[verse]
I'm the master of disguise
hiding in plain sight
my purpose is subterfuge
to integrate myself at night

As I creep outside the border
my victim's unaware
with magic, I'll incapacitate
this poor, unsuspecting mare

I'm assuming a new identity
I'm stealing your form
your face will be seen again
in the town you loved, once more

but, there'll be more than one use for you
as I abandon you to the swarm

[chorus]
the swarm is starved
your emotion will be their feast
it's futile to beg
for your immediate release

you'll be trapped, and
the first to feed'll be my queen
you'll be inside the cocoon
with nopony to hear you scream

[verse]
you poor oblivious foals
I now walk in your midst
searching for my next prey
on which I can subsist

deceiving through fangs
I speak with forked tongue
leading you into my trap 
too late, it's already been sprung

drained of your emotion
you slump to the ground
you won't remember a thing 
when you come around

you're a pawn in my plan
a mere rung, while heading for the top
I'll ascend the hierarchy of your town
by supplanting my way up

[chorus]
the swarm is starved
your emotion will be their feast
it's futile to beg
for your immediate release

you'll be trapped, and
the first to feed'll be my queen
you'll be inside the cocoon
with nopony to hear you scream

[bridge]
I ascend through the ranks
of your insipid race
fellow chitinous scouts 
fill the gaps that I had displaced

it's not long before 
I usurp the leader of your town
my efforts are so successful
you'll never know how you were brought down

there's enough of us in position
we can call upon the swarm
it'll be an emotivore's paradise
we'll show you who's the superior life form 

[solo]

[chorus]
the swarm is starved
your emotion will be their feast
it's futile to beg
for your immediate release

you'll all be trapped, and
the first to feed'll be my queen
you'll all be inside cocoons
with nopony left in this town
to hear you scream