feed the dragon
Lyrics
---
“Feed the Dragon / Starve the Fire”
(Very slow… controlled… like you’re telling him something important)
(Intro – almost a whisper)
You remember that lake…
Still water… no sound…
Like nothing’s there…
(pause)
That’s where it lives…
Not waiting for you…
Waiting for your choices.
---
(Verse 1)
They used to say, long before you and me,
That the dragon don’t come ‘cause it’s hungry,
It don’t hunt, don’t chase, don’t roar out loud…
It just listens… when respect breaks down.
It feels the shift when a good heart bends,
When using love becomes how you win,
When promises fade the second you gain…
That’s when it starts to rise again.
---
(Hook – slow repetition)
Feed it… or starve it…
Every choice you make…
Feed it… or starve it…
Every word you say…
---
(Verse 2)
Preston… I know that boy you can be,
The one who’s kind… the one who sees me,
The one who talks right, listens, tries…
The one I’m proud to call mine.
But I’ve seen the turn when you get your way,
How fast that version of you fades,
Like everything said just disappears…
And we’re left standing in the mess you leave here.
---
(Chorus – heavier, emotional pull)
And it feeds… on the fights you start,
Every time you pull us apart,
Every time me and your mom break down…
That’s the sound that brings it around.
It grows… in the space you make,
Every promise you choose to break,
Every time you take and don’t give back…
That’s the path that leads it back.
---
(Verse 3 – grounded truth)
This ain’t a game, this ain’t pretend,
This is how families break or bend,
We’re trying to build you something real…
But it’s hard when this is what we feel.
We’re tired, son… yeah, that’s the truth,
Not of loving you—but of fighting you,
Of feeling like nothing we give will stay…
Past the moment you get your way.
---
(Bridge – quiet, direct, no anger)
And listen close…
This part matters most…
(pause)
I’m not going anywhere…
But this can’t keep going this way.
Love don’t disappear…
But it does wear thin when it’s tested every day.
---
(Final Chorus – steady, hypnotic, resolving)
So starve it… starve it…
With the man you choose to be,
Starve it… starve it…
With respect and honesty.
Every time you stop… and think… and choose…
You decide what wins… and what you lose…
A stronger home… or something cracked…
A family whole… or one that cracks.
---
(Outro – soft, firm, real)
That dragon…
It was never waiting in the lake…
It’s in the choices…
you make…
every day.
And I still believe…
you can be better than this.