Parasite johnny

Lyrics

[Intro/Riff — tremolo, dissonant] Verse 1 PARASITE JOHNNY Crawling through my door again, hollow-eyed and grinning wide Hand outstretched before your voice, "got a smoke?" before "hi" Leech in human clothing, vein-deep in my pack Never once in all these years has anything come back Pre-Chorus PARASITE JOHNNY You drink my water like a plague upon the well You strip the meat from every bone, you empty every shell Pockets full and still you take, a sickness, not a need This is not survival — this is scavenger's greed Chorus PARASITE JOHNNY — take and never trade BLOODLESS TRANSACTION — the debt you'll never pay Feast upon the willing till the willing turn to bone LOCUST IN A LEATHER COAT — leave them all alone Verse 2 PARASITE JOHNNY "Just this once" — a thousand times, the same rehearsed decay You've got the cash to buy the bar but you won't ever pay My weed, my food, my last four bucks, the shirt off of my back While your wallet sits there swollen — fat and full of tact Breakdown (slow, crushing) PARASITE JOHNNY NOTHING GIVEN — EVERYTHING TAKEN EVERY WELL RUN DRY AND FORSAKEN A GRAVE THAT DIGS ITSELF AND CALLS IT LIVING THE ONLY THING YOU'VE EVER DONE IS TAKING Verse 3 PARASITE JOHNNY I'll watch the day the well runs dry, the day the door stays locked The day the world runs out of hosts and finds you're truly gawked No casket needed for a thing that never gave a breath Just an empty hand still reaching — reaching past its death Final Chorus PARASITE JOHNNY — starve now, scavenger king BLOODLESS TRANSACTION — you owe everything No mourners at the table that you never once refilled STARVE, YOU HOLLOW LEECH — the debt's collected. Now be still. [Outro — blast beat into silence] PARASITE JOHNNY "Take... take... take..." (whispered/screamed, fading)