"Life of the Spider (Draft)" is a song by Halsey that is featured as the fourteenth track on her fifth studio album The Great Impersonator. The song was released through Columbia Records on October 25, 2024.
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1]
It's four in the morning and I'm layin' with my head against the toilet seat
For several days now I've been living here
Too tired to sleep, too sick to eat
I feel like a monster and it doesn't help that you will treat me like I've got the venom in my teeth
[Chorus]
'Cause I'm the spider in your bathroom
I'm the shadow on the tile
I came for shelter from the cold
And I'd thought I'd stay a while
I'm only small, I'm only weak
And you jump at the sight of me
You'll kill me when I least expect it
God, how could I even think of daring to exist?
Looking just like this, I'm hideous
[Verse 2]
I'm nothing but legs, they used to say
I'm nothing but skin and bones these days
You dangle me high over the drain and tell me I'm lucky you don't drop me there and
Let me wash away or put me on display
By trapping me forever between a glass and a dinner plate
[Chorus]
'Cause I'm the spider in your kitchen weaving webs through every year
And I worked real hard on the last one but the last one got me here
I'm minding my own business but my presence makes you curse
I should be getting better but I'm only getting worse
And, God, how dare I even think of choosing here to die?
'Cause then, I'm just a problem that you have to take outside
[Outro]
And I know you hate the sight of me, I haunt you when you're fast asleep
I've got eight legs, a million eyes, if only I had eight more lives
'Cause I'm the spider on the ceiling and you're nothing but a guy
You don't like it when I cry, you would break me if you tried
And you will because I dared to be alive
Background[]
On September 25, 2024, the song's title was revealed and it was also confirmed to be the fourteenth track on the album
On October 22, 2024, Halsey posted a snippet of the song on her socials along with a photo and video of her dressed as American singer-songwriter Tori Amos as part of the countdown to the album's release, with the snippet for this song being released on day sixteen of the countdown.
References[]
| The Great Impersonator | ||
|---|---|---|
| October 25, 2024 • Columbia Records | ||
| Songs | ||
| Standard | 1 Only Living Girl in L.A. • 2 Ego • 3 Dog Years • 4 Letter to God (1974) • 5 Panic Attack • 6 The End • 7 I Believe in Magic • 8 Letter to God (1983) • 9 Hometown • 10 I Never Loved You • 11 Darwinism • 12 Lonely is the Muse • 13 Arsonist • 14 Life of the Spider (Draft) • 15 Hurt Feelings • 16 Lucky • 17 Letter to God (1998) • 18 The Great Impersonator | |
| Digital Exclusives | Charades (1970's) • Lessons (1980's) • Nothing! (1990's) • Alice of the Upper Class (Y2K) • Afraid of the Dark (Demo) (Bonus) | |
| Artist(s) | ||
| Halsey | ||