--- (Intro – spoken, metallic whisper) Clank… crank the dank tank, plank the blank spank— Open the box. Lock the locks. Pop the cots… --- (Verse 1 – rapid-fire) I’m a toolbox tongue-twister, fixin’ six twisted six-inch wrenches Spittin’ splinters, grippin’ gaskets, dippin’ pliers into benches Hacksaw halved a half-hitched haberdasher’s hatch Catch the latch—patch a scratch with a matchstick batch Taboo? I hammer hymns into heaven’s hemorrhoid Screwdriver screws the screamin’ screed into a void Level? No, I lever seven levers, leave 'em severed— *Wrench the wrench so bad the wrench remembers never --- (Chant – layered, percussive) Five flat files filin’ five flat filin’ files— Nail gun nails the nail that nailed the narrative to tiles “Box of bolts? No—box of ghosts with socket hosts— Tap the tap that tapped the tap of toast to toast” --- (Verse 2 – faster, looser) Vise-grip grips the grippin’ grip that gripped a gypsy’s gecko Chisel chips a chip off Christ’s chipped cerebellum, check tho— *Miter saw saws the saw that sawed the saw’s own mother— *Wreck the wrecking bar inside a wrecked wreck’s brother Clamp the campfire clamp that clamped the clam to Calvin *Allen wrench a wrenchin’ wren inside a fallen falcon *Toolbox tongue? I *lube the loo with loose lute lullabies— *Then *bolt the box shut. Watch the watchers lose their eyes. --- (Bridge – half-time, then sprinting) Open me? Scratch the scratch that scratched the scratch the cat left askin’ Task the task mask—tusk the tusk flask— I’m the crescent wrench that wrenched the trench the tench sank The plank that planked the plank? …Drank. --- (Outro – breaking down, staccato) Box. Locks. Cops. Frogs. Logs. Hogs. Dogs. Fog. Tool— Fool— Rule— …Who left the crowbar in the school? Shh. Toolbox. Closed. ---
