[Intro] [preserve existing instrumental character; sparse detuned guitar; dragging unstable pulse; sour dissonance; long negative space] [Verse 1] [preserve source vocal performance exactly] Parasite You take a little at a time so no one notices the wound You say it's what you're owed You say it's what you're due Parasite Nothing on your hands Nothing they can see But there's an empty mouth between your mouth and me [Chorus] [preserve source vocal performance exactly; remain restrained; no increase in vocal intensity; no buildup] You spark anxiety and sorrow You dance on the backs of the meek You suck out the blood and marrow, demanding more while you pick your teeth You uncover what was buried Scavenge the things that survived kill what remains so slowly it never knows your living is causing them to die [Verse 2] [preserve source vocal performance exactly; reset instrumental momentum; return to earlier restraint] Parasite You learned to call it nature You said it's why they're made Took the safety off the hunger You devour children in the shade No need to hear the breathing No need to use your name When suffering becomes silent there's no one left to blame [Chorus] [preserve source vocal performance exactly; remain restrained; no increase in vocal intensity; no buildup] You spark anxiety and sorrow You dance on the backs of the meek You suck out the blood and marrow, demanding more while you pick your teeth You uncover what was buried Scavenge the things that survived kill what remains so slowly it never knows your living is causing it to die [Break] [preserve source vocal performance exactly; structure and momentum degrade; no vocal escalation] And every bite your teeth take feeds another throat inside you say you only take a little But it is never enough for you to thrive [Verse 3] [preserve source vocal performance exactly; return to Verse 1 vocal intensity and register; no escalation; no buildup] Parasite The host is never safe now now it's being consumed One ordinary mouthful Everyone blind to the wounds No monster at the table No devil at the door Just you taking what you can then pushing to get more [Final Chorus] [preserve source vocal performance exactly; same restrained vocal intensity and register as earlier choruses; pressure does not become vocal power; no escalation, belting, screaming or cathartic release] You spark anxiety and sorrow You dance on the backs of the meek You suck out the blood and marrow, demanding more while you pick your teeth Who decays in this heritage Who pays to keep you alive You were never forced to use them Still you live while others died [Outro] [preserve source vocal performance exactly; no vocal climax; arrangement decomposes rather than builds; unresolved] Parasite Parasite Parasite... [almost spoken; preserve source delivery exactly] Nothing on your hands. Parasite... Nothing you can see. Parasite... [preserve source delivery exactly] You just live while others die. [instruments fail unevenly; unresolved]