Feed The Dog

Feed The Dog

Click of the claws on the kitchen tile
Eyes like moons in the midnight aisle
Hear that breath
On your leg
He’s back again

Black coat
Like a shadow by the fridge
Every step that you take
He’s on the ridge
Of attack
Tongue out
Mouth slack
Won’t blink till the bag goes crack

Empty bowl
He treats it like a crime scene
Sits so still
But the stare feels mean
Head tilt
One paw in the air
Whole world shrinks to the food right there

Feed the dog
Feed the dog
That’s all he ever wants from you
(yeah he wants it, wants it)
Big brown eyes
Laser-locked on every move
He don’t dream of chasing cars
He just dreams of what you chewed
Feed the dog
Feed the dog
‘Cause all he ever wants is food

You eat
He appears like a glitch
Every bite that you take
Triggers the switch
Drool drip
Slow slide down the jaw
Hypnotized by the fork
By the plate
By it all

He’ll sit
He’ll spin
He’ll lie
He’d sign a deal
Just to get one bite
Sigh so deep
Like his heart’s been bruised
When the last crumb falls
And it’s still not his to use

He don’t care ’bout toys on the floor
He don’t care ’bout walks anymore
Every thought
Every dream
Every move in his head
Is a stainless bowl and a river of bread

Click of the claws
Round and round
Any little sound from the bag
He pounces
You are the gate
You are the key
And he’s praying for the moment that the lock unmounts
Yeah