Tarantola d'Africa

I'm the tarantula from Africa
I smile thinking dark thoughts
Inside my plexiglass box
To protect you from me and my poison
They say I'm free, I can kill you just by watching
But you pay your ticket to see me
Then you might want me dead or love me
You'll see how much you want
Holding your dad's hand

Go go go, go go go

And what's happening inside
If the heart is too thirsty
And outside you're having fun but no one asks me
How easy it is to think of the sun
As a distraction
And as my pain matures
I turn into attraction
Caught up in my distraction
Choice or obligation
Telling 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're a beautiful ladybug
Smiling while looking at everything
Maybe no one will ever watch you
But sometimes that matters less
Much less
They say it's stupid
To give yourself to another tree
To fall asleep among its branches and leaves
You don't know if to continue or settle
You'll see how much you want
Holding your dad's hand

Go go go, go go

And what's happening inside
If the heart is too thirsty
And outside you're having fun but no one asks me
How easy it is to think of the sun
As a distraction
And as my pain matures
I turn into attraction
Caught up in my distraction
Choice or obligation
Telling 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 see me
Then you might want me dead or love me
You'll see how much you want
Holding your dad's hand

Holding your dad's hand...