Tarantula

by This Mortal Coil

From the album: This Mortal Coil

Duration: 4:59

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Lyrics for Tarantula

I'm living but I'm feeling numb, can see it in my stare I wear a mask so falsely numb, and I don't know who I am Despite the worlds inside of me, thwarting me away I've noticed in other eyes, time's closing in But when the thunder breaks, it breaks for you and me Tarantula, tarantula, tarantula, tarantula The future's looking rather grim, strange black tide Decisions lie with stupid men, alone with my life That choking and the hype in me, expecting me to fall But only if I'm threatened will the tables turn But when the thunder breaks, it breaks for you and me Tarantula, tarantula, tarantula, tarantula My world's under a sentence of death, I was born underground But when the pressure gets too much for me, I bite

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