[Verse 1] There’s smoke above the courthouse There’s thunder down the road Somebody found another reason We should carry one more load The mouth is always open The belly’s never full Yesterday it wanted silver Tonight it wants your blood They tell you it’s an emergency There’s no time left to think Just sign your name beneath the line And pour another fucking drink Every crisis needs an answer Every answer has a fee And somehow every answer Leaves another mouth to feed [Pre-Chorus] It doesn’t sleep It doesn’t dream It only knows one thing More More MORE [Chorus] FEED THE MACHINE GIVE IT MONEY GIVE IT FEAR FEED THE MACHINE GIVE IT ANOTHER FUCKING YEAR Give it something we can hate Give it someone we can blame Keep the belly full Keep the fire hot FEED THE FUCKING MACHINE It don’t care who’s wrong It don’t care who’s right It just needs another reason To keep eating through the night FEED THE MACHINE BEFORE THE MACHINE FEEDS ON YOU [Verse 2] Yesterday’s catastrophe Is forgotten by today There’s another one arriving And another on the way Every warning gets more urgent Every headline screams some more Every temporary measure Finds a reason to endure There’s always one more sacrifice We’re told we have to make One more little piece surrendered For everybody’s sake Then the danger fades to memory But the machinery remains Waiting for another storm cloud Waiting for another name [Pre-Chorus] It doesn’t love It doesn’t hate It doesn’t give a damn It only knows MORE MORE MORE [Chorus] FEED THE MACHINE GIVE IT MONEY GIVE IT FEAR FEED THE MACHINE GIVE IT ANOTHER FUCKING YEAR Give it something we can hate Give it someone we can blame Keep the belly full Keep the fire hot FEED THE FUCKING MACHINE It don’t care who’s wrong It don’t care who’s right It just needs another reason To keep eating through the night FEED THE MACHINE BEFORE THE MACHINE FEEDS ON YOU [Bridge] First they give it money Then they give it names Then they give it enemies To justify the flames Then everybody gathers round And swears it must be fed Because whatever price we’re paying Sure beats what comes next So feed it one more dollar Feed it one more right Feed it one more generation Too exhausted for the fight Nobody asks what happens When the fucking thing gets full Because it never does It never fucking does [Breakdown] FEED IT MONEY FEED IT FEAR FEED IT ANGER YEAR AFTER YEAR FEED IT POWER FEED IT BLAME CHANGE THE FACE KEEP THE GAME FEED IT FEED IT FEED IT MORE THE FUCKING THING IS STILL HUNGRY WHAT THE HELL ARE WE FEEDING IT FOR? [Final Chorus] FEED THE MACHINE GIVE IT MONEY GIVE IT FEAR FEED THE MACHINE GIVE IT ANOTHER FUCKING YEAR Give it everything you worked for Everything you saved Give it every little freedom You were frightened to defend FEED THE MACHINE IT’S NEVER SATISFIED It’ll chew through every promise And ask you for another bite FEED THE MACHINE FEED THE MACHINE JUST DON’T ACT SURPRISED WHEN THE THING YOU KEPT ALIVE COMES LOOKING FOR YOU TONIGHT [Outro] The mouth stays open The fire stays hot You gave it everything It asked for And still It wants More.
