[INTRO] The rift opens Above the marsh of Mars Metal beaks chanting From rusted travel jars [VERSE] They came in rows of yellow chrome Programmed hunger, hollow bones No nests, no songs, no drifting south Only orders in the mouth "EXTERMINATE!" The word gets stuck Translated poorly By a duck [PRE-CHORUS] I adjust my feathers Tighten time This war has happened Seven times [CHORUS] Who stands watch When the ponds all burn Who loops the clock Till the tides return I don’t shout I don’t shoot Call me Doctor Hoot [POST-CHORUS] [VERSE] The DucKlek's roll On webbed regret Oil-slick halos Around their heads They fear the sky They hate the night Anything silent Anything that might Ask a question They can’t compute Why an owl Would pity a brute [PRE-CHORUS] They think mercy Is a crack I think cracks Let daylight back [CHORUS] Who sees first What the future breaks Who lets live What revenge would take I don’t rule I don’t shoot Call me Doctor Hoot [BRIDGE] "QUACKSTERMINATE!" "QUACKSTERMINATE!" I slow the chant A half-step down They lose formation Lose the sound A war machine That skips a beat Is just a flock That learned defeat [VERSE] I land between them And the pond Between what is And what they want I show them time As something wide Not just a target Not just a side One Duckleks pauses Head tilts wrong A glitch like wonder Almost song [FINAL CHORUS] Who keeps watch When the code goes mute Who teaches fear How to unlearn brute I don’t conquer I reroute Call me Doctor Hoot
