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