Peter, wake up,
Can’t you smell the blood beneath your mask?
Parker, wake up,
Can’t you hear their screams?
Peter, wake up
Can’t you feel the ground shaking?
I know you want to rest,
Let it be someone else’s problem for a bit,
But you can’t let it end like this-
Say something,
A joke, a quip, anything, please.
God, how can you let your solider down?
You gave him all your hardest battles,
Look at him,
Look how responsibility suffocated him.
Is this the ending you wrote for him?
I reject it, I reject you,
We reject it, we reject you,
Come on Spidey,
We’ll save you, we’ll embrace you.
Brew some coffee for him,
I’ll distract the freaks outside,
We’ve got you, Spidey,
Let yourself be saved,
Oi, Doctor Octavius
Oi, Scorpion,
Oi, Electro,
Oi, Mysterio
Oi, Green goblin,
If you want Spidey,
You have to go through us,
But before you do,
Ask yourself, why are a bunch of grown men attacking a kid?
You have at least two doctoral degrees,
You’ve been to Jail more times than I’ve count,
You’re an electrical engineer,
You were an actor, for god’s sake man,
You have a son and a corporation
So, kill me,
With your ridiculous suits and powers,
But someone else will protect Spider-man,
Because he has saved us, time and time again.
Spidey, we embrace you,
Peter, we save you,
Spidey, we fight for you,
Parker, we protect you.
Thwip, Thwip
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