• From: Starkville, Mississippi USA
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
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Topic: "Feed Me"

Here is a dark little song about people who are seemingly consumed by negative energy.  Hope you don't have to work or live with somebody who lives in darkness . . .

Feed MeJames McCormick, April 4, 2007


In 6/8 time, A dark waltz




I'm the [C]glitch in the system, I'm the [Em]fly in your soup


I'm a [F]pothole inside of a [G]rut


I'm a [C]tick in your shorts, a [Em]pebble in your boot


I'm a [F]disease deep [G]down in your [C]gut


. . .


I [Am]know you quite well, we're [Em]old friends indeed


On [Am]you I can always re-[Em]ly


I [Am]feed on frustration, [Em]anger, and fear


[F]Hate keeps me [G]big and a-[C]live


[F]Feed me with terror, [C]feed me with hate


[F]Feed me with vicious [G]greed


[C]Feed me with bile, [G]feed me with rage


I'm [F]all that [G]you really [C]need



Your [C]anger inside keeps [Em]nourishing me


I'll grow [F]sassy and fatter each [G]day


I'll [C]gnaw at your guts 'til e-[Em]ventually


I'll [F]eat all your [G]goodness a-[C]way


. . .


[Am]Laughter and dancing are [Em]my enemies


[Am]Frolic decreases my [Em]power


Stay [Am]hard, stay mad, stay [Em]bitter and cold


I'll de-[F]vour your [G]sweet with my [C]sour


[F]Feed me with ignorance, [C]feed me with war


[F]Feed me with lust for re-[G]venge


[C]Feed me with poverty, [G]feed me with gore


I'll [F]be your [G]ugly best [C]friend



"That darn Pythagorean Comma thing keeps messing me up!"
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_comma[/url]

James McCormick's Website

  • Registered: 2007-02-03
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Re: "Feed Me"

That's a pretty good song! I played it and sang it in a happy tone and came out pretty funny. Then I played it somber and dark, sounded good too. Keep up the good work!

  • badeye
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  • From: Cape Breton Island, Canada
  • Registered: 2006-09-02
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Re: "Feed Me"

Good song James. I love that "Pebble in the Boot" line.pretty smart comming up with that line.Right On.


...Badeye.

one caper after another
  • From: Starkville, Mississippi USA
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
  • Posts: 2,069

Re: "Feed Me"

Thank you for the positive feedback, gentlemen.  It is wonderful to see so many original songs being posted to the Songwriting Forum.


Since this song is so 'off-beat' in nature, I thought it would not get any response at all.  Hope to have a few quiet moments this weekend to record this song and some other's I have written recently.

"That darn Pythagorean Comma thing keeps messing me up!"
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_comma[/url]

James McCormick's Website