I am the tarantula of Africa
I smile thinking ugly thoughts
Inside my plexiglass box
To protect you from me and my venom
Free, they say I can kill you by watching you
But you pay your ticket to look at me
Then you can want me dead or love me
You will watch as much as you want
Holding your dad's hand

Go, go, go
Go, go, go

Inside, what happens
If the heart is too thirsty
And outside you have fun but no one asks me
How easy it is to think of the sun
As a distraction
And maturing my pain
I transform into an attraction
Captured by my distraction
Choice or imposition
Repeating to myself with conviction
That life from here would have been better
But the best doesn't last
And how beautiful, how sad it is
To forget that pain exists
That pain exists

You are a beautiful ladybug
You smile looking at everything
Maybe no one will ever observe you
But sometimes that matters less
Much less
Stupid, they say
Giving yourself to another tree
Among its branches and leaves, falling asleep
You no longer know whether to continue or be content
You will watch as much as you want
Holding your dad's hand

Go, go, go
Go, go

And inside, what happens
If the heart is too thirsty
And outside you have fun but no one asks me
How easy it is to think of the sun
As a distraction
Maturing my pain
I transform into an attraction
Captured by my distraction
Choice or imposition
Repeating to myself with conviction
That life from here would have been better
But the best doesn't last
And how beautiful, how sad it is
To forget that pain exists
That pain exists

But you pay your ticket to look at me
Then you can want me dead or love me
You will watch as much as you want
Holding your dad's hand
Holding your dad's hand

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