So John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats does this thing in some of his lyrics where he’ll start a sentence out with a verb as though it’s an imperative, but it’s from a first-person POV. There’s a lot of examples but the song “Counterfeit Florida Plates” is the one that comes to mind first, for me. Is there a technical term for what he’s doing here?

EDIT: changed wording to be less ambiguous

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    6 months ago

    He’s dropping the I, eg.

    I steal some sunscreen

    I use too much

    I wait