by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Gimmi Cake
Language: English
GIMMI CAKE GIMMICAKE WHEN I'M HUN GRY GIMMY CAKE GIMMI CAKE GIMMI CAKE (The spell wears off and the ASSASSIN grabs a cupcake and begins to cut it into smaller and smaller pieces. Heavy kawaii metal, manic, violent.) yell like a child WHEN I'M SAD STUFF ME FAKE I AM EMPTY I AM HUNGRY FILL THE VOID GIMMY CAKE GIMMY CAKE (She contemplates taking a bite, but does not eat.) EAT, DO NOT EAT EAT, DO NOT EAT. IT'S NEVER JUST ONE BITE, IT'S ALREADY TOO LATE, I MUST EAT MORE. MORE EAT DO NOT EAT I MUST EAT MORE I CANNOT EAT I MUST EAT MORE HUNGER, DEVOUR ME SHAME SHAME SHAME STUFF TILL YOU TASTE NO MORE loud whisper GUILT GUILT SHAME SHAME PURGE TILL YOU FEEL NO MORE I AM A GARBAGE BIN DELETE ALL (TARO watches painfully, reminded of her own past scavenging and stealing food on the streets as an orphan. She runs over to the ASSASSIN and snatches the knife away.)
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Alice Ho (b. 1960), "Gimmi Cake", 2022 [ voice and piano ]
Publisher: Canadian Music Centre [external link]  [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-10-28
Line count: 37
Word count: 167
