Ounce for ounce
Blood for blood
You get a taste and it's never enough

Pound for pound
Eye for an eye
You get the thirst and it never runs dry

Piece by piece
Bite by bite
Relish the flavor and swallow your plight

Inch by inch
Slice by slice
Dress your guest and season with vice

Let me clarify before we begin
Am I getting under your skin?
Your disposition seems a trifle bland
It's time you learned how to serve man

Pinch by pinch
Dash by dash
Braise the passe and devour the past

Day by day
Night by night
Prepare the course and savor the spice

Let me clarify before we begin
Am I getting under your skin?
Your disposition seems a trifle bland
It's time you learned how to serve man

Let me clarify before we begin
Am I getting under your skin?
Your disposition seems a trifle bland
It's time you learned how to serve man


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    this song is about cannibalism. yummm. :P it was made for the soundtrack of Gris Grimley's "Cannibal Flesh Riot."
    thelivingfreakon March 30, 2008   Link
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    I'm thinking it's probably also a reference to the Twilight Zone episode with the same name. Basically, in that episode, aliens came down to Earth with the knowledge of 'How to Serve Man' and all the people thought that they meant the aliens would be their slaves, but then it turned out that aliens ate people. : P
    Shonborion July 17, 2008   Link
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    Scary song about cannabalism
    megamonsterson May 27, 2011   Link

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