I Miss That Track

Kemaktun's Singles Volume 2

Verse 1
The kitchen light hums, cold and thin,
Empty shelves and a hollow din.
The ghost of hunger sits in my chest,
Counting the coins, mocking my rest.
A song plays faint from a window near,
Someone’s laughter I ache to hear.
What’s it like to want, and have your fill?
I can’t recall, but I crave it still.

Pre-Chorus
Once I had choices, now I just wait,
Dreams taste like ash on an empty plate.
I used to share, I used to dare,
Now I just wish I wasn’t aware.

Chorus
What’s it like to eat what you want, when you want?
To know you’ll wake tomorrow untaunt?
I cannot remember the taste of ease,
Just the hunger whispering please.
What’s it like to laugh without fear or lack?
To never feel the world press back?
I cannot remember, the years collapsed,
I miss that. I miss that.

Verse 2
They sell us comfort, wrapped in gold,
While our stomachs churn and our hearts grow cold.
The screens show feasts for a chosen few,
While we line up, praying for something new.
The promise fades beneath the spin,
A wolf dressed neatly in politician’s grin.
They eat their fill and call it fate,
While we scrape joy off a paper plate.

Bridge
Oh the scent of bread in a stranger’s hand,
The clink of silver I can’t command.
How sweet the lie, how dull the shame,
To hunger in peace while they play their game.
A world of tables, but none for me,
A famine dressed in luxury.
My body hums the anthem of lack,
A broken song that won’t come back.

Chorus
What’s it like to eat what you want, when you want?
To live without need, without the haunt?
I cannot remember the joy of taste,
Only the hunger time erased.
What’s it like to rest without dread or debt?
To not feel caged by what you can’t get?
I cannot remember the way things sat,
I miss that. I miss that.

Finale
I used to dream of growing old,
Now I dream of something warm to hold.
What’s it like to eat what you want, when you want?
I cannot remember.
I miss that.