Three Sheets to Kishkiyya · Track 67 · middle
Make a Deposit in the Porcelain Bank
VOLUME III — being SICK, the small-hours reckoning at the porcelain. The idiom and the song's title hook: "Make a Deposit in the Porcelain Bank". Its true history: Contemporary — the toilet as a bank for the stomach's deposit; announce the transaction. Render this beat of the night as the band's affectionate, funny, celebratory tribute — the idiom itself is the chorus hook.
Lyrics
[Intro] Ladies and gentlemen, step right up to the midnight window! We got a heavy hitter in the blue corner tonight! [Verse 1] She’s walking down the hallway like a fighter on the ropes Carrying the burden of a dozen liquid toasts The street-side ATMs are locked and feeling cold But there's a 24-hour branch gleaming in the bowl The tile is the canvas, get down on your knees The contemporary market is collecting on its fees [Chorus] Time to make a deposit in the porcelain bank Empty out the ledger, clear the dizzy weight It's the only institution where you never draw a blank Step up and make a deposit in the porcelain bank! [Verse 2] It’s a modern-era margin, we’re balancing the gut Every wild investment takes a heavy-duty cut She's grabbing at the rim like a wrestler in the clinch Giving back the agave, surrendering the bench The belly is a broker when the assets run too thin Liquidating everything you tried to smuggle in [Chorus] Oh, make a deposit in the porcelain bank Empty out the ledger, clear the dizzy weight It's the only institution where you never draw a blank Step up and make a deposit in the porcelain bank! [Bridge] One! Two! Three! She’s clinging to the stall! A modern financial wonder, answering the call The interest rate is brutal, the penalty is loud But look at that recovery, she's keeping the head down And she's still in the fight! [Outro] Wipe the chin, raise the hand. The finest financial planner in the land. Account settled. Turn off the light.