The Hook lyrics

[Chorus: The Narcissist Cookbook]
It started off as devil's advocate
To challenge all my views
When every answer has a question
It's not hard to get confused
This is the devil at his handsomest
So, hey, what can you do?
If this clever devil's accurate
He might convince you too

[Verse 1: Bug Hunter, The Narcissist Cookbook]
I found the Devil down in Richmond, he was fishing for some sins
He was perched up on a cloud, I found him humming gospel hymns
I says "You ain't got a license, this is twice I've caught you here"
My indictments met with silence, he just beckons me, come near
He goes, "watch the bobber in the water down below the pole
When a sinner takes the bait, all that's left to do is pull
You can see the sweet relief on all the faces of their victims
It's a vicious job, but I acknowledge I am quite addicted"
Then the pole was in my hand, and I cast my hook out far
This is how it all began, this is how my spiral started

[Chorus: Bug Hunter & The Narcissist Cookbook]
Off as devil's advocate
To challenge all my views
When every answer has a question
It's not hard to get confused
This is the devil at his handsomest
So, hey, what can you do?
If this clever devil's accurate
He might convince you too
(3, 4)

[Verse 2: Bug Hunter, The Narcissist Cookbook]
So we'd meet up every weekend at a different fishing spot
Hopping on another city stayin' a step ahead of God
I didn't wanna think of consequences were I ever caught
Well, the devil can be dangerous but no one crosses God
We pulled criminals and bitter souls, abusers, crooks and cons
But heaven never sent this set of rebels with a cause
It was thrilling, it was chilling, it was killing evil souls
The method's pretty brutal, but damn, we get results

[Ukulele Solo]

[Verse 3: Bug Hunter, The Narcissist Cookbook]
We were packing up in Amsterdam and cleaning off our hooks
I took a chance to count the bounties, now I wish I never looked
I found a kid inside his bucket
What the hell?! He's barely eight!
Well he must've been a sinner... after all, he took the bait

[Chorus: Bug Hunter]
It started off as devil's advocate
To challenge all my views
When every answer has a question
It's not hard to get confused
This is the devil at his handsomest
So, hey, what can you do?
If this clever devil's accurate
He might convince you too
[Outro: Bug Hunter, Bug Hunter & The Narcissist Cookbook]
I am an Angel
I took an oath
I am a savior
A danger, or both
I don't go fishin'
Not anymore
And I haven't seen the devil
In 20 years or more
So when I'm called into God's office, told I have a new assignment
There's a lead on where he's fishing and it's up to me to find him
I can't confess that I can guess exactly where to look
Now it's up to me if I or he will end up on the hook