歌詞を確認したら、ちゃんと韻を踏んでいました。これも、book of old でないといけない理由です。
[óʊl] の韻を踏んでいる箇所を大文字
I've been reading books of OLD
The legends and the myths
Achilles and his GOLD
Hercules and his gifts
Spider-Man's conTROL
And Batman with his fists
And clearly I don't see myself upon that list.