Lyric discussion by SamHaslam 

Cover art for The Hook lyrics by Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks

With his child-like, playful, explorative and vivid imagination, Steve Malkmus describes an alter-world in where he's a pirate. I concur with Spaceman Spiff – this is the greatest ever written. It doesn't fail to put a smile on my face when I hear it.

A quick edit though, I believe it should be 'stubborn' cook, not 'starving'.