I’ve been building a moat ‘round my body since twenty to keep myself alive 
Dig the hole twice around, pour the stream, dredge the ground, now it’s 2025
Cause when I see them eyeing me, trying me, feels like they’re sizing me up like bishop’s pine
So I raise the stakes, change the game make attacking me cost more than taking all that’s mine

Cause I’m the porcupine
I can stand completely still
I’m the porcupine
And I’m showing all my quills
You’ll hurt yourself more than you hurt me
I let you make your choices foolishly
Like I don’t care, but I built this for you 

Gonna make you learn your lesson
You could have the size, I’ve got the blade
You could have the guns the artillery 
Still not gonna get your hands on me
Don’t second guess me, 

(Who can win a porcupine? 
I said, Who can win a porcupine? Not him.)

In the winter I try to remember the reasons but mostly I forget
I could let down my guard and approach if we don’t see each other as a threat
But as soon as I cross I still find myself turning right back over the line
Cause what if the mem’rie you leave is more painful than being alone for all that time?

Yeah I’m the porcupine 
Downplay the stories I could tell 
I’m the porcupine 
Prefer to poison my own well
I’m the porcupine
If it brings the same pain as myself
Then I don’t care, so why should you?

Cause if every contact is doomed to fail
Maybe it’s better if I just watch from afar
Oh I can hear them singing 
Why do I take the easier suffering?
Why not draw some blood?

Never gonna learn my lesson 
Always gonna straddle two extremes

(Who can win a porcupine? 
I said, Who can win a porcupine? Not him.)


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