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hungry - astrid lundberg lyrics

when my mother bore me
she left hunger in my bones
like her mother did for her before
down the chain of mother’s mothers
since we first sprang from the stone:
we want enough. okay, maybe more

when the grassland spat me out
when the forest faltered
i left africa on foot
took the long way to gibraltar
and if waves of death followed
in the earth i altered
i couldn’t help it, i was only hungry
and if waves of death followed
in the earth i altered
i couldn’t help it, i was only hungry

the goddess issued edicts several billion years ago
said “living thing: breathe, birth, consume
be fruitful and multiply.” the algae chokes the pond
and i’m no different from an algal bloom
sometimes growth leaves a poison in the water
i’ll inhale the future that i promised to my daughter
i’ll devour the earth, i’m entitled if i caught her
and in the end, i would still be hungry
i’d devour the earth, i’m entitled if i bought her
and in the end, i would still be hungry
when i split the atom and stole fire from the gods
it was all for the good of man
what have i done that any other creature would not?
i’m only hungry, that’s all i am
i can’t help wanting things that i know i shouldn’t
said i’d quit real soon, but i knew i wouldn’t
tried to take things on that i knew i couldn’t
i can’t help that i’m so hungry
tried to take things on that i knew i couldn’t
i can’t help that i’m so hungry
i can’t help it, i’m so hungry

- astrid lundberg lyrics

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