Mariners let defense hold them down in 6-8 loss to Royals

Living in the strike zone

And you may find yourself

in another part of the country (Kansas City)

And you may find yourself

Behind the wheel of another late-game loss

And you may find yourself on a beautiful day

“Well…how did I get here!?”

Let the team 57 wRC+ against the Kansas City Royals this season hold me down

Lack of defense flowing underground

After the winning streaks are gone

Lack of defense flowing underground

“How do I work this?”

“Where is that hitting from the heart of the lineup?”

And you may tell yourself

“This is not my beautiful day!”

And you may tell yourself

“This is not my beautiful team!”

Let the team .172 AVG against the Kansas City Royals this season hold me down

Lack of defense flowing underground

After the comeback attempt is gone

Lack of defense flowing underground

Quality pitching starts dissolving, and hard-hit outs removing

There is power at the top of the lineup

Under the power, carry the power

Remove the quick outs at the bottom of the lineup

Quality pitching starts dissolving, and hard-hit outs removing

Let the team .287 SLG against the Kansas City Royals this season hold me down

Lack of defense flowing underground

Into the loss column again

Under the errors and poorly-fielded balls

There is frustration underground

Let the team 24.6 K% against the Kansas City Royals this season hold me down

Lack of defense flowing underground

Into the loss column again

Lack of defense flowing underground

“What is that beautiful AL West standing?”

“Where does this season go to?”

“Am I right? Am I wrong?”

And you may say to yourself

“My God! What have I done?!”

Let the team .526 OPS against the Kansas City Royals this season hold me down

Water flowing underground

Into the loss column again

Under the errors and poorly-fielded balls

There is frustration underground

Let the team .240 OBP against the Kansas City Royals this season hold me down

Lack of defense flowing underground

Into the loss column again

Lack of defense flowing underground

And look where my team was

Leads aren’t holding up

And here, a series loss comes, here comes the loss

Same as it ever was (Letting the days go by)

Same as it ever was (Letting the days go by)

Let the team .166 win percentage against the Kansas City Royals this season hold me down

Lack of defense flowing underground

Into the loss column again