Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Hunger, artist - Patricia Barber. Album song Mythologies, in the genre Поп
Date of issue: 31.12.2005
Record label: Blue Note
Song language: English
Hunger |
Everything is food, everything is fair game. |
The second it’s gone is the second I crave |
more animal, vegetable, mineral feed, |
more fodder, more fuel, more cake and ice cream. |
In Scythia, where the pickings are slim, |
I’m gorgeous and grateful it’s «in"to be thin. |
Wan and pale, I court emaciation |
in high style and endless mastication. |
With cheekbones and ribs that tighten my skin, |
wildly attractive and seductive as sin, |
the closer you come, the more you want me, |
the more you want, the more you want to be free. |
There’s no slaking of thirst, no quenching of need, |
and there’s never, ever enough to eat: |
When the Gods get even They think of me |
While you’re fast asleep to your bed I creep |
As my breath you breathe as I give you a kiss |
As I take my leave I leave you with this |
As you wake so you dream of fish fowl and beef |
And there’s never ever enough to eat |
Where inherited wealth meets fine French cuisine |
Where oodles of truffles and tarts and terrines |
Where gavage is an art and foie gras is fatty |
Where quail duck lamb sugar butter and spaghetti |
There desire is infectious and fulfillment is lean |
And there’s never ever enough to eat |
does an ocean deny a river? |
would a fire spurn the wood it craves |
for heat? |
like Narcissus and his lover |
you can never have the other |
you can never turn away |
you can never lick the plate |
clean |
When the coffers are empty in lieu of defeat |
I deal my daughter for camembert cheese |
Here the story leaves me to my own device |
As lips teeth tongue savor self sacrifice |
And now the Hunter is prey and the Hungry are meat |
And there’s never ever enough to eat |