[Verse 1: new york hardcore male frontman, shouted hard over the double kicks and the harpsichord] Four hundred years I been the thing behind the bedroom door Turnin' crosses upside down and scratchin' at the floor I made a bishop run in Prague, I made a sailor pray Made a convent keep the lamps lit every day So this October found a split-level out on Birch Fourteen and in a hoodie, never once been to church Took her over Tuesday night, I did the whole routine Floated her above the bed and spun her like a washing machine She just yawned up by the ceiling, said "Hey, could you get the light?" Then she snored up there the rest of the night [Hook: hardcore frontman, shouted, the guitars chugging under every line] Possession is nine-tenths of the law, they told me Nine-tenths mine, so I moved in, and now she owns me I got the bed, I got the walls, I got the lights She got the other tenth, and she won every fight [Verse 2: hardcore frontman, the harpsichord racing] Wednesday I wrote "LEAVE" in blood across the mirror glass She took a picture of it, posted it, and got a hundred laughs Thursday I threw every drawer, I made the dresser walk She made me fold it all back up before she'd even talk Now I'm doin' her geometry, I'm takin' out the trash I'm hidin' from her mama when she hollers "Who did that?" I'm a prince down in the pit, I got titles in the dark And I'm walkin' her chihuahua at eleven through the park I been tryin' every window, I been crawlin' up the flue But a spirit needs permission, and she won't say "You're through" [Hook] Possession is nine-tenths of the law, they told me Nine-tenths mine, so I moved in, and now she owns me I got the bed, I got the walls, I got the lights She got the other tenth, and she won every fight [Breakdown Chug: the guitars collapse into a slow crushing chug, female hardcore shouter, four bars at him] Sit down, you ain't leavin', you ain't done till I'm done You still owe me a science project, due on the one You flipped my bed and scared my mother, now you payin' the fine You are grounded, mister, and this house is still mine [Verse 3: hardcore frontman, double kicks back, faster] Saturday the priest came up the stairs with all his stuff I fell down on my knees and said "Father, that's enough Read it louder, read it faster, throw the water, do it right I'll go back down where I came from and I won't come back tonight" He was holdin' up the cross, and she was holdin' up a hand Said "He's stayin' till the dishes," and he said "I understand" Now the cross is on the wall, and it's the right way up And I'm wipin' down the counters and I'm rinsin' out her cup Four hundred years of terror, and I'm goin' out like this Scared of one small girl in a hoodie with a list [Hook] Possession is nine-tenths of the law, they told me Nine-tenths mine, so I moved in, and now she owns me I got the bed, I got the walls, I got the lights She got the other tenth, and she won every fight [End]
