Mind's Eye Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Shep1986 

Cover art for Mind's Eye lyrics by Josh Ritter

Infinitepet is right, I think, he's saying "I'm puttin' up with you lightweights" Also I think he's saying "I'm gonna take it up the sly way" not "Steinway" think about it in the context of the following line "Waitin' for the bullet that I'll never see come" if you don't see it coming that means the person who shot you was being sly

But it sounds much more like Steinway, Steinway & Sons being a manufacturer of pianos. The line 'gonna take up the Steinway waitin' for the bullet I'll never see come' meaning that he'll pass the time learning the piano, possibly implying that it will be quite some time.