Tastes Like Chicken

(album: The Quickening - 1996)

And I think of my self
Then I know some food I have to buy
Then I think of my health
And I know that every living thing must die
I'm taking the time
Taking the time to understand
Why you and me were never meant to eat a bird that flies

How does it make you feel?
To take a life for just one meal
The deal, two drumsticks and a breast
Just leave you so depressed that I must stress
Do not eat the chicken!

Now back to my health
I really don't need the vegetable
All covered in filth
It's almost uneatable
Meat makes you strong
So strong that you can say
Who's the man? Who's the man now?
50 servings from one cow

How does it make you feel?
To take a life for just one meal
The deal, two drumsticks and a breast
Just leave you so depressed that I must stress
Do not eat the chicken!

I can taste the feathers in my mouth
Such a waste of time
One life, one meal should be a crime
Eat a bigger bird
One turkey 10 people can be served
I don't care how they're raised
Hormone injected do not phase me
You can stuff your free range chickens
I won't eat a bird that flies

How does it make you feel?
To take a life for just one meal
The deal, two drumsticks and a breast
Just leave you so depressed that I must stress
Do not eat the chicken!