[VERSE 1 – intimate male vocal, restrained delivery] First you want a little Then you want it all Build yourself a mountain Just to stand up tall Get yourself a good name Get yourself a place Spend your life collecting Things that take your place [VERSE 2 – subtle drums enter, guitar echoes widen] There's always someone higher There's always something new Another door to open Another thing to prove You can fill the empty spaces You can decorate the walls But the feeling comes back knocking Like you never had it all [PRE-CHORUS – bass deepens, distant synth rises] And every time you get there There's another finish line You keep reaching for tomorrow While today slips out of sight [CHORUS – full drums, wide guitars, deep bass, layered backing vocals] The hunger never ends It only changes its name You can feed it everything It comes back just the same More to win More to defend More to lose around the bend You can have the whole damn world In the palm of your hands But the hunger never ends No, the hunger never ends [INSTRUMENTAL – repeating clean guitar motif, dub delays, distorted guitar slowly building] [VERSE 3 – groove drops back, close vocal] Some want money for the freedom Some want fame to feel alive Some need everybody watching Just to know that they exist Some keep chasing after pleasure Some keep running from the pain Some build castles out of wanting Then start building them again [PRE-CHORUS – restrained drums, slowly rising distortion] Maybe wanting isn't evil Maybe dreaming isn't wrong But you can spend your whole life reaching And forget where you belong [CHORUS – bigger drums, raw vocal, heavier guitar layers] The hunger never ends It only changes its name You can feed it everything It comes back just the same More to win More to defend More to lose around the bend You can have the whole damn world In the palm of your hands But the hunger never ends No, the hunger never ends [BRIDGE – drums disappear, deep bass pulse and echoing guitar] What happens when the race is over? When there's nothing left to chase? When the crowd has gone home And you're standing in your place? No applause in the silence No new mountain to climb Just the life you kept postponing And the passing of your time [BUILD – drums return gradually, distorted guitars swell] One more dollar One more crown One more reason not to slow down One more promise One more high One more year asking yourself why [FINAL CHORUS – expansive wall of guitars, layered backing shouts] The hunger never ends It only changes its name You can feed it everything It comes back just the same More to win More to defend More to lose around the bend You can have the whole damn world You can take all that it lends But the hunger never ends Until you question what it wants [OUTRO – stripped-back bass, clean guitar and long dub delays] Always wanting Always more Still searching At an open door [FADE OUT]
