                                                your 
                                                last 
                                                but,
 
                                    
                                
                                                I'd 
                                                rather 
                                                live 
                                                each 
                                                moment 
                                                like 
                                                it 
                                                was 
                                                my 
                                                first, 
                                                take 
                                                it 
                                                slow 
                                                and 
                                                sip 
                                                from 
                                                the 
                                                glass,
 
                                    
                                
                                                Savour 
                                                the 
                                                moment, 
                                                spit 
                                                vicious 
                                                bars 
                                                then 
                                                pray 
                                                for 
                                                opponents,
 
                                    
                                
                                                Sounds 
                                                so 
                                                serious 
                                                don't 
                                                it? 
                                                But 
                                                I'm 
                                                not 
                                                concerned 
                                                with 
                                                    a 
                                                thing,
 
                                    
                                
                                                This 
                                                is 
                                                book 
                                                three, 
                                                Tolkien, 
                                                Return 
                                                of 
                                                the 
                                                King,
 
                                    
                                
                                                The 
                                                kings 
                                                have 
                                                arrived; 
                                                we 
                                                drink 
                                                from 
                                                the 
                                                sky,
 
                                    
                                
                                                We 
                                                fall 
                                                from 
                                                all 
                                                'cause 
                                                we 
                                                think 
                                                we 
                                                can 
                                                fly,
 
                                    
                                
                                                But 
                                                our 
                                                wings 
                                                have 
                                                been 
                                                tied, 
                                                and 
                                                the 
                                                winging 
                                                and 
                                                lies,
 
                                    
                                
                                                Have 
                                                me 
                                                I'm 
                                                wishing 
                                                that 
                                                    I 
                                                could 
                                                bridge 
                                                the 
                                                divide,
 
                                    
                                
                                                You 
                                                living 
                                                the 
                                                life? 
                                                In 
                                                the 
                                                blink 
                                                of 
                                                an 
                                                eye
 
                                    
                                
                                                The 
                                                shine 
                                                of 
                                                the 
                                                bling 
                                                and 
                                                the 
                                                rims 
                                                that 
                                                you 
                                                ride,
 
                                    
                                
                                                Can 
                                                all 
                                                disappear 
                                                so 
                                                live 
                                                for 
                                                the 
                                                rhyme,
 
                                    
                                
                                                Not 
                                                material 
                                                things 
                                                your 
                                                gift 
                                                can 
                                                provide
 
                                    
                                
                                                I've 
                                                been 
                                                waiting 
                                                to 
                                                come 
                                                back,
 
                                    
                                
                                                Like 
                                                where 
                                                the 
                                                hell 
                                                is 
                                                the 
                                                show?
 
                                    
                                
                                                Like 
                                                    a 
                                                balloon 
                                                on 
                                                    a 
                                                thumbtack,
 
                                    
                                
                                                We're 
                                                getting 
                                                ready 
                                                to 
                                                blow,
 
                                    
                                
                                                I've 
                                                been 
                                                waiting 
                                                to 
                                                come 
                                                back,
 
                                    
                                
                                                Like 
                                                where 
                                                the 
                                                hell 
                                                is 
                                                the 
                                                show?
 
                                    
                                
                                                Like 
                                                    a 
                                                balloon 
                                                on 
                                                    a 
                                                thumbtack,
 
                                    
                                
                                                I'm 
                                                getting 
                                                ready 
                                                right 
                                                now 
                                                I'm 
                                                getting 
                                                ready
 
                                    
                                
                                                Since 
                                                'State 
                                                of 
                                                the 
                                                Art' 
                                                we've 
                                                stayed 
                                                in 
                                                the 
                                                yard 
                                                just 
                                                waiting 
                                                to 
                                                start 
                                                this 
                                                shit 
                                                all 
                                                over,
 
                                    
                                
                                                Laying 
                                                in 
                                                bars 
                                                for 
                                                    a 
                                                day 
                                                and 
                                                    a 
                                                half, 
                                                had 
                                                to 
                                                switch 
                                                from 
                                                gin 
                                                to 
                                                soda,
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                by 
                                                like 
                                                mid 
                                                October, 
                                                record 
                                                was 
                                                six 
                                                months 
                                                over,
 
                                    
                                
                                                Due, 
                                                and 
                                                I'm 
                                                like 
                                                dude 
                                                what 
                                                you 
                                                expect? 
                                                I'm 
                                                only 
                                                three 
                                                months 
                                                sober,
 
                                    
                                
                                                Coming 
                                                up 
                                                turning 
                                                tree 
                                                trunks 
                                                over, 
                                                running 
                                                up 
                                                burning 
                                                divas, 
                                                posers,
 
                                    
                                
                                                Run 
                                                amok 
                                                till 
                                                the 
                                                sun 
                                                is 
                                                up 
                                                or 
                                                till 
                                                one 
                                                of 
                                                us 
#                                                live 
                                                la 
                                                vidaloca,
 
                                    
                                
                                                I'm 
                                                going 
                                                ta 
                                                roll 
                                                until 
                                                    I 
                                                fold, 
                                                like 
                                                    I 
                                                got 
                                                    a 
                                                hold 
                                                of 
                                                Propafol,
 
                                    
                                
                                                So 
                                                beautiful 
                                                to 
                                                know 
                                                you 
                                                all 
                                                but 
                                                for 
                                                now 
                                                peace 
                                                I'm 
                                                over 
                                                and 
                                                out
 
                                    
                                 
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