Giants

Pretty tall, with child's eyes

I know the ankles, shins, and thighs

Of giants

Giants

Shrinking back from your touch

Worried that I must be crushed

By giants

You're giant

You, with all your solidity

How dare you need my sympathy

Not fair, don't be as frail as me

Pick on your own damn size

You can't say you're not so great

Prick your thumb and then deflate

Not fair to leave me without shade

In a spate of cloudless skies

Hey, dry the scales on my eyes

Say I smell kippers

Hey, dry the scales on my eyes

Say I feel different

My mistake, my biggest flaw

Trying to pull the thorns from paws

Of lions

Lions

Shrinking back from your ma, you're

Worried you will get her claws

A lion

You're lying

I see your hurt, I hear your yelp

How dare you act like I can't help

If you'd be still, ungrateful whelp

Then I could save your life

But I'll want you glad, I want you tame

For you to come when I say your name

And even if I end up maimed

I will know I tried

Hey, rip the scales from my eyes

Say, I smell kippers

Say, rip the scales from my eyes

Say, I feel different

I want you glad, I want you tame

For you to come when I say your name

You to be my claws and fangs

I the one who holds the strings

I want you tall, I want you strong

So you won't feel me do you wrong

More and more I can't deny

I've watched your body atrophy

So pick me up

For just one last time

Won't you hold my body to the sky

Hey, rip the scales from my eyes

Say I smell kippers

Hey, rip the scales from my eyes

Say I feel different

Then you say I feel different

You just say I smell kippers