[Intro] (Low bass pulse. A breath held too long.) [Verse 1] I push arugula around my plate Nod along like I'm satisfied Everyone is grazing, I assimilate Swallow down my appetite and smile wide I praise the dressing, ask for more Laugh at jokes that taste like air They don't see me starving to the core I learned to sit so pretty in this chair [Pre-Chorus 1] But something's growling underneath the table Mouth watering for what you'll never serve I keep telling myself that I'll be stable Chewing on my hunger like a good girl [Chorus] I'm a carnivore at the salad bar Starving while I smile I've been swallowing everything you serve me But I'm hungry all the while Carnivore at the salad bar Pretty, tame, polite One day I'm gonna bite down hard And you won't survive the night [Verse 2] I used to bare my teeth when I was little Got hit until I learned to keep them hid They filed the sharp parts off, left me brittle Taught me appetite's the worst thing that I did Now I know the name of every leaf I fake my way through seven-course lies But underneath the manners, underneath the grief Something in me refuses to die [Pre-Chorus 2] I'm shaking at the table, holding in the snarl Rabbit food is rotting on my tongue You think you broke me, think I'm yours now, darling I've been hungry since before I learned to talk [Chorus] I'm a carnivore at the salad bar Starving while I smile I've been swallowing everything you serve me But I'm hungry all the while Carnivore at the salad bar Pretty, tame, polite One day I'm gonna bite down hard And you won't survive the night [Bridge] (Production drops. Raw, almost spoken:) I want to sink my teeth into something that bleeds I want to taste the iron on my lips I'm so fucking tired of pretending I don't need What's been clawing at me since I was a kid (Slower, building:) They said hunger was ugly Said my appetite was sin So I learned to set the table nice And lock the wolf within (Faster, louder, desperate:) But I can't choke it down anymore Can't gnaw on one more leaf Can't smile across another plate While my body screams for meat [Final Chorus] (Full feral release:) I WAS a carnivore at the salad bar But I'm done being tame I've been gagging on your garnish Now I'm starving, now I'm changed Carnivore OFF the salad bar Watch me show my teeth I was never your sweet herbivore— I'm what you should've feared at the feast [Outro] (Growled, predatory, final:) Carnivore... carnivore... Done starving at your table Not your good girl anymore [End]
