Feeding Frenzy

The sharks start to circle when they smell blood in the water

The viewers tune in to watch the unfortunate suffer

Bombarded with a never ending scourge of destruction

Seduced my the media’s macabre illustration

We have front row seats for the televised slaughter

Anxiously feeding on what the news has to offer

Satisfying our morbid curiosity for human tragedy

Consumed by the media feeding frenzy

If it bleeds it leads-and the media feeds

If it bleeds it leads-and the media feeds

If it bleeds it leads-and the media feeds

Blood attracts the media to the feeding frenzy

We’ve become a nation of ghoulish blood-lusting addicts

Bewitched by the drama of Hollywood-style theatrics

The right lighting and music create the dire sense of urgency

Where every single segment is an absolute emergency

We’ve become numb to the violence through sheer repetition

It takes more and more gore to secure our attention

More gruesome descriptions, more graphic desecratings

By all of the networks competing for ratings

If it bleeds it leads-and the media feeds

If it bleeds it leads-and the media feeds

If it bleeds it leads-and the media feeds

Blood attracts the media to the feeding frenzy

School shooting- the media feeds

Child abduction- the media feeds

Gang slaying- the media feeds

Terrorist bombing- the media feeds

We’re so easily enticed by the corporate blood-soaked approach

We resent what we see but we can’t help to watch

So what are the long-term effects on our society?

What is the result of all this spoon-fed anxiety?

Instilled fear, hysteria and panic attacks

A nation’s emotional state on the verge of collapse

Too terrified to venture out in the world our TV depicts

So just lock your door and stay tuned to get your next fix

If it bleeds it leads-and the media feeds

If it bleeds it leads-and the media feeds

If it bleeds it leads-and the media feeds

Blood attracts the media to the feeding frenzy