The Feed Is Hungry

[Verse I] Morning light through shattered glass Another name is swallowed fast Tongues of wire and glowing teeth Chewing headlines underneath Faces pass like salted meat Thrown in rhythm to the beat Truth and rumor side by side Both are meat when mouths are wide [Pre-Chorus] Faster now, the gears all spin Empty jaws invite us in [Chorus] The feed is hungry It don’t care who bleeds It drinks the anger It eats the need Left hand, right hand Faith or blasphemy The feed is hungry And hunger don’t believe [Verse II] Chewing names like prayer and ash Turning grief to sudden cash Softened lies and sharpened cries Rise alike before the eyes Nuance starves in narrow halls Slow truth limps while thunder calls Banners torn then stitched again Sold as war between old friends [Pre-Chorus] Open wide, the market sings Iron throats and paper kings [Chorus] The feed is hungry It don’t care who bleeds It sells the fury Then plants the seed Nation, scripture Color, memory The feed is hungry And hunger don’t believe [Bridge] (choir swell / sparse machine beat) Who taught mouths to eat our names? Who taught fire to wear our shame? If every cry can earn its bread Who will starve the beast we fed? If silence cannot pay its way Will wisdom die in slower days? Can we keep a human plea When hunger learns economy? [Final Chorus] The feed is hungry It don’t care who bleeds It bites the living Then keeps the seed Love or hatred Both can be currency The feed is hungry But must we feed? [Outro – whispered / layered harmonies] Chewing names… Chewing names… Spitting banners… Calling flames… Sometimes I fed it too.