[intro] The oligarchs say, “eat the poor” After all, that’s what we’re for This starvation is such a bitch To save ourselves we’ll eat the rich •• (Man eat man - Dog eat dog) (Flesh and blood - God eat god) [heavy doom metal] [verse] The scales of balance brandished high On the blackest steed cruel Famine rides Cast these barren fields aside Dread mouths of the hungry open wide •• Wastefulness has always been trendy Wallets filled while our souls are empty Stomachs burning in the land of plenty Hindsight’s always fucking twenty-twenty [pre-chorus] Our grim salvation comes through flesh and bone Once we survive, then we can atone Bleak starvation lured away by flesh alone If we survive, then we can atone [chorus] Desiccation - crops are dying on the vine Desolation - devoured from the inside Devastation - accur-sed by the divine Desecration - old sanctities are thrown aside [verse] Such shallow mercy in suicide From fallow hunger we cannot hide Braise the old to preserve the younger Forbidden fruit may sate our hunger [pre-chorus] Our grim salvation comes through flesh and bone Once we survive, then we can atone Bleak starvation lured away by flesh alone If we survive, then we can atone [chorus] Desiccation - crops are dying on the vine Desolation - devoured from the inside Devastation - accur-sed by the divine Desecration - old sanctities are thrown aside [bridge] The black horse beckons scarcity Destitution and misery Emptiness now descending Harkening mankind’s ending The black horse beckons scarcity Destitution and misery Emptiness now descending Harkening mankind’s end [interlude] [verse] Anthropophagee consume thy flesh Delay thy death •••• Ingest the freshest bones of thine own Pray we atone (pray we atone) [hook] Devour thyself to survive Feast of Famine shall provide (feast of famine) (Man eat man - Dog eat dog) (Flesh and blood - God eat god) [pre-chorus] Our grim salvation comes through flesh and bone Once we survive, then we can atone Bleak starvation lured away by flesh alone If we survive, then we can atone [outro] Desiccation - crops are dying on the vine Desolation - devoured from the inside Devastation - accur-sed by the divine Desecration - old sanctities are thrown aside
