Our Friends In The Insect World

[koganbot]

Wistful thoughts from some shorter members of the animal kingdom:

from t.A.T.u.'s "Fly On The Wall"

When you're naked in the shower
When you're sleeping for an hour
When you're big, when you're small
Oh, I wish I was a fly on the wall

When you're with her after midnight
When you kiss her in the dim light
When you break Barbie doll
Oh, I wish I was a fly on the wall

Wanna see who you are
Every inch, every scar

From your head to your toes
I would be there
From your bed to your clothes
I'm in the air
When you think you're alone
I'll be down the hall
I could see it, if I was a fly on the wall

from CSS's "I Fly"

Last night I turned into a fly
I got through your window and I landed in your eye
You were sleeping, you didn't mind
So I flew further down inside your open mouth.

Down your throat I tickle around
And then you coughed me up, oh yeah you coughed me out
I hid behind your curtains 'til you fell asleep again
I hope you understand I just want to be your friend.

Comments

[chuckeddy.livejournal.com]

My two personal favorite entomology songs of the year were sung from the point of view of insects themselves: "Termite Song" by Woodbox Gang ("I've been hiding in your walls and plotting with your mouse/I'm hungry, and I'm gonna eat your house") and "I'm A Lightning Bug" by Final Solutions ("Lights go off, I light up/Fly all night til the sun comes up"). (But then, I am the fly in the ointment. I shake you down to say please as you accept the next dose of disease.)

[koganbot]

Well, the CSS song is also from the point of view of the fly, though as a fly she's a neophyte.

I like the Woodbox Gang song. Was one of only three songs from Drunk As Dragons that I could find on MySpace. Has a haul-'em-up-boys rhythm like "16 Tons," but with a wide-eyed detachment like Pete Seeger's or the Holy Modal Rounders'. Don't know if President Thieu would approve, but the Gang are better than Hayes Carll is.