[INTRO] Well, well, well… Look what the mud dragged in. Come closer, sugar. I've got a little piece of heaven Beating underneath my skin. [VERSE 1] Got a red-hot secret underneath my ribs, Blackwater blessing on my wicked lips. Barefoot in the chapel, moss knee-high, Got a taste of forever and a sweet-tooth lie. I'll cook you supper, make you sweat, Give you a love you won't forget. Got my Sunday best and my teeth all clean... Ain't no finer sin than a bite of the queen. [PRE-CHORUS] (Children, what do we crave?) THE HEART OF THE HOLY AND THE SOUL OF THE SAVED! (What happens when you take that bite?) YOU BELONG TO HER BY THE END OF THE NIGHT! [CHORUS] Eat my heart, let the sweet rot bloom, Plant my roots in the heart of your room. Swallow me down till we can't tell us apart... Come on, pretty sinner, eat my heart! [POST-CHORUS] EAT! EAT! EAT MY HEART! LET HER IN AND SHE WON'T DEPART! ONE BECOMES MANY, MANY ONE! THE SWAMP'S NOT DONE TILL WE'RE ALL ONE! [CHIPTUNE BANJO FLOURISH] (The swamp's not done till we're all one...) [VERSE 2] Honey, I'm a hostess, gracious as can be, I'll carve you a place in my family tree. Take a taste of my flesh, let my wickedness in... I'll be in your blood when the night begins. Every little heartbeat, every thought you keep, I'll be in your dreams when you fall asleep. Now don't make that face, don't look so scared... You wanted something real, and darling, I'm right here. [PRE-CHORUS] (Taste my flesh, what will you be?) ANOTHER LITTLE BRANCH ON THE FAMILY TREE! (Drink my love, where will you go?) DOWN WHERE THE BLACKWATER ROOTS ALL GROW! (Hear my voice inside your head?) THAT'S JUST MAMA, SUGAR, WELCOME TO THE DEAD! [BREAKDOWN] Little bit of me in the way you grin, Little bit of me underneath your skin. Little bit of me in the words you say. Funny how you sound more like me every day. One of us… One of us… All of us… You came here hungry. You came alone. Now every road leads back to home. [RITUAL CHANT] SHE IS THE ROOT! SHE IS THE SEED! SHE IS THE HUNGER! SHE IS THE NEED! [REFRAIN] Eat my heart, baby, tear me apart! Take one bite and I'll live where you are! Chew me slow, let the wild things start... YOU WANT FOREVER? EAT MY HEART! EAT! EAT! EAT MY HEART! LET HER IN AND SHE WON'T DEPART! [RITUAL POSSESSION] Run to the river, pray to the stars! (EAT EAT EAT EAT) You'll hear my banjo wherever you are! (EAT EAT EAT EAT) You wanted a taste, now you're playing your part! (EAT EAT EAT EAT) WELCOME TO THE FAMILY, YOU BEAUTIFUL TART! [FINAL REFRAIN] Eat my heart, baby, tear me apart, Now there's a little swamp growing inside your heart. Hear my voice in the walls of your room... You wanted forever, now forever we bloom! [RITUAL CHANT] SHE IS THE ROOT! SHE IS THE SEED! WE ARE HER CHILDREN! WE ARE HER NEED! [OUTRO] One of us… One of us… Now smile for Mama.
