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Taste of Hunger

from Hospital Radio by Michelle Lynn Ptacek

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Taste of Hunger

If you’re going to use me at least use me up
I don’t want what’s left of me when you’re done
I’m not sure where need comes from
But it never comes alone and it comes in more ways than one

I have to get myself something no one can take away from me
I want nothing more than anything to want nothing more than anything
Though I’d wish to have no wish
Born in want we all seek this find life’s grandest secret
There might be none to begin with

(Refrain)
I play because I can’t quit
But I’m not sure how much longer
I’ll fight myself because I think I always win
It just gives me the taste of hunger

I can’t demand anything where there is nothing to get
I find it kind of hard to hide something that isn’t
I used to live in your script but now my part no longer fits
I can’t explain one part of this without confusing all of it
My senses deceive me through manic panicked frantic frenzies
Emptiness puts me at ease but not when you know I have it in me

(refrain)

If I back out now I’m not sure what I’m back into
And I’m bitter when I lose If it’s cuz someone else wrote my rules
As I’m one step too far behind but we didn’t start at the same starting line
You can have it all alright just not all at the same time
As what’s been eating me alive is the thought that I could survive
Without the bread of life and all you have offer
So when are you going to fill me in
When are you going to fill me in

(refrain)

Will I belong to everything when nothing belongs to me
Or will I belong to everything if I give myself to everything
Anything I could become would be a reminder of who I was
And who wants to be just a sacrificial victim
If I don’t throw myself at your feet will you bend me low to my knees
Until I’m in over my head over my dead body over my dead body
I was

(refrain)

If it’s going to use me I hope it uses me up
I don’t want what’s left of me when it’s done

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from Hospital Radio, released May 30, 2008
Engineered, Mixed, & Mastered
by Matt O. & Adam P.
at Ghost in My House Studio in Onalaska, WI

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Michelle Lynn Ptacek Decorah, Iowa

Here you will find Michelle's first five albums. She will soon record her history songs: The Inventors, The Explorers, and The Interrupted. Please sign up for the newsletter on her website for notifications.

Michelle owns an online education business and loves teaching in a variety of mediums about topics relevant to curious and passionate learners. ... more

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